How did Trump get into trouble with Ukraine?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
How did Trump’s personality and way of dealing with people lead to a trial in the Senate? The answer involves Trump’s long standing belief in conspiracy theories, his transactional way of doing business, the revolving door of staff turnover at the White House and his admiration for Russian president Vladimir Putin.
With Tanya Beckett.
( President Trump departs the White House on the day of the House Impeachment Vote, Washington DC. Photo Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | This is the inquiry on the BBC World Service with me Tanya Beckett. |
| 0:10.0 | Each week one question, four expert witnesses and an answer. |
| 0:17.0 | The Senate will convene as a court of impeachment. |
| 0:20.2 | You will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help you God. |
| 0:25.0 | President Trump is currently standing trial in the US Senate having been impeached by the House of Representatives. The hearing in the |
| 0:35.1 | Upper House centers on the contents of a phone call that took place between |
| 0:39.7 | Donald Trump and Ukrainian president of Vladimir Zelensky on July the 25th last year. |
| 0:46.9 | In it President Trump appears to link the delivery of 400 million dollars of military aid to Ukraine to a request to investigate his likely |
| 0:56.3 | rival in the 2020 presidential race Joe Biden and a company called Crowd Strike. |
| 1:04.0 | The charges that President Trump faces concern whether he's abused his office and also |
| 1:10.2 | whether he attempted an illegal cover-up. |
| 1:13.6 | This week we're asking, why did Trump get into trouble in Ukraine, |
| 1:18.7 | and are there flaws in the way he operates |
| 1:21.8 | that made his tripping up inevitable. |
| 1:29.0 | Part 1 from Russia with love. I think there's a very long shadow that has been cast by Russia on both this presidency and American politics writ large. |
| 1:47.0 | Our first expert is Laura Brown, director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. |
| 1:55.7 | She believes one reason that President Trump has found himself ensnared is that he refuses |
| 2:01.3 | to recognize the malign influence of Russia |
| 2:04.4 | and its strong man leader Vladimir Putin. |
| 2:07.4 | He's a leader of his country. |
| 2:10.6 | I say it's better to get along with Russia than not. Will I get along with |
| 2:15.2 | them? I have no idea. It's a killer though. Putin's a killer. A lot of killers. |
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