In response to a question about the recording's authenticity, White House communications director Stephanie Grisham providedwith the following statement:"Every President in our history has had the right to place people who support his agenda and his policies within his Administration."
On a July 25, 2019, phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump indicated that Yovanovitch would be going"through some things." That call, in which the president sought for his Ukrainian counterpart to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump's chief political rival in the 2020 presidential race, formed the basis for the president's impeachment.
Yovanovitch has accused Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, of leading a freelancing campaign in Ukraine to smear her as disloyal in order to provoke her firing. The president has previously denied directing Giuliani to scour Ukraine for dirt on Biden, a probe that Trump's associates have accused Yovanovitch of obstructing.
He can remove anyone he rushes to remove!
So what
SenatorCollins SaraGideon lisamurkowski SenatorRomney SenAlexander SenJoniErnst FrankenforIowa SenMcSallyAZ ShuttleCDRKelly SenCoryGardner Hickenlooper AND REPUBLICANS SAY THERE IS “NO”REASON TO HAVE WITNESSES....REALLY That just proves the REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLICIT
same words he spoke about the Iranian fellow he had Taken Out
Once again he talks like everyone is his employee and must kiss his ring. He still doesn't know how a government works.
Mob boss.
And the tape revealed that realDonaldTrump associates were violating the Vienna Conventions by monitoring the activities of a US Ambassador while she was in service on foreign soil. RudyGiuliani Too bad our media missed that. 🤦🏻♀️. nytimes washingtonpost NBCPolitics
Contradicts the Democrats claim that Trump wanted her removed as a result of of Biden beating him in the polls since this took place a year before Biden announced he was running for president.
Do you have a point? Is this a union or courtroom issue or are we simply using whining to support the impeachment of a President? BTW, the ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. There 'is no playbook' for a President's appointments or removals.
Democrats and the Media say Trump fired Yovanovitch because she was getting in the way of Ukraine investigating his rival, Joe Biden. The recording of Trump saying he wanted Yovanovitch fired was from April 2018. Biden didn’t announce his candidacy until April 25, 2019.
Take her out? Is more like what you would hear in a mobster movie. I think the take her out has a deeper meaning here. Donald Trump acts like a dictator and that’s very dangerous SenateGOP gop ImpeachmentTrial
It was a hit job! Good for her surviving the Trump shit show. GOPCoverup
Yeah.....so? I don’t get the problem.
Yovanovich was campaigning for Hillary and stabbing Trump in the back..Se wasn’t fired until 2019, this was said in 2018, and she never lost pay and works in another government office...Government is a SWAMP..
You’re fired!
Was donald ordering a mob style hit on Ambassador Yovanovitch? It sure sounds that way. Donny has the power to hire and fire all Ambassadors. Take her out is not the same as I'm going to fire her.
TapestryofPeace He asked for a’hit’ on her!
Sounds like he should have done it the day after inauguration.
A great cake is still better with icing although not necessary
1. Why were they telling him these things? 2. Why tf were they recording him? I mean, don’t ask any questions for sure.
I’m with you Jacques Sr !
You are so attached to defaming trump's rating that you do not notice how the world will soon collapse
She was the one ‘ambassador’ that should have been fired 5 mins after his inauguration ! That’s his one key problem Crap HR policy !
“Take her out”, “Head on a pike” - tell me again how Trump isn’t mobbed up. 🙄 It’s why he thinks he’s above the law.
Glad no one thought he meant 'kill her' when he said 'take her out'!
Don Capone
Is that what he said about Epstein too?
In NY, take her out, means murder.
That's not the important point. Trump swore up and down Parnas was a groupie. Yet this CRUCIAL policy decision conversation, 'take her out,' was WITH PARNAS. That's not 'groupie conversation.'
That’s grounds for removal.
Firing Yovanovitch is the president's right, not a crime in itself. Her firing is only an element in the story of the real crime, extorting an ally for personal gain.
She deserved to be fired
Sounded like bullshit
And?
I just watch the video, says nothing about Amb Yo, where is the audio/tape? Show us
And your point is? So he fired an Obama apointee...oh the horrors! Off with his head! This headline just proves the stupidity that has engulfed the left!
Reports said she got her choice of placement after removal from Ukraine. Why weren't you all in the Press or Democrat officials as upset over Amb Chris Stevens' blue-black corpse wearing a death stare, being dragged through Benghazi by foreign nationals? What's your excuse?
Yovanavitch TrumpIsAFailure BatShitCrazyGOP
What a Grub this bloke is. Complete Grub.
1) Big difference between RudyGiuliani going to Ukraine to find rebuttal info to the accusations being thrown at the president (e.g., Mueller report) & going to 'look for dirt on a political opponent '. 2) realDonaldTrump was clearly looking to get help with corruption. 1of 2
Good. Any employer would fire one of their employees shit-talking them. She served at the pleasure of Trump. Not the other way around. Nothing to see here...
What? He wanted an ambassador fired that was bad mouthing him and telling a foreign government that he would be impeached!? Outrageous!
