Donald Trump warned Republican members of Congress on Tuesday that if they don't win in this year's midterms, then he will "get impeached."
"You got to win the midterms because if we don't win the midterms, it's just going to be -- I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached," the president said.
Trump was impeached two times during his first term. In 2019, he was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for allegedly pressuring Ukraine's president to interfere in the 2020 election. The second impeachment came during his final days in office after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with lawmakers charging him with incitement of insurrection. Trump was acquitted in the Senate both times.
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Australis13@fedia.io · 115 pts · 209d
He's setting the expectation that if the Democrats do gain power after the midterms, then even if they rightfully impeach him his base will view it as politically motivated.
He's done this type of thing before. Doesn't surprise me.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 57 pts · 209d
And why not? It worked out great for him with denying the 2020 election results. The 2024 election was suspicious as fuck, but no one dared question the results or demand a recount, lest they be accused of doing the same thing he and his followers did 4 years prior.
Australis13@fedia.io · 19 pts · 209d
Of course. The technique works for him most of the time, too, which is why he keeps doing it.
fizzle@quokk.au · 9 pts · 209d
I think you're looking at it way too deeply.
He doesn't care about processes or democracy or representation. He just knows he has to be POTUS.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 208d
I honestly don't know if he's knowingly doing it, or if it's some subconscious compulsion, but he is doing it and it has worked very well for him
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 209d
Yeah, because he should be impeached, removed and thrown in prison.
And he fucking knows it.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 206d
his family too. All that has been stolen should be recovered and everyone involved jailed.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 64 pts · 209d
Don't threaten me with a good time.
karashta@piefed.social · 59 pts · 209d
Forget impeachment. I want to see his head roll on live TV with the rest of these traitors
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 19 pts · 209d
Too kind. I want to see a livestream of him spending the rest of his years in prison.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 208d
Put him in gen pop and make sure everyone knows he raped children
RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 208d
We need to combine it all for a perfect punishment, imprison with a 24/7 live stream, sell subscriptions to view, and give proceeds to the victims and families, use them to prosecute the rest of the crew and to pay to change the laws against the oligarchy.
You don't need to tell the prisoners that he raped kids. They know.
markovs_gun@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 208d
I think there is a big public perception issue of who exactly is a "Chimo" in prison. Most men in prison do not consider teens to be children and people who sexually abuse teens to be pedophiles. In spite of structural issues that lead to people being in prison, most people in prison are still bad people and have views outside the acceptable norm outside of prison. So someone in for raping a 15 year old isn't going to have the same social stigma in prison that someone who raped a 9 year old would.
sexhaver87@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 208d
You make your point flying in the face of the facts that Trump rapes 9 year olds aaaaand 15 year olds. I hope your hard drives are checked.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 208d
Then just tell them about how he threw a newborn baby of the 13 yo he raped into lake Michigan
arykanary@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 208d
Or, spending the rest of his life in prison while slowly removing his head inching away on the flesh
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d
he fucked with the post office. there's only one punishment fitting. drawing, quartering, feeding to pigs, burning the pigs, dancing on the ashes, distributing the ashes for display in every post office as a warning to those who might dare fuck with the post office again.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 208d
Why is he making popular democratic campaign promises?
Did he switch sides?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 208d
I mean, why does anyone think impeachment means anything? He's already been impeached twice in his first term. Didn't change his behavior in the slightest, because the Senate refused to convict and the next President refused to prosecute him for his crimes while in office.
"Oh no! The House will do another Kabuki Theater in between rubber stamping all my demands for an increased police state. How horrible!"
What a fucking joke.
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d
Petition to change it to Bukkake Theatre because well that's what it feels like.
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d
His ratings aren't matching Stranger Things and he's jealous
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d
Impeachment is barely a slap on the wrist. he needs to be sent to a supermax prison. Or beaten to death by a mob.
800XL@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 209d
"Ya'll nazis better rig some elections or else the grift ends and the good christofascist times are over"
santa@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 209d
I prefer conviction and removal beyond impeachment so any additional criminal proceedings and continue and place him behind bars.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 21 pts · 209d
I prefer we break out the guillotine.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 209d
Too fancy. Ever seen the film Midsommar? I want the old people cliff scene, just no mercy hammer.
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 208d
Brutal
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 208d
Too French. Drawing and quartering works.
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip · 32 pts · 209d
He won't get impeached. It's been well past time we start using that second amendment so many love to go on and on about, but never actually take advantage of.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 208d
He should have been imprisoned after January 6th. He should have been imprisoned for stealing documents. He should have been imprisoned for being in the Epstein files. Yet here we are, America baby!
