As the top US diplomat in Ukraine was working to release frozen security assistance to Kiev, he discovered the focus back in Washington was elsewhere: President Trump's interest in buying Greenland
Speaking to impeachment committees last month, Ambassador Bill Taylor described difficulty in convening a meeting of top-level Cabinet officials with Trump to discuss the Ukraine assistance, which was put on hold over the summer.Part of the issue was logistics, he said. But it also came as national security officials inside the White House were scrambling to contain Trump's Greenland idea."It turns out, Mr.
Read MoreThe complications came at the same time Taylor and multiple other administration officials were working to impress on Trump the importance of the Ukraine aid. Taylor said in his testimony that it was his "clear understanding" that releasing the security assistance was contingent on Ukraine's President publicly announcing an investigation into Trump's political rivals.
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