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ehrnst

(32,640 posts) Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:43 PM Sep 2019

Trump quietly met with Ukraine's president last night -- and Zelensky just tweeted a picture of it

Over the past few days, Trump has denied, then admitted to, and now tried to brush off the importance of his reported urging of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden — something that finally forced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to pursue his impeachment. Yet Trump and Zelensky still quietly met up at the United Nations Tuesday night, and Zelensky just tweeted out a photo of the incident like it's nothing.

The snapshot of Zelensky, his wife Olena Zelenska, Trump, and first lady Melania Trump, was paired with a caption saying the two leaders "talked" at a reception Tuesday night. Official talks will continue today between Trump and Zelensky, and the two leaders' earlier phone call will most certainly be on the table, The Washington Post reports.

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Trump quietly met with Ukraine's president last night -- and Zelensky just tweeted a picture of it (Original Post) ehrnst Sep 2019 OP

I hope no one needs to tell Zelensky that covering for Trump would be a bad move. In fact brewens Sep 2019 #1

Zelensky will continue to need the friendship of the Dems who now hold the purse strings eleny Sep 2019 #4

Zelensky is covering himself here Tom Rinaldo Sep 2019 #6

I thought something like that might happen. :-) kentuck Sep 2019 #2

Where does Zelenski stand? Is he a 45 guy? AJT Sep 2019 #3

Said: "...and if you say it was Barr and not Mike Pence you spoke to, there's another $140M in it" ffr Sep 2019 #5

Kick JustAnotherGen Sep 2019 #7

looks like a police line up....'hey you on the left...now step back' spanone Sep 2019 #8

brewens

(13,582 posts)

1. I hope no one needs to tell Zelensky that covering for Trump would be a bad move. In fact

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:46 PM

Sep 2019

I hope to hell no one is stupid enough to tell him that.

eleny

(46,166 posts)

4. Zelensky will continue to need the friendship of the Dems who now hold the purse strings

Reply to brewens (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 02:02 PM

Sep 2019

Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)

6. Zelensky is covering himself here

Reply to brewens (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 02:18 PM

Sep 2019

He would not want it to come out later that he had a secret unreported meeting with Trump. Now that it is on the record it is open to potentially probing what went on there.

kentuck

(111,089 posts)

2. I thought something like that might happen. :-)

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:47 PM

Sep 2019

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212496284

AJT

(5,240 posts)

3. Where does Zelenski stand? Is he a 45 guy?

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 02:01 PM

Sep 2019

Would he cover up for 45?

ffr

(22,669 posts)

5. Said: "...and if you say it was Barr and not Mike Pence you spoke to, there's another $140M in it"

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 02:09 PM

Sep 2019

The tangled web of Trump officials and Zelensky - CNN

Vice President Mike Pence was not supposed to be in Poland.

Nevertheless, on September 1, there he was, leaning over a vase of white flowers to listen as the Ukrainian President vowed to "beat corruption" and enact new reforms.

Pence was filling in for his boss, President Donald Trump. - CNN