He was not off guard. He's been expecting this since the Dems took the House in Jan. The Dems were caught off guard by the utter meaninglessness of the Mueller report.
In only 60 days their stumbling efforts to cobble together some -- any -- rationale for bringing impeachable charges has so offended established procedure for impeachment, the Senate will have every reason to simply stop the effort at the door for the House's having failed to follow traditional procedure for such a serious action.
I could see McConnell and Graham receiving the impeachment charges and sending them straight back to the House without even reviewing, because the source of the accusations and methods of prosecution have been so tainted by the House's failure to follow procedure. The House will look rabid and Trump will run on their inability to address things the electorate sent them to do.
50 of 53 (R) senators have already signed Graham's motion effectively declaring the the (D) House impeachment effort DOA.
I think Trump is having a great time with this. The more the House tries to deprive him of due process in this effort the worse it gets for the Dems.
Not un-anticipated by Trump at all.
FReegards!
