The April Trump-Zelensky call the White House released is inconsistent with the administration’s own prior statements about it.
transcript of President Donald Trump’s first phone call, from April, with the then–newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the document, the two presidents mostly discussed Zelensky’s victory and the possibility of visiting each others’ countries. Trump at one point seemed to praise Ukraine by noting, “When I owned Miss Universe, they [Ukraine] always had great people. Ukraine was always very well represented.
Republicans have been touting the document as evidence that Trump had committed no wrongdoing in his dealings with Ukraine. Earlier in the week, Trump teased the release of the summary,, “I will be releasing the transcript of the first, and therefore more important, phone call with the Ukrainian President before week’s end!” California Rep.
It is unclear why, as Trump contended, the chronology of the calls would dispel the abuse of power allegations. There is also nothing in the April call that counters the questionable behavior Trump exhibited in the July call or any subsequent testimony and evidence about his attempts to pressure Ukraine into investigating a political rival.
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