[Satire] From Trump to Putin, Germany’s Carnival puts politics on parade

German Carnival Float Roasts Trump And His Allies With Massive NSFW 'MAGA' Testicles

Republican President Donald Trump was ruthlessly mocked in the form of effigies on several carnival floats parading down the streets of Düsseldorf and Cologne, Germany, on Shrove Monday.The annual carnival, also known as Rose Monday, takes place in the Rhineland region in Germany. It is their version of Mardi Gras, and the highlight of the event is its satirical and graphic depictions of major political figures. Germany didn't hold back in criti…

German Carnival Season Satirises Trump Peace Drive

German cities celebrated Rosenmontag with traditional floats showing caricatures, and once again Trump has proven irresistible to satirists.

German carnival floats eviscerate Musk, Trump and Putin

The likes of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been eviscerated by damning floats at a carnival in Dusseldorf.

A perfect summing up of the Trump/Russia relationship in one parade float from Germany

A story about the parade... From Trump to Putin, Germany’s Carnival puts politics on parade One float in the Düsseldorf Shrove Monday parade showed the US president making a ‘Hitler-Stalin-Pact 2.0’ with Putin while crushing Ukraine Hundreds of...

In pictures: Germany's carnival mocks Trump and Putin

Carnival season was in full swing this morning in Germany, with cities lining up the streets with their best floats, or the ones that combine elements of satire for political commentary on state and world affairs.

Michael Bukowick: The wrong side of history

It’s hard not to see parallels between Donald Trump’s deals with Vladimir Putin and the appeasement of Adolf Hitler by Britain and France in the 1930s. However, Trump is performing even more like the USSR and Italy, who went beyond acceptance and emboldenment of Nazi aggression to ally with Hitler and opportunistically mimic him. Like Stalin and Mussolini, Trump treats a disordered world as an exciting opening, and has talked of claiming Panama,…