After a whole day of testimony from a disgruntled former ambassador did nothing to advance the impeachment inquiry, the Democrats and the media immediately shifted to yesterday's "bombshell". They started leaking the statement of a US State Department employee in Kiev who claims he "overheard" a phone conversation between the President and a US ambassador who was seated in a restaurant in Ukraine. Let's assume that this actually happened (although it sounds really unlikely). According to the witness who gave a statement in secret (until the Dems leaked the whole thing), Trump said on the call that he cared much more about investigating Biden than about Ukraine. Oh, the horror! That's it (at least according to the media and the Dems.) Trump's presidency is over!
But think about it. Why is it impeachable for Trump to tell our ambassador that he cares more about an investigation than about Ukraine? That sounds like Trump just being honest with the ambassador. Wouldn't you think that Trump would care more about investigating the former vice president who admitted to using threats of withholding US aid in order to protect his son than about Ukraine? After all, corruption at the highest levels of the US government is a big deal. And there's nothing wrong, improper or illegal about Trump caring about investigating Biden. Nor is there anything wrong, improper or illegal about Trump not caring as much about Ukraine. It's all perfectly proper.
So why is this being touted as a "bombshell"? There are two obvious answers: first, that the Dems and the media have nothing else, and second that this shows that Trump wanted an investigation of Biden when he spoke earlier to president Zelensky of Ukraine. We already knew this second point, though, because in the transcript of the call, Trump asks Zelensky to help in an investigation of Ukraine's involvement in the 2016 US election and Biden. That's hardly a bombshell.
The impeachment debacle keeps getting worse for the Dems. If they want to achieve anything, they are going to need a bigger bomb.
But think about it. Why is it impeachable for Trump to tell our ambassador that he cares more about an investigation than about Ukraine? That sounds like Trump just being honest with the ambassador. Wouldn't you think that Trump would care more about investigating the former vice president who admitted to using threats of withholding US aid in order to protect his son than about Ukraine? After all, corruption at the highest levels of the US government is a big deal. And there's nothing wrong, improper or illegal about Trump caring about investigating Biden. Nor is there anything wrong, improper or illegal about Trump not caring as much about Ukraine. It's all perfectly proper.
So why is this being touted as a "bombshell"? There are two obvious answers: first, that the Dems and the media have nothing else, and second that this shows that Trump wanted an investigation of Biden when he spoke earlier to president Zelensky of Ukraine. We already knew this second point, though, because in the transcript of the call, Trump asks Zelensky to help in an investigation of Ukraine's involvement in the 2016 US election and Biden. That's hardly a bombshell.
The impeachment debacle keeps getting worse for the Dems. If they want to achieve anything, they are going to need a bigger bomb.
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