In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Laura Weiss talk about Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to smear a Democratic rival, the politics of impeachment in Washington, and the impact the scandal will have on America’s standing in the world.

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