This, Mulvaney claimed, just moments after announcing the president’s decision to award the contract for an international summit worth millions of dollars to himself, was because he and Trump were big opponents of “corruption” and Ukraine was a corrupt country: President Trump is not a big fan of foreign aid. Never has been. Still isn’t. Doesn’t like spending money overseas, especially when it’s poorly spent. And that is exactly what drove this decision….I’ve been in the office a couple times with him talking about this and he said, “Look Mick, this is a corrupt place.” Everybody knows it’s a
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