Based on “more than a dozen officials” who either listened to the calls or received detailed summaries/printouts.
“far longer period than Bolton's tenure .. much more comprehensive—and seemingly more damning—in their sweep”
from the @carlbernstein
cnn.com/2020/06/29/pol…
“far longer period than Bolton's tenure .. much more comprehensive—and seemingly more damning—in their sweep”
from the @carlbernstein
cnn.com/2020/06/29/pol…
“One person familiar with almost all the conversations with the leaders of Russia, Turkey, Canada, Australia and western Europe described the calls cumulatively as 'abominations' so grievous to US national security interests that” ...
... “if members of Congress heard from witnesses to the actual conversations or read the texts and contemporaneous notes, even many senior Republican members would no longer be able to retain confidence in the President.”
Trump’s “most vicious attacks, said the sources, were aimed at women heads of state. In conversations with both May and Merkel, the President demeaned and denigrated them in diatribes described as ‘near-sadistic’ by one of the sources and confirmed by others.”
“In numerous calls with Putin...Trump left top national security aides and his chiefs of staff flabbergasted...inordinately solicitous of Putin's admiration and seemingly seeking his approval—while usually ignoring...important matters on the standing bilateral agenda”
