It’s no surprise that the media are eager to pin all things negative onto President Trump. In their collective eyes, he can do no good. The more Trump can be connected to or blamed for that which is of a dark, violent, and authoritarian nature, the better. The new movie Joker, with its exceedingly bleak and disturbing subject matter, is the ideal material.

But linking Trump to this entertainment offering is an exaggeration at best, and one does not need to be an enthusiastic MAGA cheerleader to come to this conclusion.