everybody knows that s not true. it s a kind of conspiracy theory that trump has picked up, we re not sure from where. and zelensky, of course, knows this, but he has to avoid saying that directly to the united states president, because he s the united states president. i mean, and this is a profoundly corrupt situation. that is weirdly familiar to ukrainians, because it s the kind of thing that they ve been trying to get out of their system in other words, they ve been trying to get at this, you know, use of conspiracy theory in politics, the politicization of the legal system, all of that is something that ukrainians have been trying to persuade their leaders to change for a decade. what does this all look like from vladimir putin s perspective? so, look, this is exactly the kind of story that s wonderful for vladimir putin. putin s line, if you ve watched russia moedia over the last several years, you will see over and over again an implication, a story okay, russia might be
what was going on there and involved a bunch of russians in far-off places. this is very easy to understand. it s right before your eyes. a consciousneentiousness object civil servant working in the white house saw and heard reports that the president called a foreign leader, the president of ukraine, and asked him to take out a political rival of his, joe biden, by opening an investigation into him. that s very, very clear. and it s very easy to understand. a second point i would make. you know, a friend of mine has been saying to me for a while, you know, the democrats are never going to take down donald trump. only trump can take down donald trump. he said, you know, trump reminds me of the heavyweight boxer, mike tyson. no one could beat mike tyson. only tyson could beat mike tyson and he did it one day when he bit off evander holyfield s ear. and he said to me, one day, donald trump is going to bite
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party to play a role that upholds democracy rather than feasting on its destruction. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week. and let s get started. angelo american institutions this week pushed back against actions by their nation s populist leaders. first, the british supreme court found prime minister boris johnson s suspension of parliament to be unlawful. then the u.s. house of representatives launched an impeachment inquiry into president trump. i want to talk about both events with my first guest, david cameron. this is the first u.s. television interview for the former british prime minister, the man who called the brexit referendum. his new book is for the record. david, pleasure to have you on. great to be with you.
ukraine. adam applebaum, who s just back from kiev will explain the connection between ukraine and america. also, iran. secretary pompeo said that this week at the u.n., the u.s. made real progress uniting the world to get tough on the islamic republic. will this bring tehran to the table to negotiate or provoke it even further? and, israel s inconclusive election results. will bibi netanyahu be able to form another government? i ll talk to the new york times tom friedman. but first, here s my take. whether you think it rises to the level of an impeachable offense, can we all agree that what president trump did was profoundly wrong? he pressured a foreign government to dig up dirt on his