Before becoming Ukraine's president in 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a comedian and actor. He co-founded Kvartal 95 and has pushed for digital reforms ...

Of all the bare-faced lies that Donald Trump invented to attack Volodymyr Zelensky, the most bizarre was his jibe that the Ukrainian president was a “modestly successful comedian”. For as ...

Shane Gillis hosts the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest Tate McRae. During his opening monologue, the comedian struggled to find his footing as he delivered jokes about Trump, ...

Zelensky, a former comedian who has served as the war-torn country’s president since 2019, made the unexpected pledge at a news conference in response to a reporter’s question. The 47-year-old ...

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky was a comedian with no political experience when he announced that he would be running in Ukraine's 2019 presidential election. Six years later, he is an ...

Glenn, who was dressed in a suit himself, asked Zelensky: ‘Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re at the highest level in this ...

At times Mr Trump himself led the invective. In February, he dismissed Mr Zelensky as a “moderately successful comedian” and a “dictator” with “very low” ratings, once falsely claiming ...

Even Trump ally Boris Johnson hit out at the remarks. The former prime minister said the comments “are not intended to be historically accurate, but to shock Europeans into action”. Former UK defence ...

In the NBC show’s rendition, James Austin Johnson’s Trump and Bowen Yang’s Vice President JD Vance can be seen talking over Zelensky, who was portrayed by Mikey Day — while Marcello Hernandez’s ...

Trump wrote Zelensky was a "modestly successful comedian" and accused him of having "talked the US into a war that couldn't be won". He raged the war "never had to start" and said Ukraine could ...