President Trump is ‘The Godfather’

'Shame if something would happen to your fine country.' 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You do what I want, and you’ll get benefits; you defy me, and you’ll suffer. Trump tried to use America’s federal power to coerce a foreign leader into engaging in a criminal investigation of an American citizen for his own political benefit. The point of my column is that whether or not you think that is impeachable, we should be able to agree that it is unconscionable. [Please read!](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLXVrcmFpbmUtY2FsbC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkyNj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjY0NCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MzU2JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg3JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MDkyNlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MDkyNlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MDkyNlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ A Hero in Congo . Over the weekend I had a chance to moderate a discussion at Grace Farms in Connecticut with my old friend and hero, Dr. Denis Mukwege (pictured with me above), who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work fighting violence against women in Congo. Denis has already been the target of one assassination attempt (I believe it was ordered from high in the Congo government), and last year unknown gunmen murdered a young doctor who was his protégé. I asked Denis before the discussion if I should avoid some sensitive questions for fear of increasing the risk to him. He said no need: He was already in maximum peril, and nothing was going to make it worse. Just in case any senior Congo officials are reading this, let me be clear — you mess with this great man, and the world will make you pay for your crimes. 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They have raised money to prevent the sex trafficking of approximately 130 girls in Bihar, India, supported the Kakenya Center for Excellence for rural girls in Kenya, and taken other steps to help girls around the world. Sheryl and I are thrilled when we hear of things like this. We don’t just want readers to put our books down and sigh appreciatively; we want to galvanize them to do things, as this group did. For [our next book](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9ib29rcy81ODg5OTkvdGlnaHRyb3BlLWJ5LW5pY2hvbGFzLWQta3Jpc3RvZi1hbmQtc2hlcnlsLXd1ZHVubi8_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwOTI2P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjQ0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTczNTYmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAc_6SMXREpjE9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), we are again doing something we did in or previous two, which is to list steps at the end that people can take in the next ten minutes — and we hope it will have a similar galvanizing effect. Thanks to all you readers who inspire us. Bill and Melinda Gates A number of readers have seen the [Netflix documentary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0TAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV0ZmxpeC5jb20vdGl0bGUvODAxODQ3NzE_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwOTI2P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjQ0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTczNTYmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAc_6SMXREpjE9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) about Bill Gates and noted that Bill and Melinda recount how it apparently was a [1997 article](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMTk5Ny8wMS8wOS93b3JsZC9mb3ItdGhpcmQtd29ybGQtd2F0ZXItaXMtc3RpbGwtYS1kZWFkbHktZHJpbmsuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA5MjY_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NDQmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzM1NiZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKABz_pIxdESmMT1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) by me about kids dying of diarrhea globally that led them to direct their philanthropy to global health. It was certainly the most consequential article I’ve ever written, for that reason. But the dirty little secret is that the outcome didn’t have much to do with my brilliant prose. After the article appeared, I began to hear rumors that Bill and Melinda were asking people in the UN agencies about global health as a result. But it seemed that what really stirred Bill was less my reporting and writing, and more a small and innocuous chart that ran with the article, listing how some mundane ailments like diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and measles killed millions of children each year. Ever since then, I’ve been a fan of charts! A Free Press A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, [gave a speech](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yMy9vcGluaW9uL3ByZXNzLWZyZWVkb20tYXJ0aHVyLXN1bHpiZXJnZXIuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA5MjY_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NDQmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzM1NiZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKABz_pIxdESmMT1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) recently in which he told a story that reflects how the Trump administration’s hostility toward journalism can put reporters at risk. An administration official called with a warning: Our Cairo correspondent, [Declan Walsh,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yNC9yZWFkZXItY2VudGVyL2RlY2xhbi13YWxzaC1jYWlyby5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkyNj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjY0NCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MzU2JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) might be detained shortly by the Egyptian authorities because of his reporting. The official emphasized, however, that the administration had decided not to pass this on to The Times and that he was telling us without authorization. The U.S. Embassy then told Declan that he was on his own, but he is Irish and the Irish Embassy intervened and sent a car to rush him to the airport and flee the country. In the past when I’ve gotten into trouble, U.S. embassies have always been eager to rush to help me and other journalists. (After I was detained in Bahrain once, a diplomat sounded quite dejected that I didn’t need his help.) And Richard Holbrooke, when he was visiting Angola, insisted on seeing an imprisoned Angolan journalist, Rafael Marques de Morais, if necessary by marching into the prison; the Angolans freed Rafael. So the you’re-on-your-own ethos that now governs in the Trump administration is new and dangerous. And, as A.G. notes, those at greatest risk when the president demonizes reporters as “enemies of the people” aren’t Americans or Times journalists but those brave reporters struggling to ferret out the truth in authoritarian countries around the world. Now [here’s my column about President Trump,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLXVrcmFpbmUtY2FsbC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkyNj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjY0NCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MzU2JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) the phone call with Ukraine and why this is egregious misconduct. [Please read.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLXVrcmFpbmUtY2FsbC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkyNj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjY0NCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MzU2JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) What I’m Reading Cass Sunstein, a Harvard Law School professor, has written a brilliant little book called [“Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbyn_P0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9ib29rcy82MjM0MTYvaW1wZWFjaG1lbnQtYnktY2Fzcy1yLXN1bnN0ZWluLzk3ODAxNDMxMzUxNzMvP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkyNj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjY0NCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MzU2JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAHP-kjF0RKYxPUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) It’s not a polemic about President Trump and barely mentions him; rather, it explores the larger constitutional and political debates about impeachment. 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