A parody Twitter account for the Kazakhstan government tweets out a video trolling President Trump, featuring a voiceover provided by Borat. The character, created by British comic Sacha Baron Cohen for his early 2000s BBC series Da Ali G Show, is a fictional reporter from the very real country of Kazakhstan. The central conceit of the character is that he is racist, sexist and unaccustomed to Western cultural norms, allowing him to do and say things that would be considered incredibly offensive otherwise.
As a result, Cohen’s interviews in character as Borat have resulted in some very public names inadvertently revealing previous hidden biases and prejudices. Borat was supposedly retired by Cohen following the enormous success of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, as he was so recognizable as the character he could no longer conduct interviews without people knowing it was a satire. However, he has recently brought Borat out of retirement for a second movie, Borat 2, which was shot in secret during the pandemic, and has already been given a release date on Amazon Prime Video, dropping just a few days before the U.S. presidential election.
Now, a parody Twitter account for the Kazakhstan government, clearly set up to tie in with the upcoming sequel, has posted a video just before Tuesday night’s first presidential debate, supposedly touting how President Trump triumphed, despite the fact that the video was released before the debate had even taken place. Narrated by Cohen in character as Borat, the video trolls the President by listing a number of back-handed compliments about Trump, all of which reveal his supposed failings and controversies. The jokes in the video keep touting how the President “not racist,” that he “never have stroke” and is “protector of womens.” You can watch the full video below:
The video makes it obvious that President Trump and his administration will be the main target of Borat 2, making the rushed production and release date just before the election make more sense now. Clearly, Cohen is hoping to persuade people not to vote for the President in the upcoming election with his film, by targeting him with the upcoming sequel. Just how that will go down with his large supporter base is unclear, though Trump supporters are not exactly Cohen’s target market in the first place.
With reports that Cohen filmed with a number of different disguises for the upcoming film, using the fact that Borat is famous now as a central plot point, it will be interesting to see if the infamous British comic managed to nab any interviews with members of the Trump administration, or even the man himself, for Borat 2. Rumors of the movie’s official title include the mention of Vice President Michael Pence, though they are just rumors, so it’s unclear if he managed to interview the politician or not. One thing is for sure, though. Cohen definitely won’t be going easy on the current President in the movie.
