Comedian Bringing Down the Clown

Who would have believed that a comedian would govern an extremely strategic country that lies at the heart of Russian versus power struggle? Or that a bawdy, brainless, boorish man would run the strongest and most influential country in the world? Now, for the comedian to be the reason behind ending the clown’s tenure would be the joke of the decade.

On 4 October, Ukraine’s general prosecutor’s office announced that it will review past investigations into the owner of Burisma - a gas company linked to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter-, raising the possibility of reopening the probes as per President Trump’s instructions.

Donald Trump had insisted repeatedly that his invitation to Ukraine to re-launch investigations had nothing to do with his political aspirations or cheap strategies to bring down an opponent, but rather a commitment to fight corruption committed by US nationals. Irrespective of whether an indictment would emerge, the investigations themselves are mired by unreliability and bias from the outset. If the Bidens were indicted, the entire world would support claims that Trump’s pressure was behind this. If they were declared innocent, the entire world would believe that the entire investigation was a farce that was launched to appease the US President. The only bet Trump has in this matter is that enough media controversy would be stirred that voters would subconsciously associate Biden with corruption – irrespective of the actual facts. This would certainly help the President in his re-election, or would it?

Even if the President were not impeached, and appeared victorious over Democratic villains, the average person would definitely ask the question of whether the Ukrainian President played the US President. In light of the heightened and tensed emotions, and the insistence of the US president that he did not pressure Ukraine to re-launch investigations, a smart and wise decision to help a ‘US friend’ would be to wait it out, let the media calm down, and launch investigations in silence. Instead, and in a very funny joke, the Ukrainian President escalated the issue, proving to the world that he was ‘pressured’ whilst also claiming his country’s right to purchase military equipment as promised in this ‘not-really-a-deal’. And oh yes, he would also look like a champion fighting financial crime. The US public would not take a liking to this, and would certainly reconsider voting for a President who was unable to manage a simple act of extortion.

It would be a very nice twist of fate if Ukraine were the reason to the ending of Trump. Perhaps we need more comedians in power to bring the world justice, with a nice heartfelt laugh.