# World opinion of Trump shown in political cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290 "2017-01-27T03:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/41 "2017-01-30T18:10:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Sorry, not any more. Martinelli was the latest corrupt figure of ridicule in Panama, but Trump is far worse than Martinelli was. > > **doorhinge** , you know zero about public opinion in other countries. Your opinion has equivalent value. Hahahaha. Panama is still a joke. I guess that must the mundane pointless stuff you must share. :rolleyes: 17 failed artists who chose to make a living drawing cartoons hardly qualifies as international opinion. Except in the Democrat collective’s groupthink. But if personal attacks are all you and your comrades can muster, it looks like it’s going to be another great day. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/42 "2017-01-30T18:11:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Trump has made the US a global laughingstock (to the extent a clown with nuclear weapons can be considered funny). Get used to it. > > My Panamanian friends all think it’s absolutely hilarious that the US now has a president who fits the caricature of a Latin American strongman to a tee. The US will never be able to ridicule a Latin American regime again. If Trump leaves office peacefully I think we can. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/43 "2017-01-30T18:24:58Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. Panama is still a joke. I guess that must the mundane pointless stuff you must share. :rolleyes: 17 failed artists who chose to make a living drawing cartoons hardly qualifies as international opinion. Except in the Democrat collective’s groupthink. Still waiting on that link to your collection. Come on, don’t be a tease. Give us at least two or three of your major works, and maybe talk a little bit about your creative process, what inspires you, etc. It’s always fascinating when you get a little window into the mind of a great artist. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/44 "2017-01-30T19:05:14Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. Panama is still a joke. Laugh all you want. Recently it’s been doing better economically and politically than the US. Especially politically. Economic growth 2015: Panama 5.8% US 2.4% Unemployment 2015 Panama 5.1% US 5.3% Public debt (% of GDP) 2015 Panama 38.8% US 106% 😃 > [@octopus](#): > > If Trump leaves office peacefully I think we can. That remains to be seen, of course. 😉 But even now, Trump has enormously devalued the image of the US. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/45 "2017-01-30T19:13:29Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Those don’t appear to be the world’s opinion of Trump. Or the people of the world’s opinion of Trump. They do appear to be the opinion of several select political cartoonists. > > I’m amazed at how poorly the cartoons are drawn. **doorhinge,** political cartoons have a long history of using grotesque caricatures of the person or people they were sending up. [Thomas Nast from the 1870s.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Tammany_Ring,_Nast_crop.jpg/375px-Tammany_Ring,_Nast_crop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/46 "2017-01-30T19:51:31Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Laugh all you want. Recently it’s been doing better economically and politically than the US. Especially politically. > > Economic growth 2015: > Panama 5.8% > US 2.4% Hahahaha. What’s 5.8% $50? ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/47 "2017-01-30T19:56:30Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > **doorhinge,** political cartoons have a long history of using grotesque caricatures of the person or people they were sending up. > > [Thomas Nast from the 1870s.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Tammany_Ring,_Nast_crop.jpg/375px-Tammany_Ring,_Nast_crop.jpg) Good for them. It’s nice when these “artists” include text with their doodles so the viewers have at least some chance of recognizing who the “artists” were attempting to draw. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/48 "2017-01-30T19:56:46Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. What’s 5.8% $50? Laugh all you want, as I said, but the US is the laughingstock here, not Panama. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/49 "2017-01-31T17:52:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Laugh all you want, as I said, but the US is the laughingstock here, not Panama. Hahahaha. Of course you would say that, you’re in/from/advocate for/ Panama. Just as there are 17 wanna-be-artists-turned-cartoonists who hate the U.S.A., I suppose there are residents of Panama who hate the U.S.A… That doesn’t make them bad people. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/50 "2017-01-31T18:22:36Z")
Thinking that Trump is a buffoon = hating the USA? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/51 "2017-02-01T18:44:53Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Thinking that Trump is a buffoon = hating the USA? Actually, “thinking that he’s _NOT_ a buffoon = hating the USA” is more consistent with observed facts and events. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/52 "2017-02-01T18:52:02Z")
Yip. Reddit reposted [this comic](http://www.snopes.com/superman-1950-poster-diversity/) from the 1949. Trump is un-American. Not supporting him is pro-American. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/53 "2017-02-01T19:17:44Z")
I’m conflicted. I think Trump is a buffoon, and I don’t hate the U.S.A. I don’t know where this leaves me in Alternate Fact land. This is going to take a lot of getting used to. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/54 "2017-02-01T22:11:13Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. Of course you would say that, you’re in/from/advocate for/ Panama. > > Just as there are 17 wanna-be-artists-turned-cartoonists who hate the U.S.A., I suppose there are residents of Panama who hate the U.S.A… That doesn’t make them bad people. My friends don’t hate the USA at all. In fact, some are dual citizens with an American parent. That doesn’t mean they don’t recognize that Trump is just as much a buffoon as some Latin American leaders. You’re very much misreading things if you think that making fun of Trump means hating the US. In fact, quite the reverse, since Trump is contrary to many traditional American values. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/55 "2017-02-01T23:16:26Z")
Just for funzies, I went to the Wiki Donald Trump page, then in the left menu, looked at the page in all the different languages. Each one is composed independently, including the choise of portrait picture. The choice of photo of Trump might reflect what the article writer thought of him. About half of them use the angry scowl that is on the English language article. A few of them used a big, broad grin. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/56 "2017-02-02T20:15:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > …In fact, quite the reverse, since Trump is contrary to many traditional American values. (post shortened) Contrary according to whom? You? Panamanians? The Democrat collective? The Republicans, independents, Democrats, and Bernie supporters who voted for Trump? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/57 "2017-02-02T20:46:16Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Contrary according to whom? You? Panamanians? The Democrat collective? The Republicans, independents, Democrats, and Bernie supporters who voted for Trump? The answer to your question is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/58 "2017-02-03T11:47:51Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Contrary according to whom? You? Panamanians? The Democrat collective? The Republicans, independents, Democrats, and Bernie supporters who voted for Trump? \*Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame With conquering limbs astride from land to land Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. „Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!“ cries she With silent lips. „Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.“\* ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/59 "2017-02-03T16:00:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The answer to your question is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. Only if that casual observer doesn’t require clarification. What’s obvious to you may not be obvious to everyone else. For example, it’s obvious to me that not everyone is as fluent in Democrat Party groupspeak as the Democrat collective demands they should be. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290/60 "2017-02-03T16:11:46Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > \*„Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!“ cries she > With silent lips. „Give me your tired, your poor, > Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, > > The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. > Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me: > I lift my lamp beside the golden door.“\* (post shortened) AFTER they’ve been properly, and thoroughly, vetted, of course. Legal aliens are welcome. Illegal aliens are not. Terrorists, to the best of our ability, must be discovered and excluded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-opinion-of-trump-shown-in-political-cartoons/778290.md?page=4)