On Politics A.M.: Hungary’s Orban Gave Trump Harsh Analysis of Ukraine

2019年10月22日星期二

October 22, 2019

Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

President Trump met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary just 10 days before a key meeting on Ukraine. The meeting exposed Mr. Trump to a harsh indictment of Ukraine at a time when his personal lawyer was pressing the new government in Kiev to provide damaging information about Democrats, according to several people informed about the situation.
For three years, Democrats watched as Mr. Trump wrestled back scandals and evaded responsibility for his actions. Now, as they march toward what could be an impeachment vote, they are determined not to let him walk away unscathed again.
A new survey of the country's cultural and political landscape found that support for impeaching and removing Mr. Trump from office is rising among most Americans, but that Republicans remain almost unanimously opposed.
Readers have asked The New York Times why asking another nation for help ahead of an election is such a serious issue. Here are some answers.

Despite the president's vows to end "endless wars," there are now more troops in the Middle East than when Mr. Trump took office, and he has continued the mission for tens of thousands of others far from the wars of 9/11.

For years, the Taliban has wanted Washington to pull troops out of Afghanistan, Turkey has wanted the Americans out of northern Syria and North Korea has wanted an end to United States military exercises with South Korea at the very least. Mr. Trump has now obliged all three — without getting much of anything in return.

At the urging of his fellow Republicans, Mr. Trump reversed his decision to host world leaders at one of his own properties during next year's Group of 7 summit, but he hasn't finished defending his right to do it in the first place.

Nearly a year before the 2020 election, Mr. Trump is running out of options in his search for a leader who could win Senate confirmation and carry out his immigration crackdown at the Department of Homeland Security.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released her education plan Monday, making her the last leading Democratic primary contender to do so. The plan breaks from Obama-era Democratic priorities by critiquing charter schools and testing.