Wouldn’t this make a great comedy movie....fake American managers arrive to work for some major Ukrainian company, who don’t know anything about the product, and are there strictly to collect on political ‘debt’. Throw in some Russian hookers, Cypriot intellectuals, an American VP calling daily about ‘business’, and Ukrainian journalists wondering if this is a legit business enterprise or just a mafia front (paid by the US government).
I have an idea for a TV movie. The opening scene would be somewhat familiar. A nefarious character, say a Utah Senator that is rumored to be super wealthy from his past double-dealing in some under-handed financial maneuvers, meets with a fellow Republican Senator over dinner at his home.
The guest, being a politician, has a number of questionable episodes in his past (information provided by various government operatives) that can be exploited through blackmail, as well as the usual greed for financial gain.
The host offers to ensure that all of the past misdeeds will never see the light of day and a bonus of $100 million will deposited in a secret account (a tax-free windfall!) once the Senator votes to remove the sitting president from office in the potential upcoming Senate trial. This scene would be repeated about twenty more times, with each corrupt senator believing they alone are the recipient of the host’s largess.
The fix is in.
A lengthy made-for-TV Senate trial dramatically follows a solemn impeachment vote in the House of Representatives.
Breathless television newscasters have a ratings windfall ending with the surprise news that the US Senate votes to remove the president!
The finale would be a big reveal that the plan and all of the funding came from a foundation linked to a Hungarian billionaire who is intent on naming the new vice-president. Dark hints alluding to the removal of the existing vice-president in an arranged ‘accident’ following his inauguration could provide a surprise ending scene.
We all know, of course, that this is fiction. It could never possibly happen. No US Senator could ever be that corrupt or double-dealing.
They all have very high standards.