And here in New York City, Delta Air Lines and Bank of America have pulled their sponsorship of the Public Theater’s summer performance of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” because the play depicts the assassination of a Trump-like Caesar, complete with blond hair and a gold bathtub. A 2012 staging of “Julius Caesar” depicted Caesar as an Obama-like figure. This is Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis, speaking about the lessons of “Julius Caesar” before the play Monday night.

Oskar Eustis: “This play, on the contrary, warns about what happens when you try to preserve democracy by nondemocratic means. And, again—spoiler alert—it doesn’t end up too good.”

“Julius Caesar” is commonly understood as a play that advocates against assassination, depicting the widespread upheaval and violence that results from Julius Caesar’s murder.