Thinking clearly about Trump and aid to Ukraine by Byron York

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Thinking clearly about Trump and aid to Ukraine
by Byron York
 | October 20, 2019 10:33 PM



There's been a lot of confusion about what, exactly, President Trump's concerns were before withholding and later approving U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, made a hash of things during his much-discussed press conference on Thursday. Media coverage of Mulvaney's appearance just made things worse. So now, some clarification.

In various statements, the president or top aides have listed five reasons for his concern about U.S. aid to Ukraine:

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FTA:

So the story is more complicated than some press coverage suggests. Four of Trump's reasons for withholding aid were legitimate. The fifth was not. But the fact remains that the president had acceptable reasons to temporarily hold back aid. There's more to the story than just Trump's fifth reason. And on that, perhaps the president should just take Lowry's advice and move on.

"Moving on" would be the best advice, but the Democrats won't permit it.  They have a say, and that fifth point is the best card in their hand.