In the article the following is noted ~ Trump asks the Ukraine president for “a favor”:
“I would like you to do us a favor, though, because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it," Trump said, in reference to those investigations.
“Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible,” Trump says.
Trump soon adds: “The other thing: There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can so with the Attorney General would be great.”
Note that, Trump says he’s asking for “a favor.” He is not about meeting a policy objective. Trump is aware of what he’s doing: he wants a favor, something that is outside the scope of what world leaders talk about.
Trump says he that he would like Ukraine to do “us” a favor. But, who is “us”? The US… or the Trump political operation?
Note also, Trump volunteers the US Atty Gen in this investigation. WTF is the US AG doing, getting involved in the politics of another country?
This is corruption on its face. Queue up the cartoons and the memes:
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EDIT: I wanted to add one more thing. It is very important to note that the mere asking for a favor from a foreign leader is an abuse of power. It doesn’t matter if there was a quid pro quo.
Biden no doubt thinks that Donald Trump is corrupt in many ways. But Biden cannot call a foreign leader and ask for a favor, while said foreign leader is looking for support that only a US president can give. Biden cannot get the DOJ or State department to deputize his personal lawyer as Rudy Giuliani says is the case. Donald Trump is making requests from the Oval Office, using power and influence that only he can wield.
And he is wielding that power corruptly.