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Couldn't be clearer.
Trump's massive ego can't stomach the fact that Hillary Clinton defeated him in the popular vote.
So he asks Ukraine to investigate a debunked (even by Trump's own people and a 2017 GOP committee) conspiracy theory about a hidden (in Ukraine) server that could cast light on fraud that minimizes Clinton's success.
Side note: He also assembled a voter fraud commission that found nothing, and incredibly claimed that people put on disguises to cast multiple votes in the 2018 midterms.
And that is a benefit--not to our country, not to the world--to no one but Donald J. Trump himself. Couldn't be clearer.
In 2020, Trump wants no part of losing his grip on the presidency.
So he asks Ukraine to investigate former VP Joe Biden, his chief political rival for the 2020 presidential election (leading virtually all the polls at the time). Trump insinuates that Biden committed crimes in his Ukraine dealings (despite no evidence ever being presented, and despite no investigation from the US House, even when it was GOP-led) to minimize Biden's success.
Side note: Trump claims he's a corruption crusader that doesn't use the word corruption with the Ukrainians and has never broached the subject of corruption with any other government (including China's crackdowns on Hong Kong, or Saudi Arabia's murder and dismemberment of an American journalist, or Putin's or Kim's maltreatment of their own people).
Oh, yeah, and did I mention that Trump illegally (according to the non-partisan GAO) withheld approved aid to Ukraine during the time he was asking for the "favor" of these investigations?
And that is a benefit--not to our country, not to the world--to no one but Donald J. Trump himself. Couldn't be clearer.
So when Trump claims to be a hoax victim, or a corruption fighter, or a hunted "witch," just remember to look at his actions through the proper lens.
Couldn't be clearer.
Check out an earlier take on Trump's impeachment: The Case for Impeachment
