Many American cartoonists have compared President Donald Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey to Richard Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" in 1973 — when Nixon terminated a special prosecutor looking into Watergate.
Cartoonists outside the US are taking the opportunity to riff on the hidden hand of Russia in US politics, and some familiar Trumpisms — like the reality TV star's penchant for declaring, "You're fired!"
Here are some of the images circulating the globe right now:
The Nixonian twist - Trump sacks Comey - you just can't make this stuff up. #FBIDirector #Trumpistan @nzherald pic.twitter.com/HPVwrjIQtb
— Rod Emmerson (@rodemmerson) May 10, 2017
#tOOnsMaG James Comey, Donald Trump, Russiagate and the Mother's Day Massacre #Cartoon by Christian Durando, from… https://t.co/RmY6Zv6ltB
— MY.TOONSMAG.COM (@mytoonsmag) May 10, 2017
Cartoon for May 9th. #Trumprussia #FBIDirector #COMEY #ComeyFiring pic.twitter.com/iUd84cPF2r
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) May 10, 2017
#trump #TrumpRussiaInvestigation pic.twitter.com/qbfUMvWIN4 Dawn Mockler of Canada
— Dawn Mockler (@dawnymock) May 10, 2017
Osama Hajjaj, Jordan
#comeyfired #COMEY #MAGA #drainingtheswamp #ComeyYoureFired #FBIComey #POTUS # pic.twitter.com/uvhnbbdcP8
— miguel (@miguelcartoons) May 10, 2017
Martin Sutovec, Slovakia
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