‘Ukrainegate’ is Cornering Trump

Although the Republican majority in the Senate poses a threat to impeachment, Donald Trump is showing signs of nervousness following the impeachment inquiry initiated in the House of Representatives. There is no other way to interpret the insulting comments Trump made on Twitter about Marie Yovanovitch, former American ambassador to Ukraine, while she testified before the committee investigating Trump’s alleged coercion of the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden’s family. The president of the United States attacked a career diplomat with a long record of service; he even blamed her for the catastrophes that occurred in some of the countries where she practiced. This shows his lack of respect for the investigation’s process and his anxiety about its scope.

Notwithstanding the intimidation on Twitter, Yovanovitch confessed to feeling threatened when the White House published the summary of the second conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in which Trump said that Yovanovitch was going to “go through some things.” On top of this, the testimony of two diplomats accused the U.S. president of creating an irregular channel of diplomacy, formed by members of his cabinet, former senior officials and at least one person who did not hold any public office and who were focused on reelection. One year away from the 2020 presidential election, Ukrainegate is cornering Trump. Incriminating evidence is beginning to accumulate.