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Trump After Trump #28 (Sunday)

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Trump and His Best Bud Don-Don Say Their Night-Night Prayers

I wrote this comic to explore more of the gap between Pence’s Christian faith and Trump’s amoral narcissism. But, when I started drawing, Trump needed to look more like he was ready for bed time.

I dressed him in gold silk, T-covered pajamas, then considered having him hold a stuffed elephant. Trump has never been a big party loyalist – his biggest loyalty being to himself – so Don-Don the stuffed, little Donald Trump doll just emerged from my pencil. I started laughing, and the strip immediately was at risk of being completely hijacked by this little orange guy with yellow yarn hair!

I’m going to enjoy seeing how Don-Don adds to this world. Frankly, he is much needed: thinking about Donald Trump every day for this comic strip is taking a toll on me, so a little toy Trump should help open up the world a bit.

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Trump After Trump #4

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Biden Finally Returns Trump’s Congratulatory Phone Call

I think a lot of voters hoped that Pence would be the voice of faith in this White House, and that may be the case. I also imagine him as a voice of reason, one of many people who can try to advise Trump away from his erratic instincts.

When Trump sees that Biden is calling back, his ego is immediately sated, and now he wants to mess with the new president-elect.

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Trump After Trump #3

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Trump’s Twitter Voice Is Tremendous

When you’re frustrated by someone not answering or returning your calls, you can always turn to Twitter. “He may not be answering, but SOMEONE is going to hear me!”

When reading people’s posts on social media, you can usually hear the tone of voice that goes with it. I often hear Trump’s posts as a yell, and I imagine the moment of his composing the Tweets as an actual yell that must be alarming for the people near him. Whether or not this is what, in fact, happens is a question for the journalist, not the cartoonist.

Mike Pence made his first appearance in the last strip, no. 2, and he is a good foil for the seething id that is Trump.

It was fun drawing Trump’s wide, yelling mouth and messing up Pence’s hair.

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