Trump and Carson

Found on http://bokbluster.com/2015/11/14/trump-and-carson-foreign-policy/

I find this political cartoon appealing because it equates foreign policy to brain surgery. Brain surgery is a complicated process, meaning it is stressful to perform and the surgeon should definitely be careful when performing it. In the cartoon, it shows Trump and Carson performing "brain surgery". Foreign policy, like brain surgery, is a delicate subject that requires a person to really think about how they are going about it. Carson is careful, since he knows there are many components that are needed to be looked over in order to have a successful surgery, while Trump wants to get it over with and chooses a chainsaw instead of taking the time to pay attention to the patient. This is pretty dated, since Carson dropped out months ago and Trump is now the President Elect, but I feel that this picture still has some relevance. It shows that while campaigning, Carson tried to formulate a plan to keep foreign policy stable without disrupting everything else, while Trump simply wants to say whatever he chooses and not really think about the repercussions of his actions. This political cartoon is for Carson, but it also almost seems like a slap in the face towards him looking at it now. It kind of shows that Carson might have paid too much attention to Foreign policy that he didn't really focus on the other aspects of the campaign, or people could have believed that being too careful was not really that important, thus propelling Trump further up in the election. Trump was straight to the point and appealed to people, which allowed him to win more votes and appeal to more people.