Mick Mulvaney told reporters yesterday that the Trump administration uses quid pro quo 'all the time with foreign policy.' He later walked back the comments.
President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's admission Thursday that the administration used quid pro quo to temporarily withhold aid to Ukraine was a major flub, according to a former White House press secretary.
Fleischer added that Mulvaney made a"terrible mistake" because he was saying something that was in direct contrast to what the president and his senior administration officials have said regarding the controversial dealings with Ukraine. Mulvaney was asked by reporters during a rare White House press briefing on Thursday to explain why the Trump administration decided to temporarily withhold $400 million in military aid to Ukraine earlier this year. The order to withhold the funds was made days before Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump asked the foreign leader to do him a"favor" and investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.
"We do that all the time with foreign policy," Mulvaney said, adding that everyone should"get over it."
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