What Do Ukrainians Think Of Trump’s “Quid Pro Quo”

Quartz: Three charts showing what Ukrainians think of Trump’s “quid pro quo”

As Americans turn their attention to the first public hearings in the House impeachment investigation, there is another country that has been affected by the scandal that’s fueling the investigation: Ukraine.

What do the Ukrainian people think of the impeachment controversy?

The congressional investigation centers on Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy into opening a corruption investigation into presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Trump allegedly threatened to withhold $400 million in US foreign military aid aimed at countering Russian aggression. The ongoing military conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region of Ukraine has claimed more than 13,000 lives to date.

Reportedly, Zelenskiy was prepared to bow to this pressure, until luck spared him making such a decision.

What decision do Ukrainians think their president should have made when faced with Trump’s apparent “quid pro quo?” Do they believe the Trump administration supports Ukraine?

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WNU Editor: I do not have to read US administered polls to know what Ukrainians think. They are angry right now, which is why they voted overwhelming for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier this year. They are angry because their country is poor, 40% of the government's budget goes to pay off debts that have nothing to show for, endemic corruption, and they want an end to the war in the east. And as for their relations with the U.S. and President Trump. They see Trump as a tool who may help them in fingering and identifying those in Ukraine (and outside) who looted the treasury dry .... Ukraine widens probe against Burisma founder to embezzlement of state funds (Reuters).