PARTLY FACETIOUS: US presidents are kept busy with their libraries and/or museums
“Do you know why Western leaders abide by the terms as set by their constitutions?”
“Well US presidents are kept busy with their libraries and/or museums. The construction takes time and energy and by the time it is finished they are too worn out to stand for elections again.”
“And European leaders try to get lucrative jobs elsewhere – Blair is doing what he did best when he was the Prime Minister – being the poodle of the sitting US president.”
“His son-in-law and best friend Witkoff.”
“Trump has a rather large family – see Bush had two daughters who were both unmarried at the time and so….”
“Gotcha anyway Starmer is now teaching in some US University, though it is baffling what he could possibly teach?”
“How not to act as Prime Minister?”
“That’s not.”
“How come?”
“Liz Truss beats him in terms of the shortest time in Number 10.”
“Don’t be facetious anyway so Macron is out too next year.”
“I hear he wants Christine Legarde’s job? The head of the European Central Bank?”
“But competing with another French national for a European job is.…is…”
“Is not motivated by national interest? Yes anyway the reason why our leaders keep amending the constitution to increase the number of times they can become the chief executive…why are you laughing?”
“And the non-civilian heads have wanted to limit their tenures….”
“Be careful stupid. Anyway lesson learned from the West: why don’t we park our party leaders not in jail but in key international institutions, I know we gave Guterres an award and feted him recently so why can’t we propose Mian sahib as the next secretary general…”
“Guterres has no vote, besides in spite of our foreign policy gains in recent months we do not have the clout to…”
“What about Secretary General of the Makkah…”
“Already appointed.”
“How about Deputy Secretary General….”
“That’s a samdhi position not that of a party leader.”
“Well, keep thinking and perhaps….”
“I need another hat for effective macroeconomic thinking….”
“Don’t be facetious.”
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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