Trump Fires Gordon Sondland Hours After Dismissing Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman

[txradioguy]

President Trump and his aides wasted little time opening a campaign of retribution against those he blames for his impeachment, firing on Friday two of the most prominent witnesses in the inquiry against him barely 48 hours after the Senate acquitted the president.

Emboldened by his victory and determined to strike back, Mr. Trump fired Gordon D. Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, within hours of the White House dismissing Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a decorated Iraq war veteran who was a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council. Both officials testified to a House committee about the president’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to help him against his domestic political rivals.

“I was advised today that the president intends to recall me effective immediately as United States Ambassador to the European Union,” Mr. Sondland said in a statement just hours after Colonel Vindman’s dismissal. He expressed gratitude to Mr. Trump “for having given me the opportunity to serve.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/us/politics/alexander-vindman-gordon-sondland-fired.html

[txradioguy]

Well that didn't take long.

[Applewood]

Of coursed, these firings were expected.  I'm just amused that the Trump administration is playing out like a bad version of The Godfather .


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[Cyber Liberty]

Well that didn't take long.

Good deal.  Now the good Ambassador can presume all he wants...somewhere else.

[darroll]

There is lawn mowing jobs out there.

[MeganC]

There is lawn mowing jobs out there.

Maybe Sondland can go work for the  campaign.

[dfwgator]

Of coursed, these firings were expected.  I'm just amused that the Trump administration is playing out like a bad version of The Godfather .


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Trump's mistake was not firing them all on Day One.

[PeteS in CA]

He tried to lie and his lie got exposed under questioning. Untrustworthy.