Not to throw a pie in anyone’s face, but he argues that evil clowns have always been among us. “It’s a mistake to ask when clowns turned bad because historically they were never really good.

He paints his face, he's clearly wearing a wig and he's not nearly as funny as he thinks he is. Verdict: clown. It's becoming increasingly clear that the Trump campaign is a campaign in name only.

I often describe my job as a political cartoonist as “assassination without the blood”. I’m only half joking. Cartoons work because they make us laugh, but that very neatly disguises what ...