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In today’s featured cartoon, Dave Brown mocks US President Donald Trump for calling himself “the chosen one” for taking on China in a trade war. Trump, however, later clarified that his remark was merely meant as a joke. In a reference to Michelangelo’s painting ‘The Creation of Adam’, Brown suggests that Trump is indeed the “chosen one”, by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump recently expressed a desire to purchase Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark. Adam Zyglis takes a dig at Trump in light of his comment.
As a fire rages on in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, David Rowe blames Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the disaster. Bolsonaro is called “Captain Chainsaw” for his policies favouring Amazonian deforestation.
As some world leaders come together to attend the 45th G7 summit in France, Peter Schrank weighs in.