This John Heartfield artwork reminds me of a couple of zeroes.

[Kid Berwyn]

Translation:

"Kleiner Mann bittet um Grosse gaben" means "Little man asks for big gifts."

"Motto: MILLIONEN STEHEN HINTER MIR!" means "Motto: MILLIONS ARE BEHIND ME!"

Source: https://www.huckmag.com/article/john-heartfield-artist-one-mans-war-exhibition

For some reason, unfortunately, I'm not having a hard time figuring out the symbolism. The great antifascist John Heartfield understood what his beloved Germany faced in the 1930s. Are there any current figures you see in U.S. politics today who might fit into the two figures above?

[calimary]

1. Ouch!

[Kid Berwyn]

2. "Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy."

‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect

Timothy Snyder says world’s richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White House

Excerpt...

by Martin engelly
The Guardain, January 1, 2025

“Trump is a little guy, and Musk is a big guy when it actually comes to having money,” Snyder said. “And I think if you were a friend of Trump, you would be worried.”

The author of bestsellers including On Tyranny (2017) and On Freedom (2024) was speaking to the Guardian about issues including his work in Ukraine, where he has teamed up with the Star Wars actor Mark Hamill to raise funds to buy robots to clear landmines laid by Russian invaders.

Snip...

Snyder expects that Trump’s soon-to-be home, the White House, will be a stage for uncomfortable and damaging discord between the president-elect and his most powerful ally, the world’s richest man.

“I think we overestimate Trump and we underestimate Musk,” Snyder said. “People can’t help but think that Trump has money, but he doesn’t. He’s never really had money. He’s never even really claimed to have money. His whole notion is that you have to believe that he has money. But he’s never been able to pay his own debts. He’s never been able to finance his own campaigns.

“Musk, with an amount of money that was meaningless to him, was able to finance Trump’s campaign, essentially.”

Continues...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/01/elon-musk-donald-trump

I'll say, and add most small when it comes to most anything.

[calimary]

3. The donald thinks he's got a tiger by the tail.

But if THAT’S what you’ve got, donald, you might soon be in big trouble. You see a new “pet”. The tiger sees lunch.