I don't think he'll actually be removed, either. At this point it's about holding accountable, and holding public leaders in general accountable. If we do nothing, then it tells Trump he can keep doing whatever he wants, and it tells other leaders that they can do whatever they want, too.
I fully agree - he likely won't be removed, IMO. Unless there is a smoking gun that completely sinks him, the Dems will continue to push for anything they can, and the Reps won't bite. It'll be a wash at best with maybe a slap on the wrist or some finger shaking. But if you don't remove him from office, he can run again. And if he wins, then what?
I'd love if we could have an actual 'come to Jesus' meeting with ALL politicians to curtail these shenanigans. I think Trump's attempt to 'drain the swamp' will get a lot of bad people out, but not all. And I'm concerned what fills that space, because the Political machine doesn't know how to stop and it only knows how to run how it's been running for ages.
And not only is Trump attacking a decorated war veteran (even Republicans are calling that wrong), I just read that he's trying to have an investigation done with the goal of discrediting the Mueller investigation. Which is weird because he previously claimed that it was a total exoneration. So which is it? Why does he feel the need to discredit it if it's an exoneration? These are not the actions of a man with nothing to hide.
The investigation was started around the time Mueller turned in his report. Starting it earlier would be seen as interfering, but after it's submitted, it would be fair to question it's origins. Odd how the word 'fair' keeps turning up. I can't speak to Trump's comments on anyone (war veteran), but I can see how he can hold up a Mueller report that found his team never had anything to do with Russia as exonerating him - or was there something he actually DID with Russia? I can also see the need to investigate it's origins if it WAS constructed as the right lays it out. If it wasn't a trap, or coup, or whatever term people prefer to use, then wouldn't an investigation into that turn up nothing and exonerate those who launched it? What's there to worry about other than finding the truth - and that truth being 'nothing' or that truth being' deep state' validation that can finally be exposed and addressed? Call Trump petty, vindictive, whatever....is it wrong to seek the truth? The left seems to think once you can't find it, start looking somewhere else until you find what you're after.
And he's also asking foreign governments for help in order to investiate the FBI and CIA. Is that even legal? Do we want foreign governments investigating our intelligence agencies? Doesn't that seem like a national security issue?
Who polices the police? Who investigates the CIA & FBI? If you don't trust your own departments, and it's obvious Trump does not trust the FBI and CIA (going back to the roots of the Russia probe), then of course he's going to want to know what happened. We all know FBI & CIA won't incriminate themselves, so he HAS to go to other countries for info on what happened. If other countries say 'nothing happened' he has to let it go. If other countries say 'FBI & CIA asked us to do X, Y, and Z' then he's got something. I'd expect full denial from FBI & CIA, but they can debunk it if it is fabricated crap by Ukraine or whomever in an effort to appease Trump. Shouldn't be hard with 'the truth'.
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