Mr. Navarro was a thorn in the side of Wall Street and a loyalist in Mr. Trumpov’s first term.

After a day in the garden, my arms usually are crisscrossed with scratches, sunburn, a few punctures from thorns and more often than not, a low-grade rash.

He could still be a thorn in the side of both unionist opponents and former nationalist allies.

Like that David Fincher movie, “Grotesquerie” wraps its ills in a grimy, nocturnal film, and tops them with a crown of thorns.

“We’re trying to take something that they view as kind of a thorn in their side and use it as a disincentive for the kind of behavior we’re seeing,” he said.