Parnas spoke to me over the weekend from his home in Boca Raton, Florida, where he lives with his wife and six kids. I asked what he thought about Ukraine. After all, he’s been at the center of the most recent drama between the U.S. and the region, so his perspective is worth hearing.
Vicki... please consider me a fan... and a new one... but the interview on Ukraine left out some details that I think are relevant to the story if someone does not have a "hate Trump" bumper sticker." 1) Crimea was invaded and taken over on Obama's watch. 2) The Hunter Biden Director fees is relevant and deserves to be called "corruption" hiding in plain sight. 3) Trump had many issues to contend with in his first 2 years in office and it is possible that he did not stop to focus on Ukraine given focus on ISIS, Afghanistan, tax policy, economic malaise and endless "Russian Collusion" investigations. It is not unimaginable that he was not a policy expert on nearly 200 countries in the world. Also, I think that Parnas may be trying to sanitize his standing in light of his dealings. I respect that you have to be friendly to get the story. But I think the context is important. I am not trying to be am apologist for Trump. He has plenty of responsibility for his predicament and hope he does not run again because there are several excellent R alternatives. I am still a fan but think some context is warranted in this story. Just finished "Chasing Guislaine." Ready to start other books by you. Steve
Vicki... please consider me a fan... and a new one... but the interview on Ukraine left out some details that I think are relevant to the story if someone does not have a "hate Trump" bumper sticker." 1) Crimea was invaded and taken over on Obama's watch. 2) The Hunter Biden Director fees is relevant and deserves to be called "corruption" hiding in plain sight. 3) Trump had many issues to contend with in his first 2 years in office and it is possible that he did not stop to focus on Ukraine given focus on ISIS, Afghanistan, tax policy, economic malaise and endless "Russian Collusion" investigations. It is not unimaginable that he was not a policy expert on nearly 200 countries in the world. Also, I think that Parnas may be trying to sanitize his standing in light of his dealings. I respect that you have to be friendly to get the story. But I think the context is important. I am not trying to be am apologist for Trump. He has plenty of responsibility for his predicament and hope he does not run again because there are several excellent R alternatives. I am still a fan but think some context is warranted in this story. Just finished "Chasing Guislaine." Ready to start other books by you. Steve