Posted on 09/25/2019 5:14:45 PM PDT by karpov
The White House on Wednesday released the transcript of President Trump’s July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and the news is that Mr. Trump was telling the truth about it. The conversation was largely routine diplomacy, and even the reference to Joe Biden was less than promoted by the press. Good luck persuading Americans that this is an impeachable offense.
The five-page transcript shows that Mr. Trump called to congratulate Mr. Zelensky on his party’s victory in Parliament. After niceties, Mr. Trump waxes on as he often does that the U.S. “spend[s] a lot of effort and a lot of time” on Ukraine, while complaining that European countries don’t do their share. At no point does Mr. Trump threaten a withdrawal of U.S. aid to Ukraine.
Mr. Trump does ask for a “favor”—that Ukraine look at 2016 election meddling. “I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike,” he says, referring to the company that investigated the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee.
He also disparages former Special Counsel Robert Mueller—no surprise there—and notes that “they say a lot of it started with Ukraine.” Mr. Trump is clearly still sore about the attempt by the Hillary Clinton campaign to dig up foreign dirt on him, but there is nothing wrong with asking a foreign head of state to investigate meddling in U.S. elections.
Only after that does Mr. Zelensky mention Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who has been publicly urging the Ukrainians to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine. Mr. Zelensky says he is “hoping very much” that the former New York mayor comes to Ukraine. He promises that all “investigations will be done openly and candidly.”
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Fizzle? The Dems are using this gaslighting nonsense to kick off impeachment. And the GOP won’t do a thing to stop it.
Surprisingly accurate article from the WSJ editorial board.
What’s important here isn’t the transcript. What is important today is the green light the GOP is giving for the Dems to go full blown impeachment. The Dems can now see they will not face any serious opposition to their actions.
And the GOP won’t do a thing to stop it.
Very discouraging and frustrating, listening to Lindsey Graham keep defending Biden as a good person, whom he’s known for such a long time. Moreover, Graham told Martha MacCallum that he wished that “somebody else” would handle it.
Like who???
Then, there’s the Intelligence Committee, headed by Burr who defers all matters to ranking member Warner.
All of this renders the Senate utterly useless.
No subpoenas, no hearings, no nothing to hope for.
Yeah, accurate after they got on the globalist train to push a bunch of stupid Fake News with a phony whistleblower.
Well if they cant get Trump with it at least they can throw the nomination to Warren as Biden goes thump thump under the bus.
FEEL DA BERN Joe?
Yes, great article - so far. Too bad I can’t read the rest of it (without subscribing).
What “green light”! That is a crock of what comes out of where you pulled that out of.
Of course the “GOP wont do anything”, Sun Tzu says when your enemy is making a mistake, dont interrupt him! This idiocy is the Dems shooting their own foot with a bazooka.
Thanks karpov.
POTUS is all alone in Washington. He still has us. I am pretty much finished with the GOP.
. . when your enemy is making a mistake, don’t interrupt him!
I pray you’re right in citing that philosophy.
It’s only fizzling if more media outlets designate it as such. Few average people read the Wall Street Journal, and the rest of the media that they do watch is drum-beating impeachment to death over this fake news.
The biggest takeaway from the transcript is at the end when the president of Ukraine asks President Trump if they should take his plane or President Trump’s plane to fly to Ukraine after meeting in Poland on September 1. The demon-rats need to get to the bottom of whose plane did they take and if was Air Force One then that is no doubt A HUGE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE having the president of a foreign country fly on Air Force One. It’s perfectly clear, isn’t it?
Did they fly to Kiev or did they fly to KEEV as Biden says?
Your plane or mine? Your car or mine? Are you driving or do you want me to drive?
Oh! My! but this is fun!
First Rule of Holes: When you find yourself in one, stop digging!
“Graham told Martha MacCallum that he wished that “somebody else” would handle it.”
Then he should decline his paycheck and benefits.
POTUS is all alone in Washington. He still has us. I am pretty much finished with the GOP.
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