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WNU Editor: I must admit that I do not understand what the Democrats are doing right now. For two and a half years we were told by many in the media, Democrats, and never-Trumpers that President Trump was going to be eventually impeached for colluding with Russia. But that fell apart when Robert Mueller released his report stating very clearly that there was no collusion. You would think that this would be the end of it, but apparently not. Today the Democrats made the decision to push for the impeachment of President Trump. Apparently it is about Ukraine, a story that only began a week ago. And according to what I have read and heard today, this is the Democrat case on why they want to impeach President Trump.
In a phone call that President Trump made with the Ukrainian President in August, President Trump threatened to delay $400 million in military aid to Ukraine unless the Ukrainian government investigated possible criminal activity of Joe Biden's son with an oil/ gas company in Ukraine. Why Joe Biden's son? Because he was being paid $600,000 a year to sit on this company's board even though he had no knowledge of the language, had zero knowledge or experience in the oil and gas business, and had no knowledge of the region. It was also during this time that Hunter Biden's father was Vice President Biden, and the White House's point man on Ukraine. In 2016 this oil/gas company was being investigated for corruption, but the prosecutor was fired (which former Vice President Biden has bragged he was responsible for). I find it unbelievable that Joe Biden has fessed up to all of this, that he used $1 billion in aid to arm twist the Ukrainians to drop their investigation, but he did, and it is now part of the record.
Am I surprised that this is all happening in Ukraine. Not really. Regular readers of this blog know my connections to Ukraine are deep, so take it from me, this is how the country works, corruption and all. And as for Hunter Biden's directorship in this Ukrainian gas company, this blog pointed all of this out over five years ago .... With Fighting Continuing In The Region, Ukraine Is Still Proceeding To Develop It's Shale Gas Deposits (July 26, 2014). Everyone in Ukraine knew at the times on why this sweetheart deal with the Biden family was being done. People in privilege helping other people of privilege.
So flash forward to today. Because President Trump is now suggesting that this squelched investigation should be investigated, the Democrats are saying that this is an impeachable offence. Are you as confused as I am? You should be. And the story gets better. That $400 million in military aid that everyone is talking about is going to one of the most corrupt countries in the world, and the U.S. is getting nothing out of it. So what is the U.S. interest in sending this military aid .... no one has even bothered to answer that question, and I am predicting that no one will.
The end result of all of this will be a Congress focused for about a year on impeaching the President (which they will because they have the votes) while ignoring issues that are incredibly important to the country. Issues like the following .... exploding debt, the looming pension crisis, open borders, wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere where the U.S. is not winning, trade wars, and horrible social problems like homelessness and the opiod crisis (to name a few). Everyone knows that the country is on the wrong track (that is why President Trump was elected), but that is not going to be the priority for Congress. The priority for Congress will be to say that it is OK for Hunter Biden to collect $50,000/month from corrupt Ukrainian businessmen, but criminal for President Trump to ask about it. I say good luck with that message.
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