# Whose face in this cartoon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358 "2017-05-11T15:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/1 "2017-05-11T15:02:04Z")
On [this page](http://theweek.com/cartoons?sort=publish_date&page=2) you should see a cartoon by Matson showing President Trump sitting at his desk. However, the face, and particularly the hair, are not really Trump. My belief is that they’re from someone who should be quite recognizable (i.e., I think there’s a factual answer to the question), but who it is it escapes me. Do you know? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/2 "2017-05-11T15:06:38Z")
Steve Bannon. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/3 "2017-05-11T15:12:40Z")
I believe it’s supposed to be drawing comparisons with Nixon. ETA: [According to this](https://caglecartoons.com/viewimage.asp?ID=%7BAE62BE3E-0524-4F5C-AC7B-774F0446D2F4%7D), the title of the piece is Trump Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/4 "2017-05-11T15:16:21Z")
[Nixon](https://goo.gl/images/GQZUdc). Ninja’ed! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/5 "2017-05-11T15:17:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I believe it’s supposed to be drawing comparisons with Nixon. > > ETA: [According to this](https://caglecartoons.com/viewimage.asp?ID=%7BAE62BE3E-0524-4F5C-AC7B-774F0446D2F4%7D), the title of the piece is Trump Nixon. [Here’s a Trump-Nixon mashup](https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/photos/a.115969958413991.17486.114517875225866/1826145670729736/?type=3) on Facebook. I couldn’t find a non-FB image. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/6 "2017-05-11T15:19:12Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Steve Bannon. > [@pulykamell](#): > > I believe it’s supposed to be drawing comparisons with Nixon. > > ETA: [According to this](https://caglecartoons.com/viewimage.asp?ID=%7BAE62BE3E-0524-4F5C-AC7B-774F0446D2F4%7D), the title of the piece is Trump Nixon. Weird that it also looks like Bannon. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/7 "2017-05-11T15:23:53Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I believe it’s supposed to be drawing comparisons with Nixon. > > ETA: [According to this](https://caglecartoons.com/viewimage.asp?ID=%7BAE62BE3E-0524-4F5C-AC7B-774F0446D2F4%7D), the title of the piece is Trump Nixon. I agree with you , it’s Trump with Nixon expression ! The 2 were clone together ! What a horrible thought ! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/8 "2017-05-11T15:24:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Weird that it also looks like Bannon. I don’t think it looks like Bannon in the least. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/9 "2017-05-11T15:28:54Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I don’t think it looks like Bannon in the least. Yeah, I don’t see Bannon there at all, either. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/10 "2017-05-11T15:38:01Z")
Thanks all. I knew the hair and jowls looked familiar, but it just didn’t come to me, even with Nixon comparisons appearing in the news recently. I though of Bannon as well, and checked some images. The face may be similar, but hair is definitely different. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/11 "2017-05-11T16:02:05Z")
I think the FB photo mashup looks a lot like Dan Aykroyd. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/12 "2017-05-11T18:25:53Z")
Usually political cartoons show Nixon with a giant protruding oddly-shaped nose, like the one seen elsewhere on that page. The fact that this one features a tiny nose meant it was pretty tricky (no pun intended) to pin down as Nixon. That was my best guess, but Bannon crossed my mind too and I wasn’t too sure. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/13 "2017-05-11T20:21:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Weird that it also looks like Bannon. Looks like an old, fat Max Headroom… ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-in-this-cartoon/786358/14 "2017-05-11T22:11:29Z")
Nixon? Really, Nixon? Huh. I’ve seen 8 billion caricatures of Nixon over the last 50 years and none of them ever looked like that.