Question- has Trump ever stated why exactly Yovanovitch was "bad news"?

[Ohioboy]

I would think it to be an obvious question as to why he wanted her out. Has anyone ever answered this? Or, are Trump and the republicans just going to hide behind the whole "she serves at the pleasure of the president so he doesn't need to give a reason" line of not getting to any real answer?

[dchill]

1. She's "bad news" for him.

[Mike 03]

2. Maybe because her high ethical standards would obstruct Trump/Giuliani's

plans to corruptly influence the new administration in Ukraine? Just a guess.

[BuffaloJackalope]

3. Bingo

Any patriotic civil servant dedicated to doing their job for the American people is the enemy of Trump & the GOP.

[Ohioboy]

6. Well, yes. You and I know she was bad news for him

But what is the supposedly "official" reason she was let go?

[crickets]

8. +1

[elleng]

4. Oh yea, 'Somalia, how'd that go?'

[catbyte]

5. No, it's just the same bullshit as his lame "Many people are saying..." nonsense.

But I think we all know what he meant. She's "bad news" for him & his thugs because she was interfering with his sleazy little plans.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Probably what he heard from Giuliani

Who had heard it from his two buddies Parnas and Furnan, who were able to extract it from the prosecutor general Lutsenko, who has since disavowed his own claim (probably after the check to him bounced.)

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. It's part of the plan.

By not saying, it gives the propaganda department something to constantly “look for”. He knows full well of her impeccable reputation. But he can’t investigate her truth,so he has to add some flimsy, unprovable details.

The “bad news” and phrases like that also serve as easily repeated slogans to be fed to the masses. Some of these (based on how much attention it receives), will be used at rallies and in social media to keep the support base on the right track. Easily repeated phrases with vague explanations.

Standard operating procedure for weak autocrats and republicans desperate to stop the future.

[Wounded Bear]

10. He needs reasons for his bullshit attacks now?

When did that start?