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Presdsi pressing ukraine for weeks. indm vindman said that due to the unequal bargaining position of the two leaders, the favor that trump asked was really a demand. after the call, multiple individuals were concerned enough to report it to the national security councils top lawyer. it was the second anytime two weeks that vindman raised concerns with nsc lawyers. for her part, asking zelensky to under take these investigations was inappropriate, and it also made her aware of the hold on the aid...

Released because of this scandal, thats how this thing is shaking out now, in terms of who benefits. quote, in the past american diplomats worked closely with kiev in any talks with moskow. they presented a united front to the kremlin. they cajoled the european union to maintain sanctions. they tried to reassure a nervous ukrainian public. but now the united states is largely absent from the political and diplomatic process over resolving the war in the east. the leader of one pro-u.s. political...

Telling "the washington post" today, quote, ukraine is now kind of naked. we are alone confronting russia. david ignaceous -- excuse me that was in "the new york times" not "the washington post." david ignaceous of "the washington post" raising much the same alarm today. trumps ukraine machinations have yielded the diminution of u.s. power and a corresponding increase in the leverage. the united states was an important backup for ukraine. losing that support puts kiev in a weaker bargaining posi...

Already knew. when you look at those texts between gordon sondland and kurt volker and others, you just read the statements that rudy giuliani has been making since the spring, its all been there for everyone to see, this shadow foreign policy operation that is seeking to just marry together the presidents reelection campaign with the state department. and, you know, the damage that that does in the long run to american credibility is absolutely devastating. countries are going to make a decisio...

Would move forward with penalties. so we have lost our bargaining position. >> yes, and what it seems to be, an impulsive foreign policy move by this president. we appreciate your insight so much. thank you so much. the u.s. presidential candidates are speaking out on oequality in america. hey what the democrats said about the right of of the lgbtq community. and presidential candidate, bernie sanders is ready to get back on the campaign trail after a heart atalk. and tremfya® was proven supe...

Saying sit down with putin and work it out, to accept the terms that moscow would prefer for the resolution of this conflict. >> in terms of those terms that moscow would prefer, let me ask you about that. because i realize that the war in ukraine has not been a hugely, you know, front page story for the american public for a long time. but it has been something for which theres been some bipartisan accord in washington and in fact some continuity between the obama administration and the trump a...

Pressuring, as we saw him do sitting next to the president of ukraine when he said sit down with putin and work it out, pressuring ukraine to essentially accept the terms that moscow i think would prefer for the resolution of this conflict. >> in terms of those terms that moscow would prefer, let me ask you about that. because i realize that the war in ukraine has not been a hugely, you know, front page story for the american public for a long time. but it has been something for which theres bee...

Good morning, its monday september 9th. we are learning more about the secret meeting the president planned with the taliban at camp david before abruptly announced on twitter it was canceled. the meeting would have happened yesterday, days before the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. the president says he canceled the meeting after the taliban claimed responsibility for a bombing in kabul. trump tweeted in part what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthe...

Its the camp david summit that wasnt. were learning more about president trumps failed plan for peace talks with the taliban and why they might have actually collapsed. the president upended the talks in a weekend tweet storm that reportedly took even top advisers by surprise. he revealed he was cancelling a planned secret meeting with the taliban and afghan leadership at camp david to negotiate a deal to end 18 years of conflict. a meeting that was supposed to be the culmination of nearly a yea...

Build false leverage they admitted to an attack in kabul. i immediately canceled the peace talks and calls off the negotiations. what kind of people would kill so many in the bargaining position, unquote. a remarkable question given the years by taliban insurgents, treatment of women and girls, harboring of osama bin laden after the 9/11 attacks. president trump hoped to facilitate a direct meeting between afghans president and taliban leadership. hanging in the balance, of course, about 14,000 ...