Trump’s memo to self on Sondland testimony: ‘I want no quid pro quo’
Photos captured President Trump’s notes as he made his first public appearance after damning impeachment testimony from Ambassador Gordon Sondland.
Appearing on the White House lawn as he departed for a visit to Texas, Trump held an Air Force One notepad with notations he had made with a black marker. “Ambas Gordon Sondland says what do you want from Ukraine I keep hearing all these different ideas &. theories. What do you want. It was a very short conversation. He was not in a good mood. He just saidThis is the last final word from the pres of the U.S.
Earlier Wednesday morning, Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, said that there was a clear demand from the president for Ukraine to announce an investigation into the dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter in exchange for a White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump read the note, recounting a Sept. 9 phone conversation with Sondland in which he dictated a response to assuage concerns from diplomat Bill Taylor, who had texted Sondland his concern that “it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.” Trump said of Sondland, “I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though.” Last month, Trump tweeted that Sondland, a businessman who donated $1 million to the inauguration prior to his appointment as an ambassador, was “a really good man and great American.” Trump disputed Sondland’s assessment that he wasn’t in a good mood, saying “I’m always in a good mood, I don’t know what that is.
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