Mick Mulvaney, Trump's acting chief of staff, on using quid pro quo in foreign policy: 'We do that all the time'

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admitted Thursday that the administration temporarily withheld aid to Ukraine for President Donald Trump's political gain. Then when reporters noted that was a"quid pro quo" deal, Mulvaney told them to"get over it."

"You were directly involved in a decision to withhold funding from Ukraine. Can you explain to us now differently why, why was funding withheld?" Karl asked. "But to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo, it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the Democrats' server happens as well," Karl asserted. That's when Mulvaney admitted that quid pro quo deals happen often in foreign policy.

But the phone call was so concerning to one official in the intelligence community that they filed a whistleblower complaint. The complaint detailed concerns that Trump was"using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.

🔶 Yeah but! ♦️ Rigging an election is not really what “quid pro quo” had in mind! 🔶

IMO all Deals in US Congress between DNC + GOP require a certain amount of 'quid pro quo' , like every Foreign Policy Pact. DeepState Fake News TV CEO's are making a scandal against POTUS w/ every daily political action, a wicked way to destroy America ! TheJusticeDept

Bet he'll be out of a job very soon. 25thAmendmentNow

Nonsense. Read Mulvaney's full statement not a cherry picked phrase

Thanks for playing, Mick! Finally, somebody comes out and tells the freakin truth for a change... I bet the FailingPresident is sooooo pissed!

But he gave the same answer when a reporter asked if they normally talk like idiots.

Don’t ever let them forget what they did today.

He is just saying , so what we did that many times with many countries. Catch me if you can. GOP grow some effin balls.

The stupidest crooks

There is a HUGE difference between the give and take of diplomatic negotiations and trading military aid for false and fabricated information on a political opponent. Trump and his cohorts have brought corruption to a new high and the office of the presidency to a new low.

We shake down world leaders all the time?

so he just admitted they do it.. great. lock trump up now

quid pro quo realDonaldTrump

Yes we do. To benefit THE COUNTY NOT TO HELP WITH A CAMPAIGN.

Oh, we know. It’s just nice to hear it said out loud.

The whole world is watching

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