poroshenko to announce an investigation boo the bidens in return for a state visit here. so if the idea that this is all about one call this past july were not absurd enough already, this new information should put that idea to rest. at least for the reasonable. and the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor testified, ukraine president zelensky did agree to make a public statement about investigating the bidens and he was going to do so in an interview with cnn. who? our very own fareed zackaria. he joins us now with the rest of the story. good to see you, my friend. a pleasure as always, chris. you didn t know what was afoot. once you learned of the context of what was going on, have you ever heard of anything like this before? good lord, no. we were trying to get an
but they were totally professional throughout. as sometimes happens, they backed off at the end. so help us understand the context of what was going on here. of course fareed understands world events. the idea that ukraine, zelensky and his people were in a panic about this. that they didn t know how to deal with rudy. they were so afraid being involved in american politics. does that square with your understanding of the regime and why? oh, completely. the thing you have to remember about ukraine and the u.s. when trump says, zelensky says he was not pressured. the core reality is the asymmetry of power. the u.s. totally dominates this relationship. zelensky needs, any ukrainian president needs the ukrainian president s 110% support. not just for the military afltd not just the political aid. but because there is a real
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level positions, the 190 somebody departments are a complete and total disarray. so what the anonymous book is trying to warn people of, you have a system where the administrative processes of the executive branch have completely broken down under president trump. so you agree the assessment of the book. i don t agree with it being anonymous. i m thinking this should be another primary colors deal. anonymous winds up being the writer there. joe kline. if you want to say things like this, own them. if there is a risk to you, that s one thing. this isn t about passing on information. this is a political commentary. let me get to another topic. bloomberg. what do you think bloomberg means to trump? so i think the president was very intimidated by a guy like michael bloomberg. you can go back to some of the statements that corey lewandowski has made about
prospect of a russian invasion of the rest of ukraine in which case, washington becomes your savior. so there is no question that zelensky or any ukrainian president will try very hard to do whatever it takes to help the american president. he understood, however, he is a savvy guy. i spent a while with him. he understood and now i m guessing, that this would cause problems if we to choose a republican. to decide to investigate biden and the clintons, that would put him in an awkward position. what if trump didn t win? so he was trying his best to play both sides to. delay, to punt. and then when it became absolutely clear he couldn t do that anymore, apparently, and i m reading the reporting, he agreed to come on my show. the interview was in the works for a while. we had been trying. we gotten couraging voices.