Zelensky in Washington / Trump's Tax Returns
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 22 December 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:19.0 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:24.0 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a joint session of Congress as the House Ways and Means Committee votes to release President Trump's tax returns. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:39.0 | We are joined today by my colleagues at editorial page writer Jillian Melcher and columnist Kim Strassel. |
| 0:45.0 | News of the surprise visit to Washington broke only a day or so before it happened. |
| 0:49.0 | But on Wednesday, President Zelensky wearing his trademark olive green military dress met with President Biden and then addressed Congress. |
| 0:57.0 | Here is a piece of what he said. |
| 0:59.0 | I believe there should be no taboos between us and our Alliance. Ukraine never asked the American soldiers to fight on our land instead of us. |
| 1:10.0 | I assure you that Ukrainian soldiers can perfectly operate American tanks and planes themselves. |
| 1:22.0 | Financial assistance is also critically important and I would like to thank you. |
| 1:28.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:30.0 | Thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with and the ones you may be willing to decide on. |
| 1:39.0 | Your money is not charity. |
| 1:42.0 | It's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. |
| 1:51.0 | One of the themes to my eye was gratitude. He said several times. |
| 1:56.0 | Thank you for the military aid that's been provided and thank you for the financial aid. |
| 2:00.0 | Jillian, I wonder what you make of President Zelensky's speech. |
| 2:03.0 | You know, I thought it was a really good speech. I thought he was right in framing this as a fight to protect freedom, to protect international law, and to prove to a potential aggressor that no one can succeed in violating borders. |
| 2:15.0 | And that gratitude was really important because the U.S. is sending a lot of money, a lot of military equipment over there. |
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