Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Rhineland region are characterized by five things: Music, costumes, flowers, candy, and giant, handcrafted floats, many of which function as life-size political cartoons. On all fronts, this year’s festivities — concentrated in the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Mainz — did not disappoint.

One of the most eye-catching floats in February featured caricatures of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin crushing Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the text “Hitler-Stalin Pakt 2.0” written on their arms: a reference to the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939, which paved the way for their partitioning of invaded Poland. Elsewhere, the US president was seen riding a carriage pulled by the Statue of Liberty, chained up and forced onto her knees.

Elon Musk — another prominent figure currently on German minds due to his support for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) — was also featured. One float depicted him in a diaper bearing the party’s logo as well as a bicorne hat labeled “NAPO-ELON,” and another showed him and AfD leader, Alice Weidel, seated on a seesaw made of arms locked in perpetual Hitler salutes, Weidel raised high by Elon’s weight. Weidel also appeared in a float that turned her into the witch from “Hansel and Gretel,” handing swastika-shaped treats to unsuspecting children in shirts identifying them as “Erstwählers” or first-time voters.