The Ukraine transcript is not a dud, it is bad news for Trump

The release of the transcript of President Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not the dud that Trump and his allies have been presenting it to be. It’s very bad news for Trump.

The defense of Trump is that yes, he may have asked a foreign leader to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden, but that there was “no quid pro quo.” While at no point did Trump explicitly say, “investigate Biden or else,” Trump does state quite clearly all of the great things that the United States does for Ukraine before transitioning into his asks, among which are that Zelensky investigate Biden.