Introduction          Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy closed his inaugural address in 2019 with the following: “Dear Nation! All my life I tried to do all I could so that Ukrainians laughed. That was my mission. Now I will do all I can so that Ukrainians at least do not cry any more”(https://ukrainefrontlines.com/politics/volodymyr-zelenskys-inaugural-address-full-text/). Having failed in … Continue reading Sad Clown with the Circus Closed Down*: Zelenskiy’s Demise