Not much has been said about the connection between Trump's first impeachment and Friday's news conference

[dlk]

There is a through line.

[cachukis]

1. Vengeance, sayeth the king, is mine.

[Hugin]

2. I had noticed that silence too.

So quiet it made my teeth hurt.

When in doubt about Trump’s motives. Look for the pettiness.

The same is true about Panama and Canada.

[slumcamper]

3. He is their retribution , ya know

If he were a band, this term would be the “World Retribution Tour”

[Irish_Dem]

4. Connecting dots is forbidden.

Most people get quite nervous when we do pattern analysis.
Even here on DU.

[Hugin]

8. Yeah...

The CT card gets played and everything goes back to being concerned.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. An Autobahn connects them, yet zero coverage.

Trump returns to publicly demonize the victim of Trump’s treasons.

Colonel Vindman could lead the prosecution of Trump and his co-conspirators in treason.

[sop]

6. Of course Trump's treatment of Zelenskyy and Ukraine is directly connected to his 1st impeachment.

He's still angry he was impeached for withholding congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine, and that Zelenskyy refused to go along with his "investigation" of Biden.

[surfered]

7. Agreed! Trump threw a tantrum. He was angry at Zelensky.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. TFG has never forgiven President Zelenskyy for tfg's first impeachment

[dlk]

10. Trump's mentioning Hunter Biden's laptop at the news conference was a tell

Ukraine’s highly valuable rare earth minerals are the new quid pro quo, minus the consideration.