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    Diplomacy is in part transactional. How is Trump’s different?

    Oct 03, 2019 5 minutes

    At one point in the now-famous July 25 White House phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the young Ukrainian president shares a bit of information that seemed sure to go over well with his interlocutor: When last in the United States, he lodged in one of Mr. Trump’s properties.

    “I stayed in New York near Central Park, and I stayed at the Trump Tower,” Mr. Zelenskiy says.

    It’s a tidbit in a conversation, as detailed in a summary of the call released by the White House, that in other regards may determine the fortunes of an American president.

    It’s Mr. Trump’s response to the Ukrainian leader’s request for additional arms to battle a menacing Russia – “I’d like to ask you a favor, though,” he

    Trade-offs are nothing new“What Trump wants in return”Impact on U.S. diplomatsPragmatism, and caution

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