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Washington Post: Trump whistleblower – Why involving Ukraine is ominous

Published Sept. 20, 2019 at 2:40 pm

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 20, 2016 then President-elect Donald Trump meets with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. - Recently elected president of Ukraine and not yet inaugurated, Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself caught in a US political-legal affair, risking tensions with a crucial ally at a time of crisis with Russia. Tensions rose between Washington and Kiev after Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani cancelled a scheduled visit to Ukraine last week. The former mayor of New York was due in Kiev to ensure Ukrainian authorities do not abandon legal investigations which he said could be "very, very useful" for Trump. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)

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As of Wednesday night, everyone was speculating about which foreign country President Trump might have made a “promise” to — a commitment that prompted a U.S. intelligence community whistleblower to lodge a mysterious complaint.

The answer to that question is an ominous one for Trump and his supporters when it comes to what lies ahead. And that goes particularly for his 2020 reelection bid, even as we still know very little about the actual complaint.