Now, a dictatorial but senile Trump rules nation by saying, 'We'll see what happens'

Editorial cartoonist Milt Priggee tries to cram in all of problems that beset the nation since the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president in January 2017, including "endless wars," "denouncing free press," "American self-isolation," "climate-change denial" and "Big Pharma's opioid-addiction crisis." 

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Under Donald J. Trump, the worst president in U.S. history, our great nation is being ruled by tweet and happenstance.

After the president (not North Korea, as I wrote earlier) cancelled a scheduled June 12 summit to discuss a nuclear-disarmament treaty, Trump tweeted the meeting might take place after all.

"We'll see what happens," the president said weakly to the cowardly White House press corps, which has yet to confront him and demand, "Please stop lying to the American people."

Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress rammed through the biggest tax cut ever for the wealthy and big corporations, ensuring massive budget deficits in the future.

Yet, the president still refuses to release his tax returns. 

See more editorial cartoons below and on The Cagle Post.

Jimmy Margulies, former editorial cartoonist at The Record of Woodland Park, a once-great local daily newspaper, has owners of National Football League teams climbing into bed with Trump when they held players could no longer kneel during the national anthem without leaving themselves open to punishment and exposing their teams to possible financial penalties.

Cartoonist Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer spelling out the NFL team owners' anthem policy, using the acronym, "RESPECT": "Revenue, Enrichment, Sales, Profit, Earnings, Cash and Trump."

In this cartoon by Stephane Peray, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and President Trump give the finger to a white dove, a symbol of peace.

Cartoonist Dave Granlund has Trump blaming cancellation of the summit meeting on Kim Jung-un's "name calling."

R.J. Matson, the cartoonist at Roll Call, says Trump, under relentless pressure from the Russia investigation, is claiming investigators are the ones who are breaking the law.