The phone call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is embarrassing and potentially damaging for the new president.
Ukraine's president has found himself to be the unlikely recipient of global media attention following a phone call with President Trump that has just set in motion an impeachment inquiry.
"It is clear that Zelensky tried to establish personal relations with Trump as it is so important for Ukraine military support, and sanctions against Russia. Therefore, he followed Trump's style and rhetoric," Olexiy Haran, a professor of Comparative Politics in Kiev and research director at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, told CNBC Monday.
The EU and U.S. both places sanctions on Russia for its annexation of Crimea and its role in a pro-Russian uprising in east Ukraine. French and German leaders Macron and Merkel have tried to broker peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to no avail so far. "He has to work with European partners and he is belittling European allies who he'll have to see, so he has to do a better job there. I think he can survive it, but it is embarrassing," Nixey added.
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