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Zelensky and Trump looking glum.THE VERY NICE, NO PRESSURE, CALL
Ukraine’s president is being dubbed “Monica Zelensky” at home
	
	
	
		
		
		
			
		
		
	
	
Ukraine president Vlodymyr Zelensky probably always dreamed of being an internationally known household name, given 
his first chosen profession was acting.
But  the actor-turned-president, who ran on an anti-corruption platform and  won this spring—after playing a similar role on TV—probably never  dreamed he’d end up at the center of an international kerfuffle that  could sink the most powerful man in the world.
Still, that’s exactly where he finds himself. A 
phone call between Zelensky and US president Donald Trump has triggered 
an impeachment inquiry  that has everyone recalling the last time the US government went down  this road: the 1998 impeachment of then-president Bill Clinton.
Clinton,  of course, had an affair with a White House intern, which is what led  Congress to launch its investigation at the time. History buffs will  recall that while Clinton was impeached by the House, he was ultimately  acquitted by the Senate and not removed from office. (If that sounds  confusing to you, you can read up on the impeachment process 
here.) Monica Lewinsky, the name of the intern, however, has gone down in infamy and is now the source of the Ukraine president’s 
new nickname: Monica Zelensky.
If Zelensky is lucky, he will not end up tarnished by the intrigue surrounding him. Lewinsky did. And Ukrainians seem to have 
mixed feelings (in Ukrainian) about their country’s newfound fame. “Now the country of Ukraine is known to the whole world,” TV presenter Taras  Berezovets wrote on Facebook. But as Ukrainian diplomat Pavlo Klimkin  joked on social media, “Whatever happens, in the history of the United  States, Ukraine will remain the country that led to the impeachment of  the US President. Not a very fun prospect. But now everyone knows what  we are capable of 

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https://qz.com/1717059/ukraines-president-is-being-dubbed-monica-zelensky-at-home