Sunday, December 29, 2019

White House Aides Tried To Talk Trump Out of Withholding Ukraine Aid - New York Times

Trump’s top national security advisers tried to talk him out of withholding the money. 

It has been revealed that President Trump demanded that the Pentagon withhold money from Ukraine at a crucial time in its war with Russia.  Trump’s own top national security advisers tried to talk him out of his determination to withhold the money.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor John Bolton met with Trump together to convince him to release the aid because it served American interests. He refused.

It is no wonder Trump does not want any of them to testify. I seems safe to exclude the possibility that their testimony would exonerate him.

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