Former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment unfolded after Alexander Vindman testified before the House Intelligence Committee about a conversation he heard. As the European Affairs director for the National Security Council, he was monitoring a phone call in the Situation Room in which Trump asked Ukraine’s president for “a favor”: announce a corruption investigation into Joe Biden in exchange for U.S. military aid. Vindman tells his story in “Here, Right Matters,” a new book that depicts a narcissistic, mercurial president who seemed to have little interest in the substance of national security policy, surrounded by aides whose priorities were currying favor and protecting his back. #politics #trump #whitehouse