Paint Shortage

⚠️This image is an AI creation and not factual.⚠️

Satirical Caption📋

Japanese Citizen: Due to the oil shortage, potato chip bags look like that now… Trump: Not my problem. I couldn’t care less! God: In that case, you don’t need color either, do you? — Abracadabra! Japanese Citizen: Oh! Donald Trump’s color is…! Trump: Monochrome Always Good Anywhere! (MAGA!)

Creative Process📋

Due to the war between the United States and Iran, the Strait of Hormuz has been blockaded, and the flow of crude oil has come to a halt. As a result, the supply of raw materials such as ink has become unstable in Japan, leading snack manufacturers like Calbee to switch the packaging of their main products to black‑and‑white printing.

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/japanese-snack-giant-calbee-black-and-white-packaging-iran-war-donald-trump/ Since this situation has already been reported overseas, I decided to create a satirical illustration to make more people aware of it. I tried to have Donald Trump — the one who caused this problem — hold a bag of potato chips, but one of my AI tools had other ideas and took “supersized” a bit too literally, making it the size of a cushion. Even in America, where everything tends to be supersized, I thought that was going too far, but it was funny, so I used it as is.

For the background, I asked for a colorful design inspired by a shopping mall, turning it into a patriotic space with American flags displayed here and there. And since it still felt like something was missing, I added a punchline by playing on the “MAGA” slogan: Monochrome Always Good Anywhere!

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