It's corrupt. It's corrupt. We've never ever in the history of this country allowed for a president to do this. Never in the 250 years that our republic has been on the earth has a president ever asked another nation to enrich himself in this way in exchange for preferential treatment from the US Taxpayers. If you are a Republican or Democratic senator you have to see this as unprecedented, as terrible for our nation as corruption. American foreign policy should not be for sale. (16:58–17:17)
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Asserts that no previous U.S. president has sought personal enrichment from foreign nations in exchange for preferential treatment.
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