Cartoonists across the country were crying bitter tears of disappointment at the close of Donald Trump’s 28th week in the presidency.
“The Mooch” has left the stadium.
Not-so-fond farewells followed Anthony Scaramucci, the shortest-serving communications director in the history of the White House, as he departed his new job at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
It was just the latest dustup in a week that saw Trump continue to badmouth Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Trump’s surprise tweet of a transgender ban in the military, “Repeal and Replace” getting reworked and rejected, sanctions against Russia sent to the president’s desk…
With so much winning, it was hard for cartoonists to keep up.
This week’s cartoonists who tried include:
Arcadio Esquivel, Costa Rica, Caglecartoons.com
Ed Wexler, PoliticalCartoons.com
Petar Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Austria
Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News
Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons
Bob Englehart, CagleCartoons.com
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
RJ Matson, Roll Call
Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch
David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star
Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons
Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons
Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Marian Kamensky, Austria
Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle
Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com
Tom Janssen, The Netherlands
Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com