OREANDA-NEWS. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claims US President Donald Trump puts his own interests above the need to help Ukraine protect itself from Russia. The politician made a corresponding statement during the first national television debate this year with candidates for the Democratic Party candidate in the 2020 US presidential election. Broadcast from the University of Drake in Des Moines (Iowa) is an American television company.

"We have in our hands a forthcoming lawsuit as part of the impeachment procedure in the US Senate. I will be there, as it's my direct responsibility", Warren said. She added that this lawsuit will demonstrate the venality of the current administration". “The point here is that Donald Trump puts himself above everything else. Not American interests, not the people of the United States, not even helping Ukraine to defend itself from Russia”, the senator said. “He only helps himself”.

The complaint of an unnamed U.S. intelligence officer about the content of Trump’s conversation with Zelensky eventually became the reason for the impeachment proceedings against the head of the American administration. According to Trump’s political opponents, the president tried to convince Zelensky to begin an investigation into the activities of Biden’s son in Ukraine in exchange for providing financial and military assistance to Kiev.