Well, it's now official. As of today, December 18, 2019, Donald Trump is now the third president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The two articles of impeachment are 1) abuse of power (for abusing his authority to pressure and bully the Ukraine government to investigate Joe Biden and his son to get political dirt on him, thus attempting to get foreign interference in an election), and 2) obstruction of Congress (for blatantly ordering his underlings to ignore Congressional subpoenas relating to the aforementioned matter). It seemed like nothing he did would stick to him, no matter how horrible and outrageous, thus enjoying a level of privilege that very few even dream of, and thus he got even cockier and did this, finally getting himself impeached now.
Trump will then be tried by the Senate in January to decide his fate. And while the Republican-dominated Senate does not likely have enough defectors to have the votes to actually remove him from office, things can always change and stranger things have happened before. And regardless of what the Senate decides, the fact remains that Trump now has an indelible stain on him for all time. In the history books as well as his obituary, impeachment will forever be one of the first things mentioned and recalled about him. Really sucks to be him now!
And even if he "wins" in the Senate, his days are still numbered regardless Come the 2020 election, it is now exceedingly unlikely that he could possibly win with such a stain. Especially if we get a recession before the election. And once he is finally out of office either way, and no longer a sitting president, he will then be vulnerable to criminal charges for his too-numerous-to-mention misdeeds (for which secret and sealed indictiments most likely already exist) at both federal and state levels. Ruh roh.
Looks like you should have done a Nixon and pre-emptively resigned when you had the chance, Donald. Now it's too late for you to save face, regardless of what happens next. Sad!
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President Trump should be impeached for his dictatorial characteristics. However, we know that the Senate will not take up the issue of impeachment. This denial of impeachment is not a big problem since the next Presidential election is next year. Then the people, alongside the distortion known as the Electoral College, can decide who the next President should be. I am surprised that the neoliberal and anti-youth rights candidate Michael Bloomberg is running for President. I would never vote for him.
ReplyDeleteBloomberg is a washed-up joke now, and he has no chance. He is marginally better than Trump, but that is a pitifully low bar to clear.
ReplyDeleteHow things get worse over time.
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