💥 Viral Cartoon Mocking #TRUMP Over India Tariff: 🚫 Fact-Check 🚫

A cartoon is going viral, mocking President Donald Trump for imposing heavy tariffs on India. The image, titled "How Tariffs Work," shows Trump urinating into a table fan, and the stream getting redirected back to his own face! 🤦‍♂️💨 The fan displays the Indian flag, suggesting that the tariffs on Indian exports backfired. 🇮🇳❌

Many users claim this cartoon was published by international news outlets. 📲 One Instagram user posted it on August 7, 2025, saying, “This cartoon was published in an American newspaper…” 📰 A Facebook post by Indori Bhiya mentions that the image was shared by a Chinese account in support of India. 🇨🇳🤝🇮🇳

🔍 Fact-Check:

To confirm the cartoon’s authenticity, we did a reverse image search, which pointed us to Bruce MacKinnon, an editorial cartoonist for the Halifax Chronicle Herald. His original cartoon, published on February 3, 2025, featured a red maple leaf on the fan, symbolizing Canada, not India. 🍁❌🇮🇳

The version circulating online was digitally altered to replace the Canadian flag with the Indian tricolor. 🖼️🖥️

MacKinnon’s original cartoon, made in November 2024, was a response to Trump’s tariffs on Canada, and it gained attention again when Trump imposed additional tariffs on Canada and Mexico in February 2025. 🗓️📈

✅ Conclusion:

The viral cartoon is a doctored version of a Canadian cartoon, with no connection to India. The claim that it was published by international news outlets is false. Let’s stay cautious about what we share online! 📲💡

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