Collins: Should Trump tromp Rudy?

File photo by Doug Mills of The New York Times / Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, uses his smartphone during a ceremony at the White House on May 30, 2018. American officials have expressed wonderment that Giuliani was running his "irregular channel" of diplomacy over open cell lines and communications apps penetrated by the Russians. File photo by Doug Mills of The New York Times / Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, uses his smartphone during a ceremony at the White House on May 30, 2018. American officials have expressed wonderment that Giuliani was running his "irregular channel" of diplomacy over open cell lines and communications apps penetrated by the Russians.

By Gail Collins / The New York Times November 24, 2019 4 min read

Memo to Donald Trump: Throw Rudy Giuliani under a bus.

Everything’s going wrong for the White House right now. We just had a Trump-appointed ambassador telling the impeachment hearing that there was indeed a quid pro quo in Ukraine, and everybody knew it.

Most of the Democrats’ witnesses seem both sympathetic and believable. The Republicans produced a diplomat who instantly started telling the room what a terrific, honorable guy Joe Biden is.

And no fair saying this is boring. Tell me you yawned when Wednesday’s star witness described telling Trump that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “loves your a-.”

European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified that he was just putting his message in “Trump-speak.” It turns out “loves your a-” translates into “would really work with us on a whole host of issues.”