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spanone

(135,906 posts)
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 11:39 AM Jan 2020

TODAY pompeo met with the president of Ukraine....says not ready for white house visit.

I suspect a quid pro quo.

(CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday highlighted US commitment to security assistance and diplomacy with Ukraine -- two matters that have been called into question by facts that have come to light throughout the impeachment process that continues to play out in Washington.

Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev, the top US diplomat also said that a visit to Washington for the Ukrainian President was not conditioned on Ukraine launching an investigation into Hunter Biden or his involvement with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. However, Pompeo did not commit to any specific time frame for that visit to occur.

"There's no condition of the nature that you described for President Zelensky to come to Washington and have that visit," Pompeo said. "It's just simply not the case."

"President Zelensky will be welcome to come to Washington when we have an opportunity to do good things for both the Ukrainian people and the American people. We'll get it done. I'm confident of that," Pompeo added.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/31/politics/pompeo-kiev-visit/index.html
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TODAY pompeo met with the president of Ukraine....says not ready for white house visit. (Original Post) spanone Jan 2020 OP
Still trying to dig up dirt on the Bidens . . . Iliyah Jan 2020 #1
Cmon Ukraine. C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #2
I Faux pas Jan 2020 #3
So did you tell him that once his country needs more cash that your prepared to blackmail him again turbinetree Jan 2020 #4
now that it's 'legal' spanone Jan 2020 #5
Yepper spot on.................... turbinetree Jan 2020 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #6
Pompeo has proven himself to be as morally bankrupt, as dishonest, PA Democrat Jan 2020 #8
We had to deal with that thug in Kansas as a US Rep for a few years........ Bengus81 Jan 2020 #9
I suspect that opportunity won't happen between now and November. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #10

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. Still trying to dig up dirt on the Bidens . . .
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 11:43 AM
Jan 2020

I'll say, allies countries have more dirt on shithole and since it is ok to ask foreign countries for dirt, Democrats should go for it . . .

Response to spanone (Original post)

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
8. Pompeo has proven himself to be as morally bankrupt, as dishonest,
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:05 PM
Jan 2020

and as temperamentally challenged as Trump.

The pig had to first reassure Zelensky that he didn't truly mean what he said about the American people not giving a f*** about Ukraine.

And this idiot is our top diplomat.

Bengus81

(6,936 posts)
9. We had to deal with that thug in Kansas as a US Rep for a few years........
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jan 2020

Loved to vote for easing restrictions on how much mercury Coal plants could spew out seeing how him and HIS family would never have to live downwind from one.

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