The news about John Bolton leaves no doubt: Trump's defense in the Ukraine scandal is collapsing.
Trump keeps saying his pressure on the Ukrainian president was totally fine.
But we now know that just about *everyone* around him was horrified by it:
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Trump keeps saying his pressure on the Ukrainian president was totally fine.
But we now know that just about *everyone* around him was horrified by it:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
A crucial point is getting lost.
Trump isn't merely claiming that pressuring Zelensky to investigate unspecified "corruption" is totally fine.
Rather, Trump's explicitly stated position is that pressuring Zelensky to *investigate Biden* is totally fine:
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Trump isn't merely claiming that pressuring Zelensky to investigate unspecified "corruption" is totally fine.
Rather, Trump's explicitly stated position is that pressuring Zelensky to *investigate Biden* is totally fine:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Why are some GOP Senators refusing to say whether it's okay to press a foreign leader to investigate a political rival?
Because Trump continues to insist this was the *correct* thing to do.
That has left them with no way to distance themselves from it:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Because Trump continues to insist this was the *correct* thing to do.
That has left them with no way to distance themselves from it:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
This really is a form of poetic justice.
The shamelessness of Trump's corruption -- which he keeps flaunting, getting the GOP base to rally behind it -- is precisely what's making it harder for vulnerable GOP Senators to distance themselves from it.
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The shamelessness of Trump's corruption -- which he keeps flaunting, getting the GOP base to rally behind it -- is precisely what's making it harder for vulnerable GOP Senators to distance themselves from it.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
