No Returns

Can we send him back to Russia?

I can't ask you if you regret voting for Donald Trump, because if you are a paid subscriber of mine, there is no way in holy blazes that you voted for Donald Trump. But if I could ask somebody, I would ask a farmer.

If you are a farmer who is on hard times because of Donald Trump's idiotic tariffs, you may be celebrating because there is a bailout for farmers. But unfortunately, most of that money will be going to farm corporations, not small-time farmers who actually get dirt underneath their fingernails.

Farmers are about as likely to get some of that money as you and I are to get checks from DOGE.

It did not make sense for anybody to vote for Donald Trump again in 2024, unless they're a racist. Those guys have gotta be very happy right now. Sure, the hot pockets they have to nuke in their mother's microwave because they live in her basement are more expensive today, but they have a president who hates the same people, and you can't put a price on that. Actually, you can, and it's the country. What I mean is, it is going to cost us the country for you to have a racist president. Did you expect bonus points if he's extra stupid? But don't worry, you're not the one who will be paying for it. People who actually love this country will be the ones footing the bill.

Let's count up a bit. Trump was supposed to save the economy, so why are prices higher today?

Trump promised to make America affordable, but I hear the ballroom is going to be beautiful.

Trump promised to keep us out of foreign wars. Good news. I hear Venezuela is lovely in the springtime, in case any gung-ho MAGAts would like to sign up.

Trump promised to save children from pedophiles. Say, where are the rest of those darn Epstein files?

The only people who really don’t regret voting for Trump are people who didn't vote for him. People like you and me weren't dumb enough to vote for Trump, who had already served as the worst president in American history. Why would you vote for the man a second time unless you were afraid to vote for a black woman because you're a racist?

Sorry about today's blog being so late. A friend showed up and stayed for several hours. We ended up having dinner while watching Christmas with the Kranks. I don't really like that movie, but I like my friend, and she was my guest, so we watched it. Fortunately, she did show up a couple of hours late, which helped me finish the cartoon. I really enjoyed hanging out with her and getting away from the grind for a second.

Christmas return cartoons are kind of a cliché, and it's usually one that I avoid unless I can do something different with them. Merely showing somebody returning Donald Trump isn't good enough to be a political cartoon for me, and I'm sure we will see more than one over the next few days.

I was working on two other ideas this morning when this hit, and I just kind of liked it, even though it's based on a trope. I decided to trope away.

These are my first two stabs at the image. In the first, I think the lettering was going to take too much space, so I threw it away. In the second, it just wasn't there for me.

I did not expect to draw a cartoon today, but I felt it this morning. I think I'm going to draw one tomorrow and probably take Sunday off. There are at least two other issues I want to hit.

Drawn in 30 seconds

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