CW: Political satire; pretend-fascists getting what's coming to them. You don't have to look at this particular blog post if you don't want to...

T. A. C. O. in this case stands for:

Trump

Always

Chickens

Out

Based on this latest assurance that the wannabe dictator is WEAK

The image above is also an updated take on this iconic Looney Tunes scene where Daffy whacks Adolf Hitler in the head with a mallet and Hitler cries like the man-baby he was:

In all silliness, people like Trump are only powerful if people fear and respect him, which is thankfully becoming less and less the case after he promised lower prices to Americans, only to actively raise the price of literally everything within his first 100 days of his Second Term. It is literally my patriotic duty for the next 3 and a half years to clown on this joker and thus do my part to take away his power over the "Neville Chamberlains" of America--as if he isn't doing that to himself by even screwing over billionaires who just want their tax cuts, that's all. Comedy and satire has not only been our species' "Copium" since the dawn of the human race, it has also proven time and time again to be a genuine weapon against those who command unflinching fear and respect, and without such they have nothing--at least until/unless certain dictators squelch free speech and humor in their country entirely. Just like in his first term, Mr. Trump will not have that privilege to stop us from laughing at him.

Don't worry, though, if you fear my newfound boldness against a weak coward my fellow countrymen are increasingly regretting voting back in will mean no more purely "escapist" comics and animations from me. For one thing, I am sooooo slow at solo animation (and I only get to chip away at animation projects at all on weekends) that I can't afford to make editorial cartoons based on an event that will no longer be relevant by the time I finish the storyboard animatic. Heck, the news moves so rapidly these days, even spending an entire afternoon on an Art Portal illustration lampooning US politics is a risky move--gotta stay "timeless" with my long-term art projects, at most satirizing human nature in general, not current events that just zip by.

Also, another crucial part of protesting MAGA is still being able to find joy in life regardless of whatever upsetting news we read on any given day. It's no secret that the self-proclaimed "anti-woke" crowd lives for "owning the libs." Who cares if we lose our healthcare and retirement money, so long as the man who took away all that stuff from us annoys the hell out of Californians and New Yorkers as well? By just living my life as I always have, regardless of who's currently in charge, drawing funny cartoons, getting my beloved workouts/naps--that has proven to be a surprisingly-effective way of making terminally-online Neanderthals feel angry and powerless, especially if I just "woke" up from a nap--maybe even obnoxiously live rent-free in THEIR heads instead of them even getting a discount into my brain. And I'M supposed to be the overly-sensitive one that can't handle opinions different from my own, if simply continuing to do what I do and believe what I believe causes certain sad individuals to lie awake at night?

Still, it's a tricky balancing act between "not giving my opponents the satisfaction of killing my vibes" and "not being complacent in the face of injustice that even affects me somehow." The man not only affects the price of groceries, he affects the price of my escapist video games--or at least, he gave Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony the "in" they need to start charging $80+ for broken, unfinished "triple A" video games. I am literally not allowed to ignore the crimes happening in the White House because they are making my distractions from such stuff too expensive. I just want people to know that my fear is actually at an all-time low now that I am reminded how weak wannabe bullies can be in the face of even the slightest resistance and, to quote Zach Hadel--I mean, Kevin from Home Alone:

"I'm not afraid anymore! Do you hear me?? I'M NOT AFRAID ANYMORE!!"

Yes, I know the irony of quoting Home Alone considering the Chicken made a prominent cameo in Home Alone 2. Elon Musk also made a cameo in Iron Man 2. Ohh, if only we knew back when these movies came out what we know now...