Trump calls Ukraine corrupt. He still wanted to build a resort there.
In 2006, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump traveled to Ukraine to meet with government officials about building a multimillion dollar hotel and golf course in the country. Two years later, Trump Jr. was back to meet with developers.
The Trumps were looking to erect luxury resorts across the former Soviet republics, and Ukraine seemed like a promising location. But doing so meant navigating a landscape that had long struggled with corruption. And as part of its overtures, the Trump Organization engaged developers Dmitry Buriak and felon Felix Sater, both of whom have had business interests in Russia.
Now, a decade after his companys efforts floundered, President Donald Trump is arguing that its the son of his political rival Joe Biden, not him, who wanted to benefit from what he calls a very corrupt Ukraine.
The presidents critics say its a now-familiar Trumpian contradiction, one that raises further doubts about the presidents claim he merely wanted to root out corruption when he pressured Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens a revelation that sparked a House impeachment inquiry.
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