He told classic story about a politician claiming to be the smartest in Europe before he jumps out of a plane with a rucksack
Veteran Italian politician Silvio Berlusconi has launched his official TikTok channel. The former prime minister, who is currently running for a seat in the Senate, appealed to the platform’s young audience with a self-deprecating old joke.
Berlusconi’s first TikTok video on Thursday was a welcome speech and quickly scored millions of views, according to Italian media. In the second one he celebrated the public’s enthusiasm and told a humorous story, presumably to lighten the mood.
It was about a group of public figures, himself included, getting trapped on a plane about to fall and crash and lacking one parachute to rescue every person onboard. Passengers rushed to claim the gear by the merits of their superiority, the joke went.
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