Analysis: Does President Trump actually want to be impeached?
President Trump speaks after abruptly ending a meeting with Democratic leaders on infrastructure Wednesday at the White House. By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 23 at 1:45 PM The strange scenes at the White House on Wednesday appear to have made it harder for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to resist the siren song of impeachment.
Trump’s actions, whether intentional or not, have certainly made it increasingly difficult for Pelosi and her fellow Democratic leaders to stave off the impeachment fervor. He has sworn off legislating until Congress stops investigating him. He has stonewalled virtually every request and subpoena. And his legal team has adopted the bold stance that Congress doesn’t even have the right to investigate him — because there is not a “legitimate legislative purpose.
Ipso facto, Pelosi and her fellow Democrats are being baited into impeachment and may soon have no other political choice. The White House would seem to be betting if that happens, the ultimate winner would be Trump, given how little support there is right now for impeachment and how badly it turned out for Republicans in the late 1990s.
Trump also knows an infrastructure deal or any other major legislation wasn’t going to happen, so putting a halt to governing doesn’t really change much. And perhaps he is legitimately peeved that Democrats are getting closer to impeachment and is just lashing out.
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