Most of this @aaronblake piece is good.
But it has a whopper error:
"The [Ukraine] call contains no explicit quid pro quo."
Wrong:
Zelensky: “We are ready to...buy more Javelins”
Trump: “I would like you to do us a favor though.”
1/
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
But it has a whopper error:
"The [Ukraine] call contains no explicit quid pro quo."
Wrong:
Zelensky: “We are ready to...buy more Javelins”
Trump: “I would like you to do us a favor though.”
1/
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
@AaronBlake 2/ I wrote a post on this.
The key word is "though."
Even if Trump hadn't used the word, Trump clearly implied exchange.
But "though" is explicitly conditional.
It's the same meaning as:
“*If* you do us a favor…” or
“*However*, you do us a favor…”
shugerblog.com/2019/09/26/qui…
The key word is "though."
Even if Trump hadn't used the word, Trump clearly implied exchange.
But "though" is explicitly conditional.
It's the same meaning as:
“*If* you do us a favor…” or
“*However*, you do us a favor…”
shugerblog.com/2019/09/26/qui…
@AaronBlake 3/ The "transcript" or "summary" is clear:
Bottom p. 2, top p. 3.
The reference to Crowdstrike and the DNC server was Quo #1:
Coordinating a conspiracy theory for a 2020 campaign theme. "I was set up."
The very next reply is Quo #2: Investigate Biden...
Bottom p. 2, top p. 3.
The reference to Crowdstrike and the DNC server was Quo #1:
Coordinating a conspiracy theory for a 2020 campaign theme. "I was set up."
The very next reply is Quo #2: Investigate Biden...
@AaronBlake 4/ Immediately Zelinskyy replies to Quo ask #1, "Yes... I guarantee investigations," Trump immediately follows up explicitly with Quo ask #2:
"The other thing, There's a lot of talk about Biden's son. That Biden stopped the prosecution... So if you can look into it...
"The other thing, There's a lot of talk about Biden's son. That Biden stopped the prosecution... So if you can look into it...
