Never gonna finish this thing I'm stopping and excerpting so much...
Vasya is in the bedroom of the presidential mansion at night rehearsing his inaugural speech on the morrow. His main advisor, Yuriy, asks him if he would like a "first lady." "For what?" Vasya asks. "Well...for whatever you want," Yuriy replies. Vasya then realizes what is being suggested and abruptly dismisses Yuriy. As Yuriy approaches the door to leave he turns back and puts a "remote" on the stand at the door.
"Button one is for Angela.
"Button two is for Violetta.
"Three is for Edward."😄
A few seconds later as he steps back from the door:
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It is moving to see how other peoples once looked at us...
And painful to see how they look at us now.
The next day Vasya arrives at the palace in a taxi. He begins his Gettysburg Speech inaugural and then discards it. (Knew that was coming, right?)
His history class students. Here is the Ukrainian people's modesty, and their can-do optimism.