President Trump sounds like a man whose story is unraveling, writes columnist DoyleMcManus.
On Sunday,Trump insisted he never blockednearly $400 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine that a bipartisan majority in Congress had approved to help Kiev counter aggression from neighboring Russia.On Tuesday, after the Washington Post reported that Trump had ordered White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to withhold the aid, the president changed course: Yes, he said, I delayed it and I’m proud of it.. “And I’ll continue to withhold until such time as Europe and other nations contribute.
The case that Joe Biden did something wrong in Ukraine is essentially nonexistent. I say “essentially” because when he was vice president, Biden pressed Ukraine to fire a corrupt and ineffective prosecutor who had earlier investigated the owner of an energy company where Biden’s son, Hunter, was on the board.
That year, after smearing one Republican rival after another, his main target was the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, whom he falsely called “the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency.”
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