Is Giuliani’s attack on anti-corruption measures the opinion of a ‘private citizen'? Romanians don’t think so.

Romanian politics were thrown into a tailspin this week after the revelation that President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, wrote a letter criticizing an anti-corruption drive that has been welcomed by the State Department.

The Romanian reaction to the letter — which Giuliani said was written for pay in his capacity as a consultant — was the most concrete indication yet that the Trump administration’s freewheeling approach to ethics and business conflicts is having an effect not only inside the United States, but on U.S. allies as well.