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"Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals."

ARE WE DONE YET??

nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/…
"The statement was drafted by Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt D. Volker, then the State Department’s envoy to Ukraine, according to the three people who have been briefed on it."
"The idea behind the statement was to break the Ukrainians of their habit of promising American diplomats and leaders behind closed doors that they would look into matters and never follow through."

BREAK THEM OF THEIR "HABIT"!!!!!!!!!
"The drafting of the statement, which came in the weeks after the July 25 phone call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky, was an effort to pacify Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani and normalize relations between the two countries"
They WROTE A STATEMENT for Zelenskyy to say about investigating the BIDENS. And only THEN would we "normalize relations" between our countries!
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Tami Burages
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So it turns out Trump's been humiliating himself with foreign leaders about as much as you would have guessed.

Here are a few colorful examples that WaPo received from "12 former or current officials." ⬇️

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Trump to Putin:

1) He fawned over him and apologized profusely for not calling him sooner.

2) "He was like, 'Oh my gosh, my people didn’t tell me you wanted to talk to me!"

3) He asked Putin for advice in becoming friends with Kim Jong Un.
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I think you guys should be in the G7. I'm going to get you in the G7.
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Tami Burages
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Remember this line from the whistle-blower complaint?

What exactly WAS that "deal with President Putin" that Trump referenced here?

Thanks to @JuliaDavisNews, now we know. 1/5
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Tami Burages
@tburages
Giuliani has been in regular contact with KEVIN DOWNING, the same Manafort lawyer who was "feeding" Sean Hannity information he could use to discredit the Mueller probe.

Consider this a continuation of that effort.

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Their efforts appear to have successfully tilted Manafort's trial in their favor. 2/4

After the EDVA trial, their strategy shifted ahead of dealing with the prosecution of charges in DC.

The clear strategy there (pretend to cooperate while lying to investigators and passing info back to Trump) was protect to Trump and wait for a pardon. 3/4
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