The WP reports that sr American officials worked for weeks to stall a Trump-Zelensky meeting or call, fearing that Trump would use it to press his counterpart for political dirt. This was a slow-motion crisis on the inside before it burst into the open.

The WP reports that sr American officials worked for weeks to stall a Trump-Zelensky meeting or call, fearing that Trump would use it to press his counterpart for political dirt.

This was a slow-motion crisis on the inside before it burst into the open. https://t.co/bF4wZ36UR2

— Ned Price (@nedprice) September 25, 2019