Trump has already made history as the only president to be impeached twice. After the Republicans’ thrashing in the midterms, could there be a third attempt?
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer and some Republicans are getting nervous. After a long stretch of impunity, it’s impeachment season in the US. While the attempt to impeach the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, failed yesterday, Donald Trump may be worried he’s next.
In January, the president warned Republicans that they had better win the November elections or he would be in big trouble. “If we don’t win the midterms … they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump said. He repeated this plea to voters during an October rally in Oklahoma: “Pretend I’m running, please. Just pretend. ’Cause I am on the ballot. And if we don’t win, they’ll end up impeaching me.”