The day of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, minute-by-minute

July 25 was not an obviously remarkable day in the presidency of Donald Trump. It was a Thursday, scheduled with the sort of standard activities in which presidents engage: a ceremony at the Pentagon, a White House event focused on employment. It was as unremarkable as the weather: hot, but not too.

That summary, though, ignores the events that unfolded over the course of the day, events that are at the center of the impeachment inquiry focused on President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine.

On Tuesday, we learned more about how the Trump administration shifted on July 25 in a way that allowed Trump and his team to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations that would benefit Trump personally. In light of that new information, we’ve created the following timeline of the events of the day. A normal day in the Trump presidency, overlaid with some abnormal machinations.

View the complete November 26 article by Philip Bump on The Washington Post website here.