The "Parnas" tape: Much ado about nothing

According to ABC there's a tape, illegally recorded in all likelihood, of Trump being told that Ambassador Yovanovitch had been bad mouthing him and he responding by saying she should be fired.

First thing of course is that all Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President so they can be fired for any reason. In fact when a new president comes in most Ambassadors are fired so the President can make folks who helped get him elected Ambassadors.

Second the tape was made in April 2018 but Yovanovitch wasn't fired until May 2019 so it's clear that Trump didn't just suddenly fire her based on a dinner conversation.

Third what President would tolerate an Ambassador who was attacking them?  Certainly Obama wouldn't have. So what's the problem?  Apparently Democrats and the #FakeNews media believe that Trump, and Trump alone, must tolerate subordinates who are working against his vision of US foreign policy.

Fourth Ukrainian leaders had said that Yovanovitch was treating them poorly, precisely the opposite of what an Ambassador is supposed to do.

All in all this is just one more Big Lie that the #FakeNews media is throwing up in hopes of confusing at least some voters.

Additionally the tape allegedly shows Trump interacting with Parnas.  That's supposedly a big deal because Trump said he doesn't know Parnas.

The problem with the left's claim is that politicians, especially the President, meet with literally thousands of people at small dinners.  To expect them to remember everyone of them is absurd.

Hence the tape doesn't show that Trump lied.  But even if Trump did lie Democrats have told us that Bill Clinton lying under oath isn't an impeachable offense so Trump lying when not under oath clearly can't be impeachable either.