Asked about the Ukrainian Foreign Minister saying he saw no linkage between investigations and aid, @ChrisMurphyCT says: “The Ukrainians aren’t going to come out and accuse the president of extortion. Why? Because they are presently reliant on the goodwill of Donald Trump...
2/ “... in order to keep that country safe. They can’t take on the president because at any moment he could stop the security aide once more. So nobody should be surprised when the Ukrainians are trying to put as good as spin on this as possible,...
3/“... are trying to stay in the president’s good graces because right now the president still holds enormous leverage over that country’s independent sovereignty.”
