Mafia Don(ald)?
Jim Carrey summoned the fictional criminal underworld to skewer President Donald Trump ’s “do us a favor” phone call with the Ukrainian leader that’s now at the center of the impeachment investigation .
The actor and political cartoonist’s new work, posted Sunday, casts Trump as Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from “The Godfather” asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a favor.
“The Fraudfather made Zelensky ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse,’” Carrey wrote in the caption.
The “Kidding” star took liberties in quoting Corleone’s dialogue from a scene in which he tells Bonasera (Salvatore Corsitto) that he may call upon him for a service in exchange for “military aid.” (Corleone actually said “this justice.”)
An intelligence community whistleblower revealed Trump pressured Zelensky to investigate political foe Joe Biden at a time when U.S. military aid to Ukraine had been suspended. Trump has denied wrongdoing.