Trump: “He Really is a Cartoon”
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Hearst editorial page editor John Breunig asks, “Why are editorial cartoonists drawn to Donald Trump?” (or here).
How would Dr. Seuss have drawn President Donald Trump?
This is what I’m thinking as we launch a new feature showcasing political cartoons of the previous month. Satirists seem to be competing to see who can sketch the longest red tie, the looniest hair, the brightest bronze mask or the smallest hands. None can compete with The Real Donald Trump.
True confession: I reject cartoons every week for being too cruel in their depictions of Trump. I should have bought stock in tangerine ink 11 years ago given that cartoonists have spilled so much of it since Trump 1.0.
Breunig opines on political cartoons and cartoonists, particularly those with local Connecticut ties:
“His facial expressions — he really is a cartoon,” [Barry] Blitt explained. “Needless to say, his hair is the most obvious feature to play on. The back of his head is fantastic and his eyebrows are amazing. His overbite and his series of chins and the color of him and the texture. He’s like an instruction manual of how to caricature someone.”
As long as we’re critiquing, about that “new feature showcasing political cartoons of the previous month…”
Apparently they felt the need to present conservative views, but a better choice than to include the above wish fulfillment cartoon could have been made. The dashing of Trump’s hopes of oil companies rushing to Venezuela was evident within days and certainly by the end of January.
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