Trump: I Put No Pressure on Zelensky

The American leader admitted that the White House will release a transcript of his conversation with Ukraine’s president. The United States did not threaten Ukraine at the highest level with the termination of financial assistance in the event of Kyiv’s refusal to investigate the actions of former US vice president Joe Biden’s son. This assurance was made by U.S. President Donald Trump, answering journalists' questions at a meeting with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. “I didn’t ask for... I did not make a statement that you have to do this, or I’m not gonna give you aid. I wouldn’t do that,” – Trump emphasized, talking about the content of his conversation with Zelensky that took place on July 25, which provoked a scandal in Washington. In addition, the American leader admitted that the White House will release a transcript of his conversation with Zelensky. “When you see a call, if you see it, and frankly, I hope you see it, you will find that I didn’t do this at all. And you will be very disappointed when you make sure of this,” – Trump said, commenting on suspicions that he was putting unacceptable pressure on Zelensky. According to Trump, he can easily order to publish a transcript of a conversation with Zelensky, but does not want to do this, as he believed it would set a bad precedent. “I can do it easily. But I would not want to do this, taking into account all my other conversations with foreign leaders. I can do this, because it was a harmless call – on my and his part. I don’t think that this is a good precedent – to release a president’s calls with a foreign leaders,” – Trump said. Referring to the Ukrainian side’s statements, he indicated that Kyiv considers the July conversation between the two leaders “very good”. “And they also said that there was no pressure on him,” Trump said. Earlier, Trump revealed the contents of the conversation with Zelensky. The American leader admitted that during a telephone conversation with Zelensky he discussed corruption and mentioned Biden in this context. Joe Biden urged Trump to publish a transcript of the conversation with Zelensky. But U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the content of the telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is strictly confidential, so the State Department will not publish his transcript. Korrespondent