Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016, many mainstream celebrities have added a more political flavor to their interactions with the public. Kanye West has caused Twitter wars with a picture of his Make America Great Again hat, the likes of otherwise fairly neutral celebs such as Chrissy Teigen and Robert De Niro have come out to criticize the GOP, and - of course - Jim Carrey has been dividing fans with his (often explicit) portraits of the president.

For months now, the actor and comedian has been painting Trump and other members of his administration in less-than-flattering ways, and has thus far depicted the president as a Batman villain, a swamp creature, and, well... this:

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And, despite the waves of negative criticism he receives, Carrey has been defiant in his pursuit of humiliating Trump & Co through his artwork. Sometimes, however, his paintings steer a little further away from satire, and a little closer to propaganda.

Take his most recent piece, for instance, which shows a young child being taken from their mother by two ICE agents. Carrey posted it yesterday with the caption:

"1500 innocent children ripped from their mothers’ arms at our border. Lost in Trump’s 'system'. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddle masses yearning to breathe free -- and we will torture them for wanting a better life. From Shining City to Evil Empire in under 500 days."

This was, of course, in reference to the 7000+ children that federal agents had separated from their families who had attempted to enter the USA last year, 1,475 were subsequently "missing", and feared to have been handed over to child traffickers.

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Recent reports have suggested that children are being separated from their families as a form of "deterrence" for immigrants (even those who are seeking asylum - which is legal), and essentially treating human lives as pawns in a seemingly heartless game.

"The vast majority of the people that move illegally into United States are not bad people," said White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly earlier this month. "But they’re also not people that would easily assimilate into the United States into our modern society ... They’re coming here for a reason. And I sympathize with the reason. But the laws are the laws. But a big name of the game is deterrence."

In the wake of this, Trump has been blasted with questions about how he can justify so many innocent children slipping through the cracks of his system - but so far all he's done about the matter is to shift blame to the Democrats.

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Carrey's painting also struck a chord with those who were angry at Ivanka Trump's recent tweet, in which she shared a picture of herself and her son. In any other context, this would be fine, but - after such tragic news concerning other young children - it seemed to imply she was not thinking of those missing kids at all.

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Whether you side with Carrey or not in his decision to attack Trump in such a manner, you have to admit that he's got guts. Not many others have been willing to express their opinions and put their careers and reputations on the line in order to stand up to the president so overtly, and he deserves some commendation for that, at least.

It's no secret by now that Jim Carrey isn't exactly a fan of Donald Trump. Over the past year or so, the actor-turned-artist has been speaking out against the president via a series of (often rather crude and explicit) paintings, all of which focus on some aspect of the Trump administration.

In some of his most recent pieces, the Eternal Sunshine star has called out the president for his involvement in talks with North Korea, his inhumane treatment of immigrants and refugees entering the USA at the southern border, and, of course, the suspected Russian involvement in the 2016 election.

With that in mind, we were all expecting to see a new piece of art after Trump recently met with Vladimir Putin at a summit in Finland - and Carrey has delivered.

His latest drawing, which was posted to Twitter yesterday, shows the presidents of the USA and Russia standing sternly side-by-side, with Putin uttering the words, "I keep the balls".

The rest is pretty self-explanatory.

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This, of course, is not the first picture of Trump and Putin that Carrey has shared. Last week, he posted a drawing of the pair with the words "would" and "wouldn't" overlayed as a negative space image - a reference to the US president's supposed slip-up when he said "I don’t see any reason why it would be [Russia]" who interfered with the election two years ago.

A day later, he claimed he meant to say "wouldn't".

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In all of these posts, Carrey made sure to include the URL "vote.gov" in order to encourage people to vote in the upcoming midterms. However, as well as encouraging political action, the comedic actor has also incited a lot of hatred with his artwork.

"What happened to you man?" wrote one Twitter user. "You used to project so much love."

"Another delusional Hollywood elitist spewing paranoid political rhetoric," added another.

Still, a lot of folks agree with what he's doing.

"Man, say what you will about Jim Carrey’s acting career, but his art statements are flat-out amazing," commented one supporter.

"Absolutely brilliant Jim," chimed in another. "Never stop creating such art in paint or in words. Priceless."

And you have to admit that the guy has a lot of talent - especially when it comes to his creativity.

Plus, in the current political climate, it's very easy to despair over the state of things. At least by using this approach, Carrey is channelling his anger into a medium that provokes discussion and encourages a critical eye of Trump's presidency - and that is undoubtedly important.

The haters can come for him all they want: it's clear that Carrey has no intention of stopping his artwork anytime soon.

Jim Carrey is one of the most beloved comedians ever. From Ace Ventura to Liar Liar, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to The Truman Show, whenever he appears on camera he's guaranteed to make the production better - even if everything else sucks. Once upon a time, the Canadian comic was best-known for (literally) talking out of his ass. But as the years have passed and he's gotten older, Carrey hasn't been afraid to reveal a softer, gentler, more introspective side to his nature.

It turns out that he's got a philosophical bent, a method actor's approach to his work, and recently he's been dabbling in art and painting. Yes, on social media, Jim Carrey is better known for his grotesque and satirical cartoon caricatures, which he regularly posts to his 18.6 million Twitter followers. He has often been vocal in the past about his own voting preferences, and in the case of Republican President Donald Trump, he hasn't been afraid to mince words regarding his opinion of him and his administration.

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Carrey's latest venture in his ongoing anti-Trump art campaign was to create a new cartoon, based on a famous newspaper strip that many of us are familiar with. In a picture posted to his Twitter feed, Carrey sketched the cartoon figure of a little boy urinating on Trump’s grave. The picture was captioned: "Oh how I urine for this all to be over!" The little boy in the picture, who had spiky hair and striped shirt on, looked uncannily similar to the character of Calvin, from Bill Waterson's seminal 1985-1995 newspaper strip Calvin and Hobbes.

