One argument that President Donald Trump’s supporters have employed in the impeachment debate is that it was merely a “policy dispute.” Yes, Trump held up aid to Ukraine last summer, this line goes, but he did so in pursuit of his agenda in the region.
There are several problems with this argument. One is that it has become increasingly clear that the president was pursuing a personal political agenda through his personal lawyer, not a national agenda through the formal diplomatic process. Another problem, arguably more serious, is that even if Trump was pursuing some less blatantly corrupt goal, what …read more
Source:: Reason.com
