July 2016, wax yar ka hor shirweynihii xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee Cleveland
, Gordon wuxuu si guul leh ugu ololeeyey ergooyinka la doortay inay jilicsiiyaan wax ka beddelka la soo jeediyay ee barnaamijka siyaasadeed ee Guddiga Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga kaas oo ku baaqay in la siiyo "hub difaac oo dilaa ah" dowladda Ukraine. Waqtigaas, hogaamiyaasha siyaasada dibada ee Jamhuuriga badankood waxay taageereen taageero xoogan oo Ukraine ka badan tan maamulka Obama ay bixiyeen. Bishii Janaayo 2017, "Business Insider" ayaa soo wariyay inuusan "weligeed ka tegin" "meeshii dhinaca loo qoondeeyay, mana uusan si cad uga hadlin kulanka ergooyinka inta lagu gudajiray kulanka barxadda", laakiin bishii Maarso 2017 wuxuu u qirtay CNN in, ereyada CNN, "Gordon wuxuu u doodey luuqada barnaamijka GOP in dadka reer Ukraine aysan hubaysan karin dagaalka ay kula jiraan gooni u goosadka Ruushka". Gordon wuxuu ka sheegay taladiisii ahayd in la jilicsiiyo wax ka beddelka la soo jeediyay ee ku saabsan Ukraine in "kani uu ahaa luqadda uu Donald Trump laftiisu doonayay", in kasta oo uu beeniyay in Trump uu ka warqabay waqtiga "faahfaahinta".