Trump has indeed focused on corruption, in that he wishes there was more of it. jonathanchait writes
President Trump, reform crusader Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images One of the main defenses against impeachment that Republicans constructed on President Trump’s behalf is that he supposedly withheld military aid from Ukraine only because he was concerned about corruption. Trump’s request to investigate the Bidens was “part-and-parcel of his general anti-corruption concern,” suggested Ben Shapiro.
But the silliest and most insulting aspect of the defense is the idea that Trump actually wants to suppress corruption. Skeptics have noted that he has placed no emphasis on fighting corruption in his foreign relations with any other country, and has indeed pursued closer relations with some of the world’s most corrupt regimes.
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