This Political Cartoon by artist Rick McKee of the Augusta Chronicle is satirizing Donald Trump's recent talks about potentially running for the presidency as an Independent through Americans Elect. He stated that after The Apprentice ends in may, he could, if he wanted to, pursue the presidency and, "if the Republicans pick the wrong person...seriously consider running."
McKee uses a number of objects and devices in order to mock Trump. The caricature of Trump is the most important object in the piece. By giving the Trump character narrow eyes and an enormous head, the caricature represents Trump's inflated ego and his constant teasing of the presidency with his potential running. His vanity and ego is also represented by other objects in the room such as his giant painting of himself labeled "The Donald" and the fact he is reading a newspaper article about himself. The secretary character and the phone she is carrying represents the American people and their overwhelming distain to Trump's constant media coverage and teasing. Other techniques McKee uses besides caricature is ridicule in the fact that he berates Trump's constant need for media attention.
All of these devices and objects combine to demonstrate McKee's message and point-of-view regarding the Trump presidencial campaign situation. McKee, through his cartoon, shows the audience that he is tired of the constant teasing of a potential run for presidency that Trump does and the overwhelming media attention that Trump gets whenever he mentions his candidacy further inflating his ego. The underlying message of the cartoon, therefore, is that much like Trump, those who tease just for the attention are not paying attention to.
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