Name Games
Satirical dispatches on Trump’s naming spree, from public landmarks to the Kennedy Center. Facts are sourced; the opinions and cartoons are ours.
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Is there a color more gold than gold?
The decorator has run out of gold. Trump calls that a lack of ambition. Our cartoon checks whether the stapler needs gilding.
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Super Intelligence Force. Capes first, powers later.
The Super Intelligence Force has a name. Our cartoon supplies the capes. Actual powers remain a separate purchase.
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SpaceXSI: one small step for a label maker.
Elon can land a rocket. Trump can operate a label maker. Somehow the label maker gets the ceremony. SpaceXSI, explained.
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Sleepy Joe called. He wants his nickname back.
The nickname has a forwarding address. Three invented meeting scenes, a half-finished accusation, and real reporting behind the joke. Welcome to Executive Resting.
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Department of War: tougher stationery, same taxpayer.
The label maker cannot repeal a statute, repair a roof, or explain the bill. Trump and Hegseth admire the new sign while CBO supplies the less glamorous paperwork.
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The Kennedy Center meets a branding tantrum
The sign was only the beginning. Cancellations, an opera company’s departure, court-blocked naming attempts, and an Honors ceremony leaving its home.