They hate it cuz it's true

[fridi]

When speaking truth to power political cartoons are not always meant to be funny. Many times they have slapped us in the face and forced us to look at reality.



While this was originally published in a Canadian newspaper, the owner seems to have a fear of retaliation from Trump with his other business ventures. Thus, killing freedom of speech and press.

J.D. Irving, Limited is not only a privately owned conglomerate headquartered in New Brunswick, it's also an international behemoth with global reach. Trade has been an issue since Trump took office, trade that affects the Irvings directly, not to mention a host of other issues. And the POTUS himself is someone who doesn't usually shy away from punishing those who appear to oppose him.

You must have noticed that about Trump and revenge by now. He'll send you to the cornfield.

Of course, now the newspaper has painted itself into a corner, first having run the cartoon and then turning around and firing the guy for it. The problem is, the cartoon spoke truth. And Trump's ego couldn't handle it. These guys should be ashamed of themselves.

Comments

[mahnmut]

I get it. Obama was eviler to migrants than Trump is, therefore -poof!- problem solved.

[fridi]

You forgot Abracadabra.

[mikeyxw]

Nobody is really interested in a solution. The GOP gets to sell this as protecting American jobs while the Democrats get to say how awful the Trump administration is. The cost is somewhere around 300 lives per year of folks who can't vote in the US anyhow. Sure, one side has worse rhetoric than the other, but the only difference is the packaging, not the product.

The only way to actually reduce the number of deaths is to create some way for those who are currently illegally entering the US to do so legally and safely. So far, no presidential candidates, and there are plenty of them, are proposing anything like this. That said, Trump is president and this is his problem to solve and the cartoon certainly captured the uncaring way he's approached this issue.

[oportet]

Could it have been 'problem solved' by now if people got outraged a little sooner?

Even at a government pace - we could have been close.