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Posted: 2019-10-07T11:49:28Z | Updated: 2019-10-07T11:49:28Z Jim Carrey Casts Donald Trump As The Godfather In Cartoon You Can't Refuse | HuffPost

Jim Carrey Casts Donald Trump As The Godfather In Cartoon You Can't Refuse

Carrey's artwork takes a comedic whack at the president's phone call with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

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.

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