Russia, Russia, Russia
Russia, Russia, Russia Joyce Vance Mar 4 Today, following the Oval Office debacle on Friday that looked more like a mob extortion racket than a peace process, Donald Trump cut off aid to Ukraine. History may not repeat, but it certainly rhymes and echoes. It echoes back to Trump’s first impeachment, which happened because Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s brand-new president at the time, and said he would release much-needed security aid Congress had voted to send to Ukraine if Zelensky would open an investigation into Joe Biden (even though there was nothing to investigate). Trump was holding up the aid, and the impeachment happened after Alex Vindman, our guest for Five Questions week before last, became a whistleblower, revealing what had happened on the call. As we have repeatedly discussed in the last few weeks, Congress has the power of the purse. When they vote to send aid to an ally, that should be the end of the matter. But Donald Trump s...