In this political cartoon, you can see the Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in 2016 for U.S. President, cutting his nose with a saw to control a puppet of the people with the most basic and ignorant opinions.
I think the artist made an effective political cartoon because of the appropriate use of the symbols and the way he is making an argument with them. The big nose that Trump has on the cartoon represents all the lies he has said (because of the analogy of Pinocchio, a boy whose nose grew when he lied) and how he is taking advantage of that big nose to control the population with the most ignorant and narrow minds as he would’ve controlled a puppet. Basically, the title of the cartoon “The rise of Trump” and