An Analysis Of Donald Trump's Political Cartoon

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This satire humor in this cartoon is directed toward Donald Trump, scornfully making fun of the way he acts, and the childish way he talks about politics and other world problems. Donald Trump is known throughout America as a crazy rich man that is now running for president. In his campaign speeches, he has said preposterous things that have shocked many Americans. In this cartoon Donald Trump is the U.S. president and it’s making fun of how he would act if he were to be the president. The Cartoon takes the ideas and thoughts of Donald Trump that have been presented by him in his campaign speeches and puts it into action as he in the Cartoon he is the President of the United States of America. These childish thoughts include “I love mexicans”,

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