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Russia has appointed 90s action movie star and martial artist Steven Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States.
This, ladies and gents, is the world we live in.
In a Facebook post, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Seagel had been appointed to a new role, although it will allegedly be unpaid.
His responsibility will be to “facilitate relations between Russia and the United States in the humanitarian field, including cooperation in culture, arts, and public and youth exchanges".
Seagal, who was given Russian citizenship in 2016 after visiting Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, responded by thanking Russia. He wrote on Twitter:
I am deeply humbled and honoured to have been appointed as a special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in charge of Russian and American Humanitarian ties. I hope we can strive for peace, harmony and positive results in the world.
I take this honour very seriously.
I am deeply humbled and honoured to have been appointed as a special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry… https://t.co/GkzUccEUJq— Steven Seagal (@Steven Seagal) 1533497091
Lots of people were... Well, they were shocked.
Wait what? https://t.co/dkXtNkSjrF— George Takei (@George Takei) 1533517261
What?!? https://t.co/E018dhexir— Louis Theroux (@Louis Theroux) 1533525287
And once the shock wore off, doubt replaced it. Others thought it was fake news. (It's not!)
Everything is real and nothing is real https://t.co/1ATcIfNPM8— Guy Lodge (@Guy Lodge) 1533550594
People talked about Dennis Rodman, whose frequent visits to another dictatorial regime, North Korea, became the subject of international attention...
I feel that we’re not far off from a Dennis Rodman-Steven Seagal summit meeting— Carlos Lozada (@Carlos Lozada) 1533468788
When the historians look back on this era and the textbooks are written, it’s going to be Dennis Rodman and Steven… https://t.co/7t3hsHtY3y— KFC (@KFC) 1533472499
And the jokes came thick and fast:
How is Steven Seagal going to smooth relations between Russia and the U.S. when he can’t even smooth relations betw… https://t.co/ldzjNF7XHp— Jess Dweck (@Jess Dweck) 1533438598
BREAKING: #DonaldTrump 'furious' over appointment of #StevenSeagal as special envoy for Russia. 'I had my eye on th… https://t.co/jFQTpIPFXj— Garvan Grant (@Garvan Grant) 1533550803
Yeah.
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