Posted on Sep 23, 2019
Trump’s Hold on Military Aid Blindsided Top Ukrainian Officials
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Senior Ukrainian officials said they were blindsided over the summer when they heard the United States would withhold security assistance to the country.
“It was a total surprise,” said Pavlo A. Klimkin, who was Ukraine’s foreign minister in August when he learned of the Trump administration’s suspension of military aid by reading a news article.
The blocking of military aid to Ukraine is now at the center of questions about whether President Trump manipulated foreign policy to pressure the Ukrainian government to take action that would hurt Joseph R. Biden Jr., the former vice president and a top rival in the campaign for the presidency.
President Trump acknowledged on Sunday that he used a July 25 phone call with the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to accuse Mr. Biden of corruption.
“It was a total surprise,” said Pavlo A. Klimkin, who was Ukraine’s foreign minister in August when he learned of the Trump administration’s suspension of military aid by reading a news article.
The blocking of military aid to Ukraine is now at the center of questions about whether President Trump manipulated foreign policy to pressure the Ukrainian government to take action that would hurt Joseph R. Biden Jr., the former vice president and a top rival in the campaign for the presidency.
President Trump acknowledged on Sunday that he used a July 25 phone call with the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to accuse Mr. Biden of corruption.
Trump’s Hold on Military Aid Blindsided Top Ukrainian Officials
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POTUS is a vicious, vengeful, vindictive person and feels absolutely entitled to get what he wants and immediately.
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When I read stuff like this, I tent to think that President Trump is setting up his political enemies for the publicity because the media won’t report on anything against Democrats in general. He’s pretty good at it, we will see.
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This will be interesting, I suspect the
FISA warrant ongoing investigation against President Trump before he assumed office will go against President Obama and HRC while this issue could possibly go against President Trump. If both are true, nobody is innocent.
FISA warrant ongoing investigation against President Trump before he assumed office will go against President Obama and HRC while this issue could possibly go against President Trump. If both are true, nobody is innocent.
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Wasn't the FISA warrant on Carter Page? That guy was a piece of work. What bothered me about Paul Manafort was how the GOP changed their hard line on Russia and softened the language on Ukraine during the 2016 convention. Manafort was compromised due to his involvement with a Russian friendly Ukrainian government and their leader, Viktor Yanukovych. LTC (Join to see)
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