Nobody enjoys getting fired. And getting fired by Donald Trump can be particularly unpleasant. But as involuntary separations go, an Obama ambassador being reassigned to another job within the Trump State Department while picking up a Georgetown fellowship is not the hardest of landings. Also, for any readers persuaded by former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s congressional testimony today that she was the key to a free and independent Ukraine free of corruption, it’s worth noting two relevant issues.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 15, 2019 23:26 UTC