Trump, accused of blackmailing Ukraine, hits Biden over Russia crisis
Former President Donald Trump said the crisis in Ukraine would not have happened in his time administration, despite fact he was accused of trying to use Ukraine to dig up dirt from the president Joe Biden.
Trump issued a statement United States and its international allies hope to prevent a possible military invasion of Ukraine.
“What is happening Russia and Ukraine would never have happened below Trump administration, ”Trump said. “Not even possible!”
However, the House of Representatives elevated Trump to office after it was announced he tried to get President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Mr Biden’s son Hunter for possible incompatibility by threatening to refuse to provide military assistance to the former Soviet republic.
“Another thing, there’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son is that Biden stopped prosecuting and a lot of people want to find out, so anything you can do with the Attorney General would be great,” Trump told Zelensky. a phone call in July 2019. “Biden boasted that he dropped the charge, so if you can investigate it … That sounds awful to me.”
Trump’s move was largely seen as an attempt to sabotage the campaign of a man he considered his most formidable democratic opponent. Biden would eventually beat Trump in 2020.
The summons triggered events that led to Trump’s first indictment, even though the Senate acquitted him in 2020. He is the first president to be convicted twice. He was convicted a second time in 2021 of his actions that provoked an attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 of that year.
Trump was criticized for his close relationship Vladimir Putin, especially after a joint press conference in Helsinki in 2018, when the then President of the United States publicly sided with the Kremlin regarding Russia ‘s involvement in the 2016 U.S. election.
Next year Mueller report Trump’s links between the 2016 election campaign and the Kremlin said he welcomed help from Russia and could try to obstruct justice in the investigation up to 11 times, even though it did not find enough evidence to establish an organized conspiracy.
Trump also praised Putin’s leadership and told then-Fox News presenter Bill O’Reilly, “Do you think our country is so innocent?” when asked if he was disturbed that the Russian leader was a “killer.”