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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA presidential loathing for Ukraine is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/a-presidential-loathing-for-ukraine-is-at-the-heart-of-the-impeachment-inquiry/2019/11/02/8280ee60-fcc5-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
President Trump listens as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media during a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
By Greg Jaffe and Josh Dawsey
November 2, 2019 at 3:45 p.m. EDT
Three of President Trumps top advisers met with him in the Oval Office in May, determined to convince him that the new Ukrainian leader was an ally deserving of U.S. support.
They had barely begun their pitch when Trump unloaded on them, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the meeting. In Trumps mind, the officials said, Ukraines entire leadership had colluded with the Democrats to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign.
They tried to take me down, Trump railed.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the senior member of the group, assured Trump that the new Ukrainian president was different a reformer in Trumps mold who had even quoted President Ronald Reagan in his inaugural address, for which the three advisers had been present.
But the harder they pushed in the Oval Office, the more Trump resisted.
They are horrible, corrupt people, Trump told them.
So far, a dozen witnesses have testified before House lawmakers since the closed-door impeachment inquiry began a month ago. One theme that runs through almost all of their accounts is Trumps unyielding loathing of Ukraine, which dates to his earliest days in the White House.
We could never quite understand it, a former senior White House official said of Trumps view of the former Soviet republic, also saying that much of it stemmed from the presidents embrace of conspiracy theories. There were accusations that they had somehow worked with the Clinton campaign. There were accusations theyd hurt him. He just hated Ukraine.
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President Trump listens as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media during a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
By Greg Jaffe and Josh Dawsey
November 2, 2019 at 3:45 p.m. EDT
Three of President Trumps top advisers met with him in the Oval Office in May, determined to convince him that the new Ukrainian leader was an ally deserving of U.S. support.
They had barely begun their pitch when Trump unloaded on them, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the meeting. In Trumps mind, the officials said, Ukraines entire leadership had colluded with the Democrats to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign.
They tried to take me down, Trump railed.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the senior member of the group, assured Trump that the new Ukrainian president was different a reformer in Trumps mold who had even quoted President Ronald Reagan in his inaugural address, for which the three advisers had been present.
But the harder they pushed in the Oval Office, the more Trump resisted.
They are horrible, corrupt people, Trump told them.
So far, a dozen witnesses have testified before House lawmakers since the closed-door impeachment inquiry began a month ago. One theme that runs through almost all of their accounts is Trumps unyielding loathing of Ukraine, which dates to his earliest days in the White House.
We could never quite understand it, a former senior White House official said of Trumps view of the former Soviet republic, also saying that much of it stemmed from the presidents embrace of conspiracy theories. There were accusations that they had somehow worked with the Clinton campaign. There were accusations theyd hurt him. He just hated Ukraine.
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A presidential loathing for Ukraine is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
OP
He's a BULLSHIT ARTIST...what is there to 'could never understand' White trash house officials?
UniteFightBack
Nov 2019
#3
This is absolutely intolerable.Our US national security driven by Trump's delusional paranoia.
stuffmatters
Nov 2019
#4
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)1. "I just say whatever Putin tells me to say"
moondust
(19,993 posts)2. Puppetspeak.
Good boy, Donny! Good boy! Bad Ukrainians, bad!
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)3. He's a BULLSHIT ARTIST...what is there to 'could never understand' White trash house officials?
He is a LIAR he knows DAMN WELL WTF happened.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)4. This is absolutely intolerable.Our US national security driven by Trump's delusional paranoia.