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Here’s what I’m planning on sending him to explain why there is no “contradiction”.

Biden in 2016, representing our government, backed by Congress and in agreement with other countries around the world, told President Poroshenko that we would not support them if they did not take a tougher stance on investigating corruption in their own country. This is the kind of deal that governments make all the time. We were able to make such deals because we had the evidence that corruption was occurring.

Trump told Zelensky he wanted a favor, he wanted him to investigate corruption in his country. Trump did not have evidence for this corruption and still does not, despite him having the US government at his command to find it. Other countries want us to support Ukraine in maintaining their sovereignty. Trump did not have the support of Congress to withhold aid, he was acting in opposition to the wishes of Congress in doing so. Trump wants other people to appear to be acting with good intentions on their own volition, so he can then claim he is supporting them. He tried to use taxpayer supported funds to coerce Zelensky to that action.