Transcripts of closed-door testimony in the Trump impeachment investigation show a disturbing pattern of behavior by Republican lawmakers, not one of whom expressed concern about our national security or about White House undermining of our diplomats or their safety.
Then U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Maria Yovanovitch, got a call in middle of the night from the State Department telling her to be on the next plane out of Kyiv. She told lawmakers in vivid detail how the Trump administration’s actions are “hollowing out” our State Department and benefitting our adversaries, notably Russia.
She predicted that the damage already done will last for decades and may be irreparable, undoing the influence American won with blood and treasure by defeating its enemies in World War II and then building a global community to replace the war-ravaged past.