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Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 11:45 AM Sep 2019

It all comes back to Russia.

Trump clearly saw his threat as a win-win. If Zelensky agreed to his demand, he'd have a foreign country concocting a fabricated story about the candidate Trump clearly fears the most. But if Zelensky refused, the U.S. would be saving $250 billion in military aid, which would weaken the Ukraine to the benefit of -wait for it - Russia.


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It all comes back to Russia. (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Sep 2019 OP
Seriously, how much dirty behind-the-scenes operations has Giuliani and Baitball Blogger Sep 2019 #1
Trump's "Art of the (Corrupt) Deal." Bluepinky Sep 2019 #2

Baitball Blogger

(46,705 posts)
1. Seriously, how much dirty behind-the-scenes operations has Giuliani and
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 12:20 PM
Sep 2019

Trump committed in the past that they thought this was within safe range?

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