By FLORIDA BILL
In recent years, the USA has been spooning out some 50 billion dollars annually to other nations in the form of foreign aid.
Recipients of America's largess touch some 76 per cent of nations on the planet and gifts are large or small depending upon need, and other factors. Foreign aid is designed to help countries in both domestic and military areas. Among nations feeling the generosity of the USA, is Ukraine, a European country with a population of about 42.2 million residents.
Earlier this year, Ukraine voters elected Volodymr Zelensky whose campaign centerpiece was his promises to root out corruption. Officials around the world have said that corruption inside Ukraine which borders and feels the pressure from Russia and its oligarchs, is among the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption there is "endemic," according to some American diplomats.
Recipients of America's largess touch some 76 per cent of nations on the planet and gifts are large or small depending upon need, and other factors. Foreign aid is designed to help countries in both domestic and military areas. Among nations feeling the generosity of the USA, is Ukraine, a European country with a population of about 42.2 million residents.
Earlier this year, Ukraine voters elected Volodymr Zelensky whose campaign centerpiece was his promises to root out corruption. Officials around the world have said that corruption inside Ukraine which borders and feels the pressure from Russia and its oligarchs, is among the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption there is "endemic," according to some American diplomats.
The USA and President Trump, with congressional authority, were prepared to deliver about $400 million dollars in aid to the Zelensky government and to its new President who had vowed to investigate and bring to justice those corrupt officials and oligarchs that had been ripping off funds and cheating its residents for many years.
President Trump who believes that America must be careful in providing funds to reckless nations, wanted a public declaration from Zelensky that he was going to follow through with his pledges to root out corruption. "America is not the planet's piggy bank," Trump has said many times.
Part of the Ukraine corruption, in the judgment of President Trump and his advisers, was the misconduct by Ukraine officials during the 2016 USA presidential election where Ukraine underhandedly and corruptly endeavored to assist Mrs.Clinton in defeating then candidate Trump.
In March 2016. VP Biden who was the point man in Ukraine for the Obama administration, demanded the firing of a prosecutor who was investigating a company at which his son, a crack cocaine addict, was a member of the board of directors earning $83,000 per month. The prosecutor who had been a Ukraine employee and investigator for more than 30 years, complained of the conspiracy which led to his termination. Without the discharge, asserted Biden, the USA would withdraw promised aid of a billion dollars to the country. The Ukraine president then fired the prosecutor and aid was given to Ukraine. That incident was the definition of a "quid pro quo."
The discharged prosecutor has signed affidavits (under oath) confirming that Biden and his son were the focus of his investigation. He said there were questions as to Vice President Joe Biden influencing decisions in his role as the Ukraine "go to" man.
Democrats, with an assist from the dishonest media, have claimed that allegations of any Biden misconduct have been "debunked." Many lawyers, including President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, assert that the charges of wrongdoing against Biden and his son are strong and are not going away. "And I can and will prove them," Giuliani has said. Giuliani said that Joe Biden has been corrupt his entire life.particularly when he was vice president under President Obama, and the point man on Ukraine.
Trump sought a public statement from President Zelensky that he (Zelensky) would do what he promised to do in his campaign. There was no public statement ever given by President Zelensky, but President Trump received assurances in meetings that he (Zelensky) would keep his campaign promises, and clean up Ukraine and "leave no stone unturned." Subsequently, the funds were released and given to Ukraine.
President Trump who believes that America must be careful in providing funds to reckless nations, wanted a public declaration from Zelensky that he was going to follow through with his pledges to root out corruption. "America is not the planet's piggy bank," Trump has said many times.
Part of the Ukraine corruption, in the judgment of President Trump and his advisers, was the misconduct by Ukraine officials during the 2016 USA presidential election where Ukraine underhandedly and corruptly endeavored to assist Mrs.Clinton in defeating then candidate Trump.
