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2019-11-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-

President Trump Never Impounded Even One Dollar from Ukraine Aid

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-21 02:37|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 It appears contracted arms in the pipeline continued to arrive. The 55 day delay might have eventually impacted future deliveries. No word on the Obama approved blankets and MRE's.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-21 02:44|| 2019-11-21 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 This could have ended the moment Zelensky said there was no quid pro quo. He could have made things clearer if he wanted. A statement like 'Trump never threatened to withhold anything' would have been the correct thing to do. But there he is making obtuse statements like 'We are feeling left out' and 'US doesn't understand our problems'.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-21 02:52|| 2019-11-21 02:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Zelensky doesn't want to take sides in internal American conflict - can you blame him?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-21 02:58|| 2019-11-21 02:58|| Front Page Top

#4 what Trump actually did was sound grumpy in Washington about giving aid to Ukraine.
He told that to Senator Johnson.(but he added:'you will like what we will do')
This I think had the effect of making Democrats enthusiastic about thwarting him, by voting for more aid, and indeed 250k in lethal aid was approved by Congress for fiscal year 2020. Having already sent the smaller amount approved for lethal aid in 2019, he then, following the dictate of Congress. approved more lethal aid on the day that fiscal year 2020 began.
Diplomatically, this allows Trump to tell Putin this was Congress and not himself that did this, and further satisfied Zelensky.
So was Trump's grumpiness about helping Ukraine real, or put on to get Democratic support for it?

Posted by Daniel 2019-11-21 17:07|| 2019-11-21 17:07|| Front Page Top

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