In a world where personal branding is paramount, individuals are often marketed like products. Nowhere is this phenomenon ...

The elephant became linked to the Republican Party largely due to the work of political cartoonist Thomas Nast, who is often credited with popularizing both symbols. In an 1874 cartoon published ...

His dense and meticulously labeled cartoons served as arguments for analysis and discussion, popularizing the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. Despite facing financial troubles later ...

If the GOP's beliefs fell so quickly under Trump, maybe it was political expediency that was propping them up all along.