1. In this cartoon there are two main boxes of text, the first and most obvious is a speech coming from what appears to be a baby Donald Trump, already yelling and giving orders so early in his life. What he says to me, is a poke at Obama and his birth certificate controversy as noted by Trump saying "You want me to run for president, I'm gonna need a birth certificate!" Other bits of humor include the line "Get me my birth certificate right now or you're fired!", a little joke making reference to Trumps infamous line.
2. The only objects in this cartoon are ten or so babies in a hospital nursery just after birth, included within them, the young Donny Trump.
3. The action taking place is the baby Donald Trump giving his ten cents to the rest of the babies/staff in the hospital and most likely surrounding rooms, given the all caps font and various exclamation points.
4. The message of the cartoon to me, is that the artist wanted to portray Donald Trump as a generally grumpy and stubborn guy, most likely not the artist favorite for the upcoming presidential election in 2012. If had had to give this cartoon an ideology, I would give this a moderate to slightly left on the ideology scale. I'm in between the two because the artist is poking fun at a likely republican for [resident, but on the other hand, I'm sure both republicans and democrats have a mutual dislike for The Donald.
5. This cartoon relates directly to next years presidential election and how Mr. Trump plans to make a run for it despite much disagreement and opposition.
6. There is not much irony in this cartoon however it is somewhat rich in satire, making fun of the controlling and demanding tone Trump uses much of the time, at least on the air. Another bit of humor is the quote from the mini-sized doctors saying "IT has a mother??" pointing fun at the fact that any women could give birth to such a being.
Source- New York Times: http://www.uclick.com/client/nyt/po/
Artist- Pat Oliphant
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