The White House can’t muster a substantive defense of President Trump’s behavior toward Ukraine. Democrats more or less gave way to Republican process complaints about impeachment on Monday. So with few other options left, Trump and his allies are returning to the mode that got him elected in the first place: toxic xenophobia.Monday evening, the opening statement from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was released to the press, ahead of his appearance before House investigators Tuesday. In another age, Vindman’s statement would be called a smoking gun, though by this stage the facts are clear enough that it adds little to …read more
Source:: The Atlantic
