Impeachment Is a Christmas Gift for Trump
Christmas arrived a week early for President Donald Trump this year when the House of Representatives voted along party lines to impeach him on twin charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power.
Trump has yet to fully accept this gift. He made some it-doesn’t-bother me gestures at his Wednesday night rally in Battle Creek, Mich., but you could tell his heart wasn’t in it. He has reportedly been stewing in his own glandular juices about being impeached for months, calling it “a bad thing to have on your resume.” But give him time. By the weekend, Trump will surely be happier than Ralphie in A Christmas Story after he got the official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time. Wrapped in fragrant garland and delivered over television during prime time, the articles of impeachment will be repurposed by Trump in the coming weeks as weapons in his battle for a second White House term.
Impeachment was the absolutely worst thing the Democrats could throw at Trump—and having thrown it, they have nothing left in their quiver to threaten him with. The articles of impeachment lifted the spirits of center-left Twitter, but the articles are destined to disappear into the mist when and if they arrive at the Senate. It will be almost as egregious as if Trump got indicted for shooting somebody in the head on Fifth Avenue and the judge decided to dismiss the charges.
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