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Monday, November 9, 2026Nov 9

Collins: The only show in Trump Town

Photo by Erin Schaff of The New York Times / William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testifies at the impeachment hearing in Washingtonon Wednesday.
Photo by Erin Schaff of The New York Times / William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testifies at the impeachment hearing in Washingtonon Wednesday. Photo by Erin Schaff of The New York Times / William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testifies at the impeachment hearing in Washingtonon Wednesday.

Here come the holidays, and all we’re going to hear about is Ukraine.

I know, who’d have thought? There’s the impeachment drama, and it’s all about Ukraine. The Democratic primaries are coming up, and every one of the 92 candidates is worried about mispronouncing Kyiv.

You’re going to be arguing about it at every office party. Did President Donald Trump really threaten to withhold military aid unless Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, helped him dig up some dirt on Joe Biden?

Topic for discussion. Would you be happier if everybody was talking about:

A) The way the Russians made Trump president.