Cellphone call from Ukraine could compound Trump's troubles
by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times
Nov 15, 2019
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - When Donald Trump was constructing the opulent Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan four decades ago, he was infuriated when he saw a thin layer of golden-hued marble lining the walls and column in the lobby, and ordered aides to make it appear twice as thick.
Sure, he had architects and engineers to handle those decorating details so that he could focus on the building's multimillion-dollar budget and other big-picture concerns of a business empire that would teeter in and out of bankruptcy.
But when something bothers Trump, however small, he can obsess over it.
That tendency to become preoccupied by narrow interests is haunting him in the impeachment
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