Rare, medium or Tesla?
‘How would you like your steak cooked – rare, medium or Tesla?’

‘How would you like your steak cooked – rare, medium or Tesla?’
‘I won’t believe it’s spring until I see Christmas decorations in the shops.’
A cartoon is doing the rounds online, critiquing American isolationism and the reluctance to engage with the war in Europe. It lampoons the head-in-the-sand myopia of the America First movement – and feels highly relevant today. But this cartoon isn’t new; it is from 1941. And its targets aren’t Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, but
‘Oh no – the Messiah has a Farage complex!’
‘I wouldn’t want to be Tesla’s head of sales’
‘Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to woke we go.’
‘I’m off to America where they don’t mind if you’re a dangerous misogynist.’
‘Unfortunately we can’t afford a gun to go with it.’
‘I refuse to turn water into non-alcoholic wine.’
‘Welcome to assisted dying – or to give it its correct title, the NHS.’
‘But what if you turn into a useful idiot?’
‘Panic over – he had gone to see The Brutalist.’
‘You’ve been cleared for takeoff.’
‘Death, War – meet Artificial Intelligence.’
‘When my husband heard about Gerry Adams getting compensation, he exploded.’
‘Are we keeping the public out or the convicted felon in?’
‘It’s so cold and bleak, Donald Trump may want to buy us.’
‘Who DOES God think he is? Elon Musk?’
‘Our numbers are 173% accurate!’