President Trump criticized Democrats at the opening of a NATO leaders meeting Tuesday, calling the impeachment push by his rivals “unpatriotic” and “a bad thing for our country.”Trump, who commented while meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, has criticized Democrats for holding an impeachment hearing while he is abroad. The House Judiciary Committee has set a hearing on the constitutional grounds for Trump’s possible impeachment Wednesday just before he wraps up two days of meetings with NATO alliance members in London. “I think it’s very unpatriotic of the Democrats to put on a performance,” Trump said. Democrats contend Trump abused his presidential powers by holding up aid to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his sonBut Trump was adamant that the cloud of impeachment wasn’t undercutting his negotiating position on the international stage. Republicans are defending the president in a rebuttal claiming Trump never intended to pressure Ukraine when he asked for a “favor” — investigations of Democrats and Joe Biden.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 03, 2019 14:05 UTC