Two-panel editorial cartoon. LEFT: a Republican press conference under a banner reading COMMUNISM IS ON THE BALLOT — Mike Johnson at the podium, finger raised, shouting COMMUNISM IS ON THE BALLOT!, flanked by Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, Elise Stefanik, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Boebert looking grave. RIGHT: Trump in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk, fingers tented, grinning under a rising stock ticker, saying WE TOOK 10% OF INTEL, 15% OF NVIDIA, 10% OF LITHIUM AMERICAS, AND A GOLDEN SHARE OF U.S. STEEL. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with gpt-image-2 on fal.ai
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