I couldn't believe it. I mean, again, shock. Appalled. Devastated. That the president of the United States would take any ambassador like that to a foreign head of state. And it was me. I mean, I couldn't believe it.
Yovanovitch expressed her disbelief and shock at President Trump's derogatory remarks about her during a call with Ukraine's president.
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