We have already heard from Donald Trump in his victorious ‘celebration’ of not losing his job….
What will the path he takes in the next 10 months before his job comes up for a vote?….
What fallout will his fellow party lawmakers be faced with , if any?
Will the Democrat benefit or suffer from their effort’s ?
And most of all?
What will be the push/pull between a President who has ALWAYS seemed to do whatever he wants, irregardless of past norms and without regard collateral damage….
Trump emerges from impeachment politically strengthened — in the short term. He has proven once and for all his extraordinary hold on his own party. Only Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — who has an independent power base and may be looking to his own place in history — defected and voted to convict the President of impeachable crimes. Ten months from the election, Trump has unified his party around him in Washington and in the heartland at a time when questions are mounting about the Democrats’ willingness to unite after what could become a bruising primary race.
Trump is enjoying the best polling of his presidency — he hit 49% in a Gallup presidential approval poll this week. His State of the Union address on Tuesday night was a ringing statement of intent that he will use every device of his office to ensure he wins a second term.
Yet Trump didn’t emerge from the impeachment saga untouched. Polls showed that around half of Americans wanted him removed from office. Taken with the Gallup data, they paint a picture of a nation split down the middle on the President.
It’s not only Trump that emerged from the damaging saga more powerful. The presidency itself was enhanced, after the Senate effectively endorsed Trump’s use of institutional power for personal political ends and his blanket policy of ignoring a congressional investigation. That will have huge implications for future Presidents but it also provides an immediate arsenal of new power that this one can deploy right away….