Donald Trump's far-right administration is one of the most dangerous in US history, which makes the disappointment over the imminent failure of his impeachment case understandable.
The impeachment proceedings never challenged what actually makes the Trump White House so fraught.
The lone witness who communicated with Trump about the frozen military funding to Ukraine-and, even more crucially, the only Trump official thought to have relayed a quid pro quo to the Ukrainian side-is EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland.
Instead, Bolton is relaying that Trump "Preferred" that Ukraine assist efforts to uncover the extent of Ukrainian meddling to hurt Trump's campaign and help Democrats in 2016-meddling that did in fact happen.
The very fact that such militarist chauvinism is being adopted by the leadership of the Democratic Party is far more dangerous than anything they have accused Trump of in this impeachment trial.
Rather than alleging that Trump has been insufficiently confrontational toward Russia, Democrats should be working to stop Trump policies that have increased tensions with the world's other top nuclear power.
We might also consider what hopes Democrats have of defeating Trump so long as their prevailing tone through Trump's entire first term continues unchanged.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/impeachment-trump-cold-war/
The impeachment proceedings never challenged what actually makes the Trump White House so fraught.
The lone witness who communicated with Trump about the frozen military funding to Ukraine-and, even more crucially, the only Trump official thought to have relayed a quid pro quo to the Ukrainian side-is EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland.
Instead, Bolton is relaying that Trump "Preferred" that Ukraine assist efforts to uncover the extent of Ukrainian meddling to hurt Trump's campaign and help Democrats in 2016-meddling that did in fact happen.
The very fact that such militarist chauvinism is being adopted by the leadership of the Democratic Party is far more dangerous than anything they have accused Trump of in this impeachment trial.
Rather than alleging that Trump has been insufficiently confrontational toward Russia, Democrats should be working to stop Trump policies that have increased tensions with the world's other top nuclear power.
We might also consider what hopes Democrats have of defeating Trump so long as their prevailing tone through Trump's entire first term continues unchanged.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/impeachment-trump-cold-war/
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