People keep saying this phrase "quid pro quo" for what Trump did, or tried to do, with Ukraine -- while I was listening to news analysis and making a bowl of Grape Nuts, was thinking, it's not quid pro quo -- he didn't try to trade -- "if you do this, I'll do that," like an up-front bargain ...
-- apparently it was an aid package from U.S. to Ukraine already approved by Congress which Trump tried to sort of interfere with, by saying in essence, "You know that aid package you're getting to defend yourself from Putin & Russia -- yeah, you'll get that if you help me smear Biden."
Like the president was -- interfering -- cutting in on -- American aid to another country, trying to piggyback his own personal political interests onto it.
I think -- it would be like if my boss said to me on Friday, "You will get your paycheck if you agree to write me a check for $64.50."
Like a kickback.
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Kickback.
Extortion.
Smear.
...? ...Geez, I expect people to start using terms like "racket" and "stool pigeon" any minute now....
Where are we, in an old pre-code gangster movie?
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