Trump has been hostile to Zelensky and Ukraine since his first term in the White House. In 2019, Trump was impeached over allegations that he froze nearly $400 million in military aid to Kyiv in an attempt to force the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden, then the former US vice president, and his son Hunter. This was happening on the eve of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump even sent his personal lawyer to Ukraine to persuade Zelensky to publicly announce the investigation, which could have seriously harmed Biden's chances of winning. But no evidence of Biden's wrongdoing ever emerged, and Zelensky refused to interfere in American politics.
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