The concerns, she added, came from “up the street”, an unambiguous reference to the White House. In return, US officials dangled a high-profile White House visit and almost $400m in military aid. Zelenskiy told Trump he wanted to “drain the swamp” in Ukraine and called his American counterpart “a great teacher”. “I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine,” Trump replied, according to a call summary published by the White House. He said Sondland told him that “‘everything’ was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance”.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2019 07:41 UTC