Friday, December 20, 2019

What's Really Behind Impeachment

Another tantalizing possibility is that they are laying the groundwork for a second impeachment after a Trump reelection claiming he won through foreign interference.

How are we to judge which, if any of them, is really behind impeachment?

To see how Donald Trump's tragic flaw is the key to his impeachment, consider a thought experiment.

In a recent article, I argued that Donald Trump had a legal, indeed a constitutional, right to ignore the talking points that the staff had prepared for him.

Let's do a little alternative history: Suppose President Trump had read the draft talking points and said to the experts, "This is a good start, but I thought I'd mention a few specifics like Hillary's server and the Bidens." The staff would have replied,.

Undoubtedly, President Trump sincerely feels his call with the president of Ukraine was "Perfect." Trump has been being investigated by his political opponents since before he was elected and during his entire time in office; he must think, "How can it possibly be wrong for me to ask another government to investigate a political opponent?" What he doesn't get is that how you do something matters more in Washington than what you do.

Trump may think he is smarter than the million people who work for him in the executive branch.

https://spectator.org/whats-really-behind-impeachment/

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