My Take On Today's Impeachment Inquiry Hearing

Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WNU Editor: A minor player in this entire impeachment affair, and not a very good witness at that. And Marie Yovanovitch is the third "star witness" in this impeachment inquiry?!?!? I do not know why Marie Yovanovitch is there. Her main complaint is that the White House was not using regular diplomatic channels. But for purposes of this inquiry she witnessed nothing that pertains to why President Trump should be impeached. Her only reason why she is there is because she is upset that she was removed as ambassador. Big deal. Diplomats are always removed and/or transferred somewhere else. And after listening to her this morning, I would have removed her also. I can also now understand why President Trump wanted to use other channels. Diplomats serve at the pleasure of the President, and they do not have a say on what diplomacy should be pursued. Their job is to implement the policy of the President. What I saw on Wednesday and what I saw this morning confirms to me that these highly paid diplomats are not only way over-valued, but they were never interested in pursuing President Trump's Ukraine policy. In a normal situation they would be told to resign or be reassigned. How they are able to stay in their jobs this long perplexes me.  As to how the media will package this testimony, they are going to focus on Presdient Trump's tweet this morning .... 'Very intimidating' - Trump launches Twitter attack on witness during impeachment testimony (Reuters).

....They call it “serving at the pleasure of the President.” The U.S. now has a very strong and powerful foreign policy, much different than proceeding administrations. It is called, quite simply, America First! With all of that, however, I have done FAR more for Ukraine than O.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2019

Update: Another closed session on this impeachment inquiry takes place this afternoon. So much for open sessions.

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