quote, hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up, unquote. near the end of the july 25th call, president zelensky circled back to the pre-cooked message that ambassador volker had relaid to president zelensky's top aide before the call. president zelensky said, i also wanted to thank you for your invitation to visit the united states, specifically washington, d.c. on the other hand, i also wanted to ensure you that we will be very serious about the case and we will work on the investigation. in other words, on one hand is the white house visit. while on the other hand he agreed to pursue the investigations. this statement shows that president zelensky fully understood at the time of the july 25th call the quid pro quo between these investigations and the white house meeting that president trump required and that ambassador sondland had