How President Trump's Dealings with Ukraine Line Up with Typical Foreign Diplomacy

How President Trump's Dealings with Ukraine Line Up with Typical Foreign Diplomacy

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Foreign Diplomacy, Electoral College, Detecting Dyslexia

Episode: Foreign Diplomacy, Electoral College, Detecting Dyslexia

  • Oct 28, 2019 10:00 pm
  • 16:23 mins

Guest: Ryan Vogel, Ryan Vogel, JD, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley University President Trump has been accused of dealing with Ukraine in a way that’s unusual and illegal. The Trump administration allegedly withheld millions of dollars in security aid from the country in exchange for information on Joe Biden, with the President’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, as point person. How does this compare to how the US traditionally deals with foreign countries? Is this actually all that unusual?