Comedians running countries isn’t as rare as you might think. The 5 star movement in Italy is headed by a comedian, and he led the country in coalition with the Legia Nord recently. Boris Johnson hosted Have I Got News For You in the U.K. for years before he became mayor of London and eventually PM, so he is arguably another comedian now running a country. Trump may not have been comedian but he was a long time host of a light entertainment show on The Apprentice. There are a good few others who have achieved high political office but not necessarily reaching the pinnacle of national leadership. It makes sense too - they have to be pretty astute to be comics, public speaking is obviously not going to be much a problem, and many of them have ready made political bases from their comedy fan bases.
Comedians running countries isn’t as rare as you might think. The 5 star movement in Italy is headed by a comedian, and he led the country in coalition with the Legia Nord recently. Boris Johnson hosted Have I Got News For You in the U.K. for years before he became mayor of London and eventually PM, so he is arguably another comedian now running a country. Trump may not have been comedian but he was a long time host of a light entertainment show on The Apprentice. There are a good few others who have achieved high political office but not necessarily reaching the pinnacle of national leadership. It makes sense too - they have to be pretty astute to be comics, public speaking is obviously not going to be much a problem, and many of them have ready made political bases from their comedy fan bases.
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