After Trump debacle, Ukraine has one card to play | By Michael Bociurkiw for CNNOpinion
Michael Bociurkiw is a global affairs analyst and a former spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Follow him on Twitter @WorldAffairsPro. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his; view more opinions on CNN.
When Volodymyr Zelensky announced his candidacy for president of Ukraine after promising to bring peace to the war-torn eastern part of the country, he could not have known that US President Donald Trump would wind up threatening to withhold almost $400 million in military and economic aid unless Zelensky, a former TV comedian, dug up dirt on Trump's political opponents.
Michael BociurkiwAnd once the scandal broke into the open, and Trump opted for the low road by claiming he'd withheld the aid because Ukraine is an inherently corrupt nation -- a refrain that would be repeated endlessly by the commander-in-chief and his inner circle -- the Zelensky team opted to avoid public comment, hoping they could ride out the negative narrative and hope the situation might in fact stir sympathy for the embattled country.
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