Discover the news, history, and symbolism behind Maria Grasmick’s Trump Strait of Hormuz political cartoon, “The Colossus of Hormuz.”
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Political cartoon featuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine during a Pentagon press briefing about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. The cartoon references the viral “kamikaze dolphins” exchange from the briefing, with a classified “Marine Mammal Program” folder, military dolphin deployment imagery, and satirical Cold War-style propaganda aesthetics. The piece combines military bureaucracy, geopolitical satire, and absurd modern warfare themes.
When the Founders Spoke Back Trump, Iran, and the Alexander Hamilton Statue in the White House Rose Garden This week, during a press exchange in the White House Rose Garden, reporters pressed President Trump with urgent foreign policy questions: “Mr. President ..what is your objective? Who do you want to lead Iran?” Rather than engage…
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