In October, Democrats thought they had a “gotcha” moment when acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney appeared to admit that, yes, the president “withheld” the aid.
Come to find out there was a temporary delay in sending about $400 million to Ukraine but it had nothing to do with demanding a “quid pro quo” — that Ukraine investigate Joe and Hunter Biden, as well as reported 2016 election interference by Kiev on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign in exchange.
But the president delayed the aid for a short while in order to ensure that Kiev was doing all it could to combat corruption, which the White House was obligated to do by law.
In the end, Ukraine got its aid in the form of lethal military assistance — Javelin anti-tank missiles, in fact — and officials in Kiev never even knew the aid had been temporarily halted.
But let’s be clear about one thing: At least President Trump provided lethal military aid to Ukraine. His predecessor, President Barack Obama, never did.
As reported by The National Sentinel, Obama — and Trump, and previous presidents dating back to Bill Clinton — were obligated to provide Ukraine lethal aid under a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...