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By Dayo Benson New York
Embattled President Donald Trump yesterday evening, lashed out at House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying she has surrendered her position to extreme leftists who are using her to spearhead an impeachment inquiry against him, even as he insists there is nothing wrong with the last July telephone conversation with Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky.
A somewhat subdued Trump had earlier appeared with Zelensky where both fielded questions from journalists. Trump denied he put pressure on the latter, a claim Ukraine’s President corroborated, saying “only my six-year-old son can force me to do something”. The comedian turned politician however refused to be drawn into the unfolding U.S political scandal.
Later, at a press conference, Trump who spoke in an unusual measured tone, demanded transparency in the whole issue, insisting that Vice President Joe Biden should also be investigated.
“The witch hunt continues, but they’re getting hit hard on this witch hunt, because when they look at the information, it’s a joke,” Trump said. “Impeachment for that, when you have a wonderful meeting or you have a wonderful phone conversation.”
While tackling Speaker Pelosi, Trump stated that “Pelosi has lost her way, she has allowed herself to be taken over by extreme leftists in the House.”
Trump maintained he was free to have telephone conversations with world leaders and that he had done nothing wrong.
He however expressed concern that world leaders would be wary of having telephone conversations with him in future because the texts could be made public.
The President expressed his displeasure over the manner the impeachment saga had shifted attention away from the on-going U.N. 74th General Assembly, saying that it was planned to happen during the global event to diminish his numerous achievements at the U.N.
He disclosed that some world leaders had in a show of solidarity told him that “no president has ever gone through what I’m going through”, adding “they are laughing at us. The situation is bad for our country and bad for our people.”
Defending himself further, Trump said some senators and congress members had done the same thing he was being accused of.
Speaking on some Democratic Senator that he allegedly went to Ukraine, he said, “They threatened him if he didn’t do things. I didn’t threaten anybody. It’s all a big hoax.”
He pointed out that the Democrat’s strategy was to impeach him because they knew he could not be defeated at the polls.
He did not spare the media which he accused of corruption, saying that they were the brain behind his political travails.