“It’s a witch hunt. I’m leading in the polls. They have no idea how they stop me. The only way they can try is through impeachment. This has never happened to a president before. There’s never been a thing like this before. It’s nonsense. And when you see the call, when you see the readout of the call — which I assume you’ll see at some point — you’ll understand. That call was perfect. It couldn’t have been nicer. And even the Ukrainian government put out a statement that that was a perfect call, there was no pressure put on them whatsoever. But there was pressure put on with respect to Joe Biden. What Joe Biden did for his son. That’s something they should be looking at.” Reporter: “Why did you block aid a week before your call with the Ukrainian president?” “Because — very important, very important — I want other countries to put up money. I think it’s unfair that we put up the money. Then people called me. They said, ‘Oh, let it go.’ And I let it go. But we paid the money. The money was paid. But very importantly, Germany, France, other countries should put up money. And that’s been my complaint from the beginning.”