late show +trump pressured ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election

Foreign delegations are thought to stay at Trump properties to curry favour with him. He also pointedly told Trump that he had stayed at Trump Tower in New York City. It is not clear whether Zelenskiy did speak with Giuliani. Zelenskiy also assured Trump that the next Ukrainian prosecutor would be “100% my person” and would “look into the situation” surrounding Biden and the company Burisma. Zelenskiy appeared eager to please Trump in the call, calling him a “great teacher” and echoing his criticisms of European leaders and the former US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, whom Zelenskiy called a “bad ambassador”.

During the call, Trump asked Zelenskiy to “look into” the closed investigation of Biden’s son, telling him repeatedly he would put him in touch with Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer with ties to Trump and a former mayor of New York City. The White House on Wednesday released a memorandum of the telephone call between Trump and Zelenskiy.

The Ukrainian president said that he didn’t want to get involved in American elections, but added: “Nobody pushed me.” Trump chimed in: “In other words, no pressure.” “I think Putin is now applauding what is happening,” Getmanchuk added.Īfter giving a speech at the United Nations general assembly on Wednesday morning, Zelenskiy made an awkward appearance with Trump before reporters. Much of that aid would be directed toward military equipment and training. Trump had ordered White House staff to withhold nearly $400m in aid to Ukraine shortly before a 25 July telephone call with Zelenskiy, according to the Washington Post, in an apparent bid to put pressure on the new Ukrainian leader. Every ‘yes’ is a sign that he wants to prove people wrong.” Every ‘no’ to Ukraine will be seen as an act of revenge. “We understand that every move that Trump does in Ukraine will be seen through this scandal.

“I am afraid that Ukraine could become as toxic as Russia was during the Mueller investigation,” said Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Kyiv-based New Europe Center.

Late show +trump pressured ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election