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Trump Keeps Punching at Yovanovitch, and the Ukraine Mess Gets Worse
The impeachment fight was already chewing through the Trump White House when the president’s public attack on Marie Yovanovitch made the whole thing look even uglier. Instead of letting the ambassador’s testimony fade, Trump’s move kept the focus on why she was pushed out, who was whispering in his ear, and whether career diplomacy had been bent around a private political errand. The result was another day of self-inflicted damage, with the White House looking less like it was defending policy and more like it was defending a grudge.