Jose Fly
Fisker of men
After boost from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine
After Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's first phone call (not the "I need a favor though" one) where Zelenskiy urges Trump to come to his upcoming inauguration, Trump ends up not going and initially plans to send VP Pence. But at a late hour, Pence is told not to go with no public announcement of a reason. Instead, then Sec. of Energy Rick Perry goes to Zelensky's inauguration, and at a later meeting hands him a list of "people he recommended as energy advisers" who just happen to be Rick Perry's political donors.
And lo and behold, a month later one of those donors is awarded a 50-year oil and gas contract in Ukraine!
Um.......
Think about this for a second....after Zelenskiy is elected, he calls Trump and lets him know that he really, really would like Trump to be at his inauguration. Trump basically says...maybe. Then at the last minute he pulls back on Pence going and sends Perry instead, and while there Perry gives Zelenskiy a list of his political donors to consider as "energy advisers".
This is also happening while Ukraine "was seeking military aid from the United States to defend against Russian aggression and allies of President Donald Trump were ramping up efforts to get the Ukrainians to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden".
Also, "testimony in the impeachment inquiry into Trump shows the energy secretary was one of three key U.S. officials who were negotiating a meeting between Trump and the Ukrainian leader".
As the AP article notes, "The sequence of events suggests the Trump administration’s political maneuvering in Ukraine was entwined with the big business of the energy trade."
Gee....ya think?
After Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's first phone call (not the "I need a favor though" one) where Zelenskiy urges Trump to come to his upcoming inauguration, Trump ends up not going and initially plans to send VP Pence. But at a late hour, Pence is told not to go with no public announcement of a reason. Instead, then Sec. of Energy Rick Perry goes to Zelensky's inauguration, and at a later meeting hands him a list of "people he recommended as energy advisers" who just happen to be Rick Perry's political donors.
And lo and behold, a month later one of those donors is awarded a 50-year oil and gas contract in Ukraine!
Um.......
Think about this for a second....after Zelenskiy is elected, he calls Trump and lets him know that he really, really would like Trump to be at his inauguration. Trump basically says...maybe. Then at the last minute he pulls back on Pence going and sends Perry instead, and while there Perry gives Zelenskiy a list of his political donors to consider as "energy advisers".
This is also happening while Ukraine "was seeking military aid from the United States to defend against Russian aggression and allies of President Donald Trump were ramping up efforts to get the Ukrainians to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden".
Also, "testimony in the impeachment inquiry into Trump shows the energy secretary was one of three key U.S. officials who were negotiating a meeting between Trump and the Ukrainian leader".
As the AP article notes, "The sequence of events suggests the Trump administration’s political maneuvering in Ukraine was entwined with the big business of the energy trade."
Gee....ya think?