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As they say — the Dirt against Donald continues to pile up — in yet another breaking news story:
Diplomats Were Told to Stay Quiet About Ukraine Military Aid Freeze: NYT
The State Department was told by the White House to play down the surprise freeze of $141 million worth of military aid to the Ukraine that had already been approved by Congress, The New York Times reports. The National Security Council reportedly told American diplomats that the freeze was part of a normal review by the White House—even though Ukraine had already been promised the financial support and was unaware of the freeze. “Keep moving, people, nothing to see here,” Brad Freden, the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary of Europe and Eurasia, wrote in an email obtained by the Times. “In terms of public messaging, N.S.C. is deliberately treating both the hold and its lifting as administrative matters,” Freden wrote. “My advice is to keep your public messaging low-key as well.”
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Besides being more “hard evidence” of an active Cover-up in the Trump Administration, concerning Trump’s blatant extortion of Ukraine — it’s a verifiable gif-worthy meme:
Keep it on the down-low Diplomats — Trump’s got this!
Just follow your orders.