Amidst an impeachment inquiry in which President Trump is accused of calling upon a foreign government to investigate a political rival, the President of the United States not only reiterated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky investigate Joe Biden but also called upon Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the same.
Mind you this is the same country which Trump has repeatedly insisted is "ripping us off" on trade and has levied a series of tariffs. But suddenly he trusts a totalitarian state to conduct an impartial investigation of an American citizen, a trust he doesn't extend to the FBI.
There seems to be a quid pro quo here. Trump proclaimed, "I have a lot of options on China. If they do not do what we want, we have tremendous power.” Well, it would seem Trump wants China to do one thing in particular.
So what happens if China opens an investigation to Biden? Do the tariffs disappear? Or would they be delayed or perhaps reduced? The possibility cannot be ruled out. In which case, Trump is committing impeachable offenses out in the open.
While one can argue there is an appearance of impropriety concerning Hunter Biden's business interests vis a vis his father, President Trump is the last person who is in any position to lecture Joe Biden about anything. After all, Trump has never divested his business interests and neither have his children. If Hunter Biden's business activities in China have the appearance of impropriety then what of the business activities of Ivanka Trump in the People's Republic? The First Daughter has had numerous patents approved by the Chinese government including for voting machines.
The chutzpah grows by the day and is going to get much worse before it can possibly get better.
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