The Sudden Recall of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Masha Yovanovitch Might've Been the Beginning of the End for Trump

"In her fight against corruption in Ukraine, Yovanovitch became a victim of corruption in the Trump administration. “For the president to recall an ambassador—especially one with a stellar record and reputation like Masha Yovanovitch—based on the unsubstantiated accusations of a foreign official that were, themselves, based on the president’s campaign interests, well, that’s just outrageous,” a former senior U.S. official told me. “The behavior described in the whistle-blower complaint illustrates the breakdown of U.S. diplomacy and the kind of behavior in international relations one normally associates with autocrats.”