Analysis: Trump's core impeachment defense suffers a double blow -- including a self-inflicted one
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The idea that President Trump truly cared about corruption in Ukraine was always far-fetched. The only two investigations he has pushed for were ones in which he had a clear personal interest, and Trump hasn’t shown a similar interest in corruption in many other countries that received U.S. aid — including even more corrupt ones. Yet it’s an argument that Trump’s defenders keep trotting out for his impeachment defense.
That argument suffered a double blow on Friday — including thanks to Trump himself.
The White House on Friday morning released a rough transcript of his April call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. It did so even though nobody really suggested there was anything improper about it. The idea seemed to be “We have nothing to hide; read the transcripts."
Instead, though, the call undermined one of Trump’s chief defenses. It was quickly noted that the transcript didn’t match a public readout of the call provided by the White House, which said Trump told Zelensky that he was committed to working together to “strengthen democracy, increase prosperity, and root out corruption.” There is no mention of any of that on the call.
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Perfect Asshole. 
