Donald Trump issues warning to Democrats planning to impeach him after heavy midterm election loss
It’s been a rough few days for Donald Trump as a blue tsunami rolled over the US.
The Republican Party suffered a battering in the midterm elections with the Democrats sweeping control of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday (3 November).
Vice president JD Vance launched a brutal attack on the president’s war in Iran in light of the results as doubt is cast over the likelihood of him being the successor.
But there’s also been questioned raised over what this means for Trump’s position as the word ‘impeachment’ is thrown away.
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The president has of course hit out at that suggestion already as he warns the Democrats that doing so would ‘destroy’ their party. Asked if he was concerned they would seek to do so he said he’s ‘not even a little bit’.
“I think it would destroy the Democrat party if they did that,” Trump told reporters yesterday.
“Cos – impeachment for no reason, what? For having a successful country?
“Our country is more successful now than in any time in its history.”
Josephine Liu, co-founder of Geopolitical Consulting Firm GC NEXUS, spoke to LADbible about the ‘double-edged sword’ of impeachment as while it could ‘constrain’ Trump’s presidency, it could also ‘distract Democrats from delivering their own agenda’.
“This is not a political move Democrats can afford to get halfway right,” the expert added.
“A failed attempt could end up strengthening the very president they are trying to constrain.”
Removing Trump would require a two-thirds majority in the Senate – including substantial support from Republicans.
“But I think there is a bigger question for Democrats: Is removing Trump really their ultimate objective, or do they want to change the political direction of the entire administration?” Liu adds.
“Even if Trump were removed, JD Vance would become president. Democrats would not automatically regain the White House.
That’s as the expert adds that while removing Trump is ‘one thing’: “Replacing Trumpism is another.”
The president has suggested he could work with the Democrats but also warned of gridlock ahead as he threatened to use the power of the presidential veto to strike down the party’s agenda.
“I don’t want to be just sitting there for two years vetoing everything,” he told Politico.
Trump said he’ll be working with the Democrats to ‘make sure things go well for our country’.
“They want to see things happen too,” he said. “So I’ve already spoken to certain leaders of the Democrat Party.”
Topics: Donald Trump, JD Vance, US News
Jess Battison
