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'This is going to do lasting damage': Impeachment leaves Ukraine policy in chaos
The president’s lawyer is under investigation, his days of moonlighting as a freelance diplomat now over. The donor who gave $1 million for his inauguration, then helped run a backdoor channel from Ukraine to the Oval Office, has seen his credibility damaged.
His special envoy to Kyiv has resigned, as has the energy secretary who played a key role in the alleged military aid-for-dirt scheme. Former and current officials are providing lurid testimony on Capitol Hill in defiance of White House orders.
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"This is going to do lasting damage,” said Andrew Weiss, who headed up Ukraine policy on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton. “For the last five years it was a given that the U.S. had Ukraine’s back,” he said. “Now that’s going to be far more complicated, with a lot more distrust and a lot more scrutiny."
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Officials in Kyiv are now wondering who they can trust in Washington — especially given the recent departures of several of their American interlocutors, including former special envoy Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Masha Yovanovitch, and former senior director for European and Russian Affairs Fiona Hill.
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On Friday, President Trump attacked his own top diplomat in Kyiv — Taylor, a Vietnam veteran who was first appointed ambassador by George W. Bush.
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The Trump administration would not answer basic questions about where Ukraine policy stands now and who is in charge of it. Officials at the National Security Council and U.S. Embassy to the E.U. referred requests for comment to the State Department, which did not respond to multiple inquiries. - Politico
His special envoy to Kyiv has resigned, as has the energy secretary who played a key role in the alleged military aid-for-dirt scheme. Former and current officials are providing lurid testimony on Capitol Hill in defiance of White House orders.
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"This is going to do lasting damage,” said Andrew Weiss, who headed up Ukraine policy on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton. “For the last five years it was a given that the U.S. had Ukraine’s back,” he said. “Now that’s going to be far more complicated, with a lot more distrust and a lot more scrutiny."
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Officials in Kyiv are now wondering who they can trust in Washington — especially given the recent departures of several of their American interlocutors, including former special envoy Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Masha Yovanovitch, and former senior director for European and Russian Affairs Fiona Hill.
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On Friday, President Trump attacked his own top diplomat in Kyiv — Taylor, a Vietnam veteran who was first appointed ambassador by George W. Bush.
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The Trump administration would not answer basic questions about where Ukraine policy stands now and who is in charge of it. Officials at the National Security Council and U.S. Embassy to the E.U. referred requests for comment to the State Department, which did not respond to multiple inquiries. - Politico
I know how Kyiv can trust us again, it's elementary. Spill the beans on the ethically bankrupt republicans who've stabbed you in the back, so we can rid our country of them and restore some normalcy.
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...”it was a given that the U.S. had Ukraine’s back”
I hope this great country can make it up to you someday
