Opinion: The GOP's defense of Trump actually makes him look worse
by Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times
Dec 06, 2019
3 minutes
Republicans have gotten used to defending President Trump's statements or tweets by saying he meant something else. He was speaking in a form of verbal shorthand. There's an important backstory. If you saw the big picture, you'd get it.
Trump's now-infamous July 25 call with new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has presented the ultimate challenge, because Trump's words are damning on their face. After telling Zelenskiy how reliant Ukraine (which is under assault by Russian-backed
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