Does The Collapse Of Political Cartoons

The political cartoon pictured above depicts an image of President Trump sitting in a tree that is about to collapse. The tree symbolizes the credibility of President Trump and is being destroyed by the Twitter birds from the Twitter logo. The main issue being covered in this cartoon is the Twitter account run by President Trump. This issue is significant in politics today because of the massive amount of tweets written by him and the huge amount of interactions each tweet gets. During his campaign he was the king of Twitter, receiving much more publicity on his social media than other candidates. Regardless of why a tweet of his became popular it was a form of free advertising and campaigning for him. During his campaign he used his account mainly to point out the faults in his opponents and to occasionally make guarantees about his own goals and campaign promises. After being elected President, many people believed the tweets would stop or at least slow down; however, it seems that becoming President has done nothing to change his social media presence. President Trump constantly tweets his opinions on just about every issue with little professionalism. Each tweet seems to lack a filter, containing sometimes questionable content. Recently Trump accused former President Obama of wiretapping him in a …show more content…
Political cartoons are a popular way to incorporate humor and satire into a political message. Since politics is such a serious subject sometimes people are uninterested in hearing about any political issues. By using humor, a larger audience can be reached because people will be more willing to read a funny political cartoon or watch a satirical skit than read an actual article or watch the news. One of the downsides of this is that sometimes politics is not taken seriously enough. If someone only references satirical political messages then he/she will not be completely educated on the