The French President who aims to use China s relationship with Russia to encourage negotiations is at odds with Ursula von der Leyen who has told EU leaders to show unity in the face of China.
18th, an omb representative relayed that quote, the white house chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about ukraine and ukraine s security assistance unquote. and that a hold had been ordered by the president. no explanation was provided. all of the agencies responsible for ukraine policy supported security assistance and advocated for lifting of the hold. the only dissenting voice was the office of management and budget, which was following the orders of president trump. and still, no good explanation of the hold was provided. while the aid suspension had not been made public, word was getting out. katherine croft, special advisor for ukraine negotiation, worked closely with ambassador volker and who testified before this committee at a deposition, received two separate calls in july or august from officials at the ukrainian embassy who quote, approached me quietly and in confidence to ask me about an omb hold on ukraine security