Z: I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.
T: I would like you to do us a favor, though.
There’s the quid and the quo.
Trump sent missiles. Obama sent broken junk. Humvees with flat tires, etc. Yep. Real quid pro quo there.
You are absolutely wrong. There is no quid pro quo. President Trump did not offer anything to the Ukrainian president. The latter discussed what Ukraine was already doing. Our president asked for a favor in the context of both leaders trying to drain the corruption swamps in their countries.