Cika wannan jumla: A watan Yulin 2016, kafin 'yan Republican su
2016 Yarjejeniyar a Cleveland, Gordon ya yi nasarar bayar da shawara tare da zaɓaɓɓun wakilai don sauƙaƙe wani gyare-gyare da aka gabatar ga tsarin siyasa na Kwamitin Republican na Republican wanda ya bukaci samar da "makamai masu kariya" ga gwamnatin Ukraine. A wancan lokacin, da yawa daga cikin shugabannin manufofin kasashen waje na Republican sun fi son goyon baya ga Ukraine fiye da gwamnatin Obama ta bayar. A watan Janairun 2017, "Business Insider" ya ba da rahoton cewa "bai taɓa barin" "teburin gefen da aka ba shi ba, kuma bai yi magana a bainar jama'a ba a taron wakilai yayin taron dandamali", amma a watan Maris na 2017 ya yarda da CNN cewa, a cikin kalmomin CNN, "Gordon ya ba da shawara ga harshe a cikin dandalin GOP cewa 'yan Ukraine ba za su yi amfani da makamai ba a yaƙin da suke yi da' yan tawaye masu goyon bayan Rasha. " Gordon ya ce game da shawarar da ya ba shi na sauƙaƙe gyaran da aka gabatar game da Ukraine cewa "wannan shi ne yaren da Donald Trump da kansa yake so", kodayake ya musanta cewa Trump ya san a lokacin "keɓaɓɓun bayanai".