In March 2016. VP Biden who was the point man in Ukraine for the Obama administration, demanded the firing of a prosecutor who was investigating a company at which his son, a crack cocaine addict, was a member of the board of directors earning $83,000 per month. The prosecutor who had been a Ukraine employee and investigator for more than 30 years, complained of the conspiracy which led to his termination. Without the discharge, asserted Biden, the USA would withdraw promised aid of a billion dollars to the country. The Ukraine president then fired the prosecutor and aid was given to Ukraine. That incident was the definition of a "quid pro quo."
The discharged prosecutor has signed affidavits (under oath) confirming that Biden and his son were the focus of his investigation. He said there were questions as to Vice President Joe Biden influencing decisions in his role as the Ukraine "go to" man.
Democrats, with an assist from the dishonest media, have claimed that allegations of any Biden misconduct have been "debunked." Many lawyers, including President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, assert that the charges of wrongdoing against Biden and his son are strong and are not going away. "And I can and will prove them," Giuliani has said. Giuliani said that Joe Biden has been corrupt his entire life.particularly when he was vice president under President Obama, and the point man on Ukraine.
Trump sought a public statement from President Zelensky that he (Zelensky) would do what he promised to do in his campaign. There was no public statement ever given by President Zelensky, but President Trump received assurances in meetings that he (Zelensky) would keep his campaign promises, and clean up Ukraine and "leave no stone unturned." Subsequently, the funds were released and given to Ukraine.
There was no "quid pro quo," extortion or bribery on the part of the President Trump. Zelensky even held a news conference to announce that there was no "quid pro quo" or pressure of any kind in his conversations with President Trump, and that the foreign aid of $400 million to Ukraine was not conditioned on anything that he was to do or to not do, other than clean up the corruption in the nation.
Dishonest and biased Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and "Fat Jerry" Nadler are promising to impeach President Trump. The House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Schiff, recently held five days of public hearings and heard testimony from chosen diplomats who Schiff claimed would accuse president Trump of conditioning foreign aid upon Zelensky investigating Joe and Hunter Biden. Biden is a candidate for USA President in 2020 and if he becomes the Democratic nominee, will likely oppose President Trump who will be seeking reelection to a second term.
Anointed diplomats subpoenaed by Schiff as a means of demonstrating criminal conduct by the president in seeking a quid pro quo from Zelensky, failed miserably. Their testimony consisted entirely of second hand talk, hear say, opinions and assumptions and was insufficient in demonstrating that the President had done anything which would constitute bribery, extortion or any kind of wrongdoing.
Nevertheless, Schiff, and Speaker Pelosi aver that the House of Representatives intends to impeach the President. Currently, it has been reported, not a single republican in the House will join democrats in voting for impeachment.
If the Democrat controlled House votes to impeach, there will be a trial in the Senate presided over by the Chief judge of the Supreme Court. Conviction would require a two-thirds vote of sitting senators and since Republicans dominate the Senate, it is a given that the President will be acquitted of any alleged crime.
Anointed diplomats subpoenaed by Schiff as a means of demonstrating criminal conduct by the president in seeking a quid pro quo from Zelensky, failed miserably. Their testimony consisted entirely of second hand talk, hear say, opinions and assumptions and was insufficient in demonstrating that the President had done anything which would constitute bribery, extortion or any kind of wrongdoing.
Nevertheless, Schiff, and Speaker Pelosi aver that the House of Representatives intends to impeach the President. Currently, it has been reported, not a single republican in the House will join democrats in voting for impeachment.
If the Democrat controlled House votes to impeach, there will be a trial in the Senate presided over by the Chief judge of the Supreme Court. Conviction would require a two-thirds vote of sitting senators and since Republicans dominate the Senate, it is a given that the President will be acquitted of any alleged crime.
The conduct of dishonest Democrats, aided and encouraged by a biased and unprofessional media, is shameful, and historians will likely record the attempted impeachment as a political sham promoted by unprofessional politicians who despise the President. As to President Trump, experts are predicting that he will be reelected by a wide margin in 2020.
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