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Excerpts from "The Guardian view on Donald Trump: an abuser of his office"
"The shredding of norms does not get more brazen than this. But the Ukraine and China cases are not freak exceptions from an otherwise ethical record." ...
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"The shredding of norms does not get more brazen than this. But the Ukraine and China cases are not freak exceptions from an otherwise ethical record." ...
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"All these efforts are egregious. For a US president to press foreign governments to investigate his rivals is not just unusual, unfair or illegal. It is also lethally dangerous to national standing and international law." ...
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"Mr Trump’s actions in Ukraine were a self-serving abuse of power. His Chinese claims are a reckless attempt to normalise his deviancy. Britain, for one, must have no part in it."
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"Mr Trump’s actions are fuelled by refusal to accept responsibility and by fear of defeat. But he must be accountable. He must answer for his misuse of office. The political problem is that he may get away with it."
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"The more he is criticised and implicated, the more his supporters back him. This cannot be ignored. But nor can the evidence. Mr Trump is in the dock. So are America’s political system and its standing in the world."
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The Guardian view on Donald Trump: an abuser of his office
The US president is trying to normalise his self-serving breaches of his oath of office. America must hold him to account and restore the rule of law and ethics
amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#ImpeachTrumpPenceBarrPompeo
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The US president is trying to normalise his self-serving breaches of his oath of office. America must hold him to account and restore the rule of law and ethics
amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#ImpeachTrumpPenceBarrPompeo
6/6
