Nah, that just helps to normalize it and let people think it’s just harmless and fun.

It’s easier for the news and the government to deepfake things like “huge mobs of Mexican narcoterrorists just over the border” or “there’s a nuclear missile silo in Iran” or whatever with this.

When he wasn’t trying to engage in his favorite pastime of killing and vilifying Superman, Lex Luthor was a pretty good President all things considered.