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Vladimir Zelensky and Donald Trump in New York on September 25, 2019 (Photo: REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst)
Current US President Donald Trump felt a threat from Democrat Joe Biden in July 2019 – it was fears that he would lose to the former vice president in the presidential election that led him to make a scandalous call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky writes CNN.
It is about a conversation between Trump and Zelensky, during which the US president tried to pressure the Ukrainian head of state to find «engaging “with Biden Hunter’s son. The US president hinted that Washington is doing a lot for Kiev, so it would be nice if Kiev would help dig up some dirt on Biden and his son.
The publication writes that it was clear from this conversation that Trump was afraid to meet Biden in the election race and was trying to denigrate him. Already during the conversation with Zelensky, he knew that Biden would stand in the presidential election and that he was his most serious opponent.
During the election campaign, Trump repeatedly ridiculed Biden and doubted his mental abilities, hinting at the old age of a Democrat.
We will recall, on September 26 of last year, that the intelligence committee of the United States House of Representatives published a complaint by a US intelligence officer about a telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky. It was declassified after the White House released the transcript of this conversation.
In a conversation, Trump asked Zelenskiy to reopen an investigation into Burisma, with which Joe Biden’s son Hunter is associated. Before that, Trump suspended the allocation of military aid to Ukraine.
The president of the United States was accused of pressuring Zelensky to obtain compromising evidence on Biden and initiated impeachment proceedings, but the Senate acquitted him completely.
On November 7, the US media reported that Democratic candidate Joe Biden would become the 46th president of the United States. He obtained a victory in Pennsylvania, thanks to which he received the 270 electoral votes necessary for victory.
Donald Trump refuses to admit defeat and plans to challenge the results of the presidential election. Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, announced a “massive nationwide lawsuit.”
