The Democrats didn’t run on impeaching Trump. They never mentioned it.
And they will almost certainly do it. Or incur the wrath of their moonbat base and lunatic lefty funders for not doing it. Trump is hoisting them on that petard.
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And PDJT is daring them to do it by firing Sessions. This is beautiful. He took two years to jump start the roaring economy , solidified the senate and his party, and will now spend the next two years draining the swamp, getting trade deals, and blaming the crazy democrats for gridlock and domestic resistance to his economic success and attempt to secure the border. He didn’t wait 15 minutes to do a 180 and totally out flank the democrat machine. He will now be attacking them. They got a lot to hide.
Trump said this is the best possible outcome. Rhetoric aside, it makes sense at least two ways:
- As Scott Adams noted, it’s like the dog chasing a car: makes a lot of nods and effort, but then is faced with “I caught it - now what?”
- Consider “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer”: by just barely getting the House, they’ll have to work closely with Trump to get anything done, and can’t play obstructionist since they’re in control(ish).
Remember: Trump is a pragmatist, not an idealist. From his perspective, this couldn’t get better.
I’ve believed for some time that Sessions was to run DOJ until midterms. That was enough time to ID the worst of the bad apples and remove them, restore morale after Obama turned these agencies into a political weapon, and to buy time for investigations to get started. Trump probably sees it like a building project where a time comes when you bring in a different contractor to finish the work.