Just prior to this, Carrey had posted another caricature of Trump and Kim Jong-un at their meeting at Singapore. This particular piece was captioned: "Let’s Make A Deal: You’ll be a real world leader. I’ll sway the midterm elections. And together we will save the world from the bloodthirsty Canadians."

What has led the famous funnyman to pursue art so voraciously? A documentary released in August 2017 called I Needed Colour shed some light on Carrey's artistic exploits. Carrey revealed that he had got back into art as a form of therapy after the death of his former girlfriend Cathriona White in 2015, explaining that: "Suddenly ... at a time when I was trying to heal a broken heart, I decided 'well maybe I'll paint.' When your heart is in love you're floating weightless. But when you lose that love, you have to re-enter the atmosphere and it can get pretty rough."

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He added: "When I started painting a lot, I became so obsessed that there was nowhere to move in my home. The paintings became part of the furniture; I was eating on them. I found myself looking around myself, on a really bleak winter in New York, and it was just so depressing, and I think I needed colour."

Nowadays Carrey's art seems to be less about therapy and more about his own outrage. But one thing's for sure, it never fails to be provocative.

Jim Carrey has taken to Twitter to share a scathing painting of former First Lady Melania Trump in the wake of her departure from The White House.

Carrey, who has recently stepped down from playing Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live, has never been coy about his feelings towards President Trump and has often shared caricatures of the former POTUS with his 18.9 million followers on Twitter.

Take a look at Donald Trump's departure speech in the video below:

The 57-year-old Truman Show star shared the picture on January 22 and captioned the artwork: "Oh... and goodbye First Lady. I hope the settlement can finance your life in the shallow end. THX for nothing. [sic]"

Take a look at Carrey's new artwork here:

On Twitter, reactions to Carrey's pictures have been divided, with some praising the caricature.

Meanwhile, others were more critical of it:

In a previous interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, while promoting the 2020 Sonic The Hedgehog movie, Carrey (who has been a practicing artist for many years) claimed that he was aiming to scale back his political caricatures, stating:

"To me, that was like a time, and it's been a time, where I just wanted to be the lighthouse that was saying: 'Hey, stay off the rocks, you're headed for the rocks.'"

"We're still headed for the rocks, but I've decided: 'You understand my message, I don't need to be steeped in it anymore.' I think after a while … you get stuck in that kind of stuff."

Carrey added:  "What I want to tell people is: 'It's never been a matter of hating anyone.' I can sit down with anybody in this country and break bread.

"I love people. To me, I think we got tricked by politicians and by weird corporate concerns to believe that disagreement is hatred. And I will never go for that."

Melania Trump released a farewell message in lieu of her departure from The White House in time for Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday, January 20.

As part of the six-minute-long pre-recorded speech, which was posted to her official Twitter account, Mrs. Trump praised those in the military and law enforcement and urged American citizens to "choose love over hatred."

Melania Trump says 'violence is never the answer' in White House farewell speech:

Melania stated: "The past four years have been unforgettable. As Donald and I conclude our time in the White House, I think of all the people I have taken home in my heart and their incredible stories of love, patriotism, and determination."

While most of us know Jim Carrey as the effervescent, energetic actor behind such characters as The Grinch, one half of Dumb & Dumber and the titular Bruce Dolan in Bruce Almighty, the 56-year-old has been more prolific as a painter than as an actor in recent times.

Indeed, it seems that barely a day goes by without some biting satirical cartoon or another isn't being unveiled by Carrey, whether it be his graphic depiction of two hunters impaled on an elephant's tusks;

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A satirical cartoon of Donald Trump bathing in sewage;

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Or a commentary on the ongoing data crisis at Facebook in the wake of the Camridge Analytica scandal;

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Basically, if it's big news then Carrey has something to say - or rather, something to draw - about it.

The paintings, in truth, have been met with a mixed response; some believe that Carrey has overstepped the line on a couple of them, most notably this unflattering portrait of a White House official;

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Far from being cowed by perceived criticism in some circles, though, Carrey's prolific nature as an artist persists, and his pieces certainly make waves on Twitter, where they receive many tens of thousands of likes and retweets.

It was, perhaps, inevitable then that Carrey would eventually decide to throw his hat into the ring with an "official" portrait of Donald Trump, as he wrote on Twitter;

"Dear Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @NPG, I know it’s early but I’d like to submit this as the official portrait of our 45th President, Donald J. Trump. It’s called, 'You Scream. I Scream. Will We Ever Stop Screaming?'"

Unsurprisingly, it isn't an especially flattering depiction of the President, either.

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Carrey has been an outspoken and consistent critic of Donald Trump since the former businessman ascended to the White House. In the wake of a  a state-wide alert that was mistakenly sent out to Hawaiian citizens warning them that a ballistic missile was inbound, Carrey, who was visiting Hawaii at the time, described a "real psychic warning."

"if we allow this one-man Gomorrah and his corrupt Republican congress to continue alienating the world we are headed for suffering beyond all imagination".

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Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg has issued a statement after the extent of the data breach which saw a reported 50 million users have their data harvested by Cambridge Analytica;

"I've been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn't happen again. The good news is that the most important actions to prevent this from happening again today we have already taken years ago. But we also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it.

"I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform. I'm serious about doing what it takes to protect our community.

"While this specific issue involving Cambridge Analytica should no longer happen with new apps today, that doesn't change what happened in the past."

With people beginning to delete their Facebook accounts in protest, it remains to be seen if Zuckerberg's words will be enough.