Who cares! He did nothing wrong!
He has the power! She was part of the problem and the deep state.
I wonder what “Take her out” really means to trump?
All I can say it seem to me he want that lady murder.because she know something and he didn’t want it out
Not “removal.” “Assassination.”
DiamondandSilk President Trump can fire whoever the hell he wants to fire!
We ALL know what he meant.
I’ve listened to the entire 1hour 20 min recording, it was a donor dinner with at least 10-15 others in attendance. It wasn’t a secret meeting & realDonaldTrump was speaking to someone else in the room with that response. He was NOT directing Parnas to do anything! FakeAssNews
So Donald J Trump ordered a hit on the former Ukrainian Ambassador and before you Trumpets start making your silly excuses or hating on me, please tell me what the hell he meant by take her out.
Removal from living
Greta, this is what I found last evening about Yovanovitch in Wikipedia. All her appointments as Ambassador were lame duck appointments...what's with that? Do foreign service employees get a boost in pay, rank etc. for serving as Ambassador...even for a short time?
So what
Yep that’s his prerogative
AND? Are we supposed to be upset that the President fired an Ambassador that was not supporting his policy?
Removing her from office is not shocking. Obama did the same with many more Bush leftovers.
President's prerogative.
Youanovitch was Always badmouthing Trump, end of Story !
And? If your editors may remember, Obama ordered the resignation of all the Bush appointed ambassadors on assuming the presidency. There were no comments then, right?
No one cares...lol
Trump could fire her anytime ... why ask Parnas to GetRidOfHer?! Sounds like a mobster ordering a hit. RightMattersTruthMatters AmericansWantWitnesses GOPCoverup
Trumps mob world invaded the White House
My impression was she wouldn’t play ball ... so, get rid of her and destroy her reputation
Wow. How horrible. He wanted the removal of a diplomat. What a hirrible crime
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo He fired her.
He should’ve fired her Day 1 like Obama did.
' I have a right to hire and fire ambassadors, and that’s a very important thing.” Trump’s remarks were correct as former President Barack Obama got rid of all of George W. Bush’s politically appointed ambassadors; Yovanovitch was appointed by Obama in 2016.
He could have fired her more nicely
You don’t even have the recording and you pulling the typical MSM approach. You’ve been doing this for 3 years and this is why America doesn’t trust the media
And?
Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the president who can fire them all if he wants to - similar to what Obama did. Educate yourself.
He has every right to remove any ambassador “then and now” especially Obummer hold overs
He is the commander in Chief - ambassadors work at the pleasure of the president WalkAwayFromDemocrats
And you have a problem with what
Just like a GODFATHER!!
Means remove them from office or even the room. Nothing serious..
This is what leftists have stoooed to after today’s embarrassing day in the Senate, questioning Trump’s authority as CINC. Once more.... TRUMP...is here👈🏻 The Ambassador... is here👈🏻
That’s his choice.. she hated him
POTUS realDonaldTrump Has every right to hire & fire who he wants!! Obama did the same!!
Presidents replace Ambassadors all the time.
A mafia POTUS...how sweet
He knew he could hire & fire her so TAKE HER OUT meant more than just removing her from her position
'Removal'? O.M.G. 😔
Print the entire quote!!! Fake news!!!
GOP is this still ok?
Well don't, nobody wants traitors in the ship.
Amazing. The thug that the HouseGOP & SenateGOP are willing to die for on 11/3/20. Let's help them OUT.
Someone’s head should roll for this! It took way too long for Yovanovitch to actually get fired after Trump gave his lawful order.
So what..hes the boss he can fire whomever he wants
Doesn’t “take other out” mean kill her ?!
Reportedly?
A President can fire an Ambassador for any reason any time.
So! unless you are implying he meant to kill her where is your story🤔No this doesn't even make for a good distraction from the failing impeachment SchiffShow
WHO CARES.
We all know damn well that's a hit out on someone's life!! So shove it! The thing of it is when will something be done about it?
So? He fired her. Perfectly acceptable.
“TAKE HER OUT!” THE PHONY MOB BOSS CRIED “KICK HIM OUT!” THE POPULACE REPLIED
Well deciding ambassadors is well within his presidential rights... what about that recording though? Some spy illegally records the president and no one cares?!
Well if this is true... I guess the Pres. had problems and concerns about Ukraine before JoeBiden was even a thought for President. So I guess this really is a sham impeachment.
DonTheCon knows he was NOT elected by the MAJORITY of Americans and cheated to get the votes he did RussianAsset Hey, realDonaldTrump Nov 2020 is NOT looking good for you ImpeachedPresident
Disgusting.
as opposed to Obama firing every ambassador the day of his inauguration...
Sounds like Tony Soprano versus a U.S. president
Trump ment exactly what he said.
Why is this news? He has the right to fire her?
So, on the word of foreign shady dealers, our IMPOTUS realDonaldTrump said ' get her out of there', 'take her out' regarding Marie Yovanovich. I say GET HIM OUT OF THERE!! TAKE HIM OUT of the White House!!!
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