President Trump doesn't have a long history of dealing with Ukraine, but does have a record of admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It’s only a little over a month since an intelligence community whistleblower turned the Trump administration on its side; it may seem like more. At first, the story seemed straightforward: The informant charged that President Trump had pressured Ukraine’s new president toand blocked U.S. military aid to force the Ukrainian leader to do his bidding.
“I believe that Russians and Ukrainians are actually one people,” Putin told filmmaker Oliver Stone in June. “One nation, in fact…. We have many things in common; we can use this as our competitive advantage during some form of integration.” Ukrainians noted that Trump didn’t offer to support them as they bargained with their larger, more powerful neighbor. His natural sympathies, it appeared, were still with Putin, not Zelensky.
That pursuit has enmeshed Ukraine as well, thanks to an alt-right conspiracy theory and a Russian propaganda campaign. After his meeting with Putin in Helsinki in July 2018, the president was asked whether he had admonished Russia to stay out of future U.S. elections. His response was odd: “I want to know, where is the server? And what is the server saying?”
About the same time, the New York Times reported, Trump told aides that he didn’t trust Zelensky’s new government.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Chaos at the Criminal Justice forum from President Trump, Kamala Harris appearancesTrump came to SC HBCU for an award, and Kamala Harris threatened to refuse to come because of it. The group honoring him stepped aside, Kamala came back, and chaos ensued
Read more »
President Trump is speaking now at the White HousePresident Trump makes an announcement following reports that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a US raid
Read more »
'Anonymous' Trump official to expose private conversations with President in bookThe anonymous senior Trump administration official, who previously alleged that there's an internal administration resistance to President Donald Trump, plans to recount the President's conversations in their forthcoming book.
Read more »
President Trump says ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is dead after US military raid in SyriaPres. Trump says 'some' congressional leaders were notified of raid. 'We were going to notify them last night, but we decided not to do that, because Washington leaks like I've never seen before...Washington is a leaking machine.'
Read more »
President Trump says ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is dead after US military raid in SyriaPresident Donald Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State. 'A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated,' Trump said in an address to the nation from the White House. Trump said he was able to watch
Read more »
President Trump discussed the cornering and killing of longtime ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi SundayPresident Trump discussed the cornering and killing of longtime ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Sunday morning, describing in great detail the 'whimpering and crying' the terrorist did in his final moments before committing suicide.
Read more »