Send Out the Clowns
In 2016, the year of Brexit and Donald Trump’s election, Americans and Britons were captivated – and terrified – by reports of “creepy clowns” appearing in towns across the US and the UK. The sightings turned out to be a hoax, but we now know that the creepiest clowns are all too real.
MOSCOW – Like many people, I am unnerved by clowns. But a far more terrifying sight than a painted jester – the stuff of horror films – is a real-life buffoon wielding social or political power. And, from QAnon in the United States to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, there is much to fear.