Washington (CNN) Wednesday's release of a five-page rough transcript of a late July call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was notable for lots of reasons -- not the least of which is that it was pretty damn close to a smoking gun on the President pressuring a foreign country to look into debunked corruption charges against Joe Biden.

But one thing got lost in all of the coverage of what Trump said on the call. And that missing piece was what Zelensky said.

What was it? Over-the-top praise of Trump at every turn.

Of his recent victory, Zelensky told Trump: "We worked a lot but I would like to confess to you that I had an opportunity to learn from you. We used quite a few of your skills and knowledge and were able to use it as an example for our elections and yes it is true that these were unique elections."

Of Trump's claim that the US does more for Ukraine than other European allies, Zelensky said: "Yes you are absolutely right. Not only 100%, but actually 1000%."

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