is that correct? that s right. finally, president zelensky relented after months of trying to not get involved in what he called the domestic u.s. political process. and ultimately, recognizing that he had no choice to break this stalemate, as ambassador sondland told him. that he ultimately agreed to go on television before the before president trump got caught and released the aid. i d like to direct your attention to the screen in front of you,cr which displays, againa washington post article from september 5th. the headline says, trump tries to force ukraine to meddle in the 2020 elections. and the article reports that president trump is, and ie quo, attempting to force zelensky to intervene in the 2020 u.s. presidential election by launching an investigation of the leading democratic candidate, joe biden. mr. trump is not just soliciting ukraine s help with his presidential campaign. he is using united states military aid the country