[Meet the New Boss]

We’re now like the waning years of the Soviet Union, when handlers would prop up the half-dead General Secretary in public to watch passing military parades.

[CrazyIvan]

Zorkin:
I am to be described as “robust” and “healthy.”

Remember the scene from “Sum of all Fears”? Wish I could find a video clip of that.

[The_Media_never_lie]

We’re now like the waning years of the Soviet Union, when handlers would prop up the half-dead General Secretary in public to watch passing military parades.

The main stream media is also very reminiscent media of the old Soviet Union. They spike stories that don't fit the narrative, and every item covered is covered in order to advance the agenda.