The US president is facing an impeachment inquiry that could remove him from office, precisely because of his relentless pursuit of conspiracy theories. Trump’s theory begins with a truth: in 2016 Biden withheld $1bn in loan guarantees from Ukraine in order to winkle out its then chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin. Two and two makes five: Joe Biden, Trump concluded, was corruptly interfering in Ukraine in order to protect his son. ‘CrowdStrike’This is the most bizarre of all Trump’s Ukraine fantasies. “George Soros was behind it, George Soros’ company was funding it,” Giuliani told ABC, referring to the related conspiracy theory that Ukraine colluded with Clinton.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2019 19:41 UTC