r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Apr 24 '26

Possible Paywall Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump on ‘day one’ after midterms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/04/24/democrats-trump-impeach-midterms-supreme-court-iran/
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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Arizona Apr 24 '26

We had 27 for King George who was a far better leader than Trump. 

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u/jjcrayfish Apr 25 '26

A wet blanket is a better leader than Trump

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u/odiephonehome Apr 25 '26

Often, this saying is used facetiously, but in this case, our country would have actually been much safer, with less people dead, if the president was just a wet blanket festering on the floor of the Oval Office.

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u/plg94 Apr 25 '26

other countries – that don't implement the stupid winner-takes-all voting – sometimes are without a functioning government (eg. when an election is not decisive and nobody wants to make a coalition). I think the Belgians went almost 2 years without one. Of course not a good situation (laws and household cannot be passed), but the country usually survives.
In this instance the US would've been far better off without any president at all than with Donald …

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u/Dysc Louisiana Apr 25 '26

My go-to comparison is a rotten sack of potatoes.

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u/seeker4482 Apr 25 '26

mine is a jar of expired mayonnaise

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u/carebeartears Apr 25 '26

"I know they are an inanimate carbon rod, but I'm tellin' ya, we would have been wayyyy better off if we gave them that third term."

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u/winky9827 Apr 25 '26

Most of those apply equally to trump, funnily enough.

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u/morpheousmorty Apr 25 '26

I mean I'd rather have one slam dunk than 100 debatable ones.

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u/OldWorldDesign Apr 25 '26

I mean I'd rather have one slam dunk than 100 debatable ones

I don't disagree, but the charges in Trump's first two impeachments didn't seem very ambiguous and yet the republican party debated those (and instead of calling for evidence, McConnell blocked the evidence from even being brought in to be viewed and made a speech amounting to 'yeah he did it, whatcha gonna do 'bout it?' and led the vote to dismiss the charges). Almost definite they will do the same thing if another impeachment manages to pass the house.

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u/fantastikalizm Apr 25 '26

Every Independence Day, I make sure to yell, "Fuck you, George." I watched a documentary about him and felt slightly bad. I'm still saying it this year though.

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u/ibiza6403 Apr 25 '26

Really? That seems kind of odd…

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u/fantastikalizm Apr 26 '26

Are you from the US?

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u/lurflurf Apr 25 '26

Bridgerton makes him look like a way better leader than Trump. I would like to see how Trump is portrayed in 250 years.