"Turkey asks Trump to sell them some missiles."
Turkey?
In addition to not even getting the country correct, Mark takes the conversation out of context. His point makes it seem like President Trump said he would release the weapons & in the next sentence asked for help with the Bidens.
The conversation about the Bidens was much later & thus had no connection to the aid.
Sorry, with both a Ukraine and Turkey scandal it gets confusing.
Yes, the conversation about the nutty conspiracy theory was first and discussion of the Bidens was second all within a couple of paragraphs. The White House confirmed yesterday aid was withheld contingent upon Ukraine pursuing Trump's nutty conspiracy theory.
It was being withheld over corruption, much like Obama did.
Originally posted by: tom
"Turkey asks Trump to sell them some missiles."
Turkey?
In addition to not even getting the country correct, Mark takes the conversation out of context. His point makes it seem like President Trump said he would release the weapons & in the next sentence asked for help with the Bidens.
The conversation about the Bidens was much later & thus had no connection to the aid.
According to the White House released summary of the conversation, Zelenskiy says "we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the US for defense purposes."
The very next line in the summary is "I would like you to do us a favor though . . . "
It seems to me, that is "the next sentence".
Originally posted by: tom
It was being withheld over corruption, much like Obama did.
Not even the White House Chief of Staff can say that with a straight face.
Maybe Donny should hire you.
Originally posted by: tom
It was being withheld over corruption, much like Obama did.
Nope. Trump expressly said that he was withholding it unless Ukraine investigated Hunter Biden. There was no issue of corruption because Hunter Biden had already been cleared of any wrongdoing. Trump was hoping that something could be dug up nonetheless.
The wacky conspiracy theories of Fox News led Trump into committing yet more impeachable offenses. The irony is delicious.
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
Nope. Trump expressly said that he was withholding it unless Ukraine investigated Hunter Biden. There was no issue of corruption because Hunter Biden had already been cleared of any wrongdoing. Trump was hoping that something could be dug up nonetheless.
The wacky conspiracy theories of Fox News led Trump into committing yet more impeachable offenses. The irony is delicious.
Actually, I think he got the one about the DNC email server being in Ukraine from 4Chan. It is part of the QAnon conspiracy.
Originally posted by: Mark
Actually, I think he got the one about the DNC email server being in Ukraine from 4Chan. It is part of the QAnon conspiracy.
I'm not intimately familiar with all the right-wing conspiracy theory-mongers out there, for much the same reason that I only read a few pages of Mein Kampf and I wouldn't read an autobiography of Jeffrey Dahmer.
Isn't the credulousness of Trumpers amazing? Throw any random bullshit that appears to support Trump out there, and they lap it up like starving dogs.
"According to the White House released summary of the conversation, Zelenskiy says "we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the US for defense purposes."
The very next line in the summary is "I would like you to do us a favor though"
That is incorrect
Tom, please explain how that is incorrect?
Is there some sort of invisable ink that only you have the "magic" to reveal in that transcript?