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 208d
He should have been in prison decades earlier for fraud. But here we are. Trump is a metastasized tumor of the cancer that is the billionaire class.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 208d
i know someone who is in prison for life for less fraud than krasnov has committed. the injustice infuriates me (not that my acquaintance is in prison, long story, that krasnov is not)
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 208d
Legal consequences are for the poor.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d
if my acquaintance pays back the money he defrauded from people and lenders and the government he wouldn't be poor though
Jomega@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d
This guy is wearing so much plot armor fr.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 208d
At worse he will be impeached but there will be no effort to remove, meaning absolutely nothing
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d
I believe there are at least three confirmed attempts on his life to date.
handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 208d
After you, sir. Why not be the change in the world you want to see?
mlg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d
Damn FBI using lemmy now /s
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 208d
I'm working with my therapist on getting over my extreme fear of guns. Then I'll start hitting the range.
Baggie@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 209d
I mean someone definitely tried, almost got the dude too
bstix@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 208d
Turns out, you don't actually need a good guy with a gun.
You need a guy who is good with guns.
RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 208d
Yeah all of this could have been avoided if one numpty had properly set his windage.
Maybe take a hint from the Ukrainians and fly a tethered drone in next time.
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 208d
The rest of the world is waiting.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 208d
The rest of the world needs to swoop in and save us at this point. The new nazi party and several pro-fascism democrats are making sure this shit continues unabated.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 208d
No, American citizens sitting on their asses are allowing this to continue unabated. We’ve been telling you for about 3 decades what path you were on and were met with belligerent shitty USA USA USA chants and flag waving.
Solano@piefed.social · 25 pts · 209d
Like it means anything when he's been impeached twice now. As a reminder, it's a trial to see if there is enough evidence for the real trial. The system is broken and relies on pinky promises to not be a cunt.
Unleaded8163@fedia.io · 5 pts · 209d
"checks and balances"
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d
To be fair, it was a pretty good idea. The main problem is it was designed without the idea that all three branches being utterly compromised.
saimen@feddit.org · 4 pts · 209d
Congresses impeaches, Senate removes. So when this time there is a democratic majority in the senate as well they could actually remove him.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 208d
Could, but won't. Too many dems are openly complicit with the current regime.
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 208d
Ive seen this one before. Dems get majority, a handful of dems decide it's their time to act like Republicans to appease Dem donors, nothing gets passed, Dems get called ineffective and lose the next election to a fascist.
TheFogan@programming.dev · 4 pts · 208d
am I off on my facts or isn't it a 2/3rds requirement? Getting a majority is very possible... getting a 2/3rds is almost impossible. In Nixon's era the republican party at least held up enough air of responsibility that some of them would have voted with the facts rather than along party lines. Those days have gone.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 209d
Truth, but unless there are 60 votes in the Senate, nothing will happen and unless there are 67 votes in the Senate, it will be the same as the last 2 times.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 209d
If you don't want to be impeached, then stop committing impeachable offenses !
webp@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 209d
Far, far too late.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 208d
technically, he committed no crime, so even if impeach and removed, he will just get to retire with unimaginable wealth and influence
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 209d
He's not wrong.
DegenerationIP@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 208d
ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 208d
Honestly that's all a Democratic House should do from the time they take over until Nov 2028.
Just submit articles of impeachment & hold hearings on them.
As much as Trump's shit has become "normal" due to the flood the zone strategy, this isn't actually normal on global order time scales. We can show the world that the party of loyal opposition is ready to govern, and why.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 209d
"Find a reason." Nah, we'll pick from the many, many reasons you've already given us.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 209d
Oh, that's good because it's literally a call for sponsorship. He's running out of money
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 208d
I doubt after all his crypto rug pulling that the runs out of money soon. He just wants more free money
uberfreeza@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 208d
I don't believe the democrats have enough of a spine to do that. I would expect them to instead say, "Oh, well he can't be president again, so no point in that when it can cost us our real constituents, the corporations that bribe us to do nothing."
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 208d
They impeached him twice already. The 2/3 of the Senate conviction is another thing entirely.
uberfreeza@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 208d
Yeah, but even if democrats had 2/3+, enough will cave to make it fail again. I have no hope or trust in them. I'd like them to, and it would be great if it worked, but I have no hopes.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d
They're never getting 2/3+ even if Trump eats a baby live on television. It's a cult.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 1 pts · 208d
The only time Trumpie told the truth was when he said that could shot someone on Fifth Ave and not losing any votes.
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 10 pts · 209d
I didn’t expect him to start campaigning for the Democrats.
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 209d
He should have already been impeached
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d
He was. He's the most impeached president in USA history.
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 208d
This term I mean
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d
Ah. Well carry on then.
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 209d
J92@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 208d
Probably not the best reference. Haha
CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 208d
Whoever downvoted you is whooshing hard or has never seen the movie lol
crystalmerchant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d
Which movie is that
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 208d
Looks like Starship Troopers. I believe the book was just straight up pro-fash propaganda, however they made the movie satirical
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 208d
Honestly, it is a good way to recycle fash media.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 209d
I'm pretty sure many Republicans want him impeached by now as well.
krashmo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 209d
If they do they sure have a funny way of expressing their desire.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 208d
Oh no how unfortunate.
marcos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
Yes, and if they find some way to win he will probably take his life out in a bunker or something like that in a few more years.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 208d
I don't think he'd ever do that.
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d
O well. Then there is a light at the end of the tunnel?
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d