Posted on 08/24/2018 7:09:40 PM PDT by Simon Green
Donald Trump has been warned the “countdown” to impeachment is underway, after his former lawyer implicated the president in crimes committed during the 2016 election.
On Thursday, Mr Trump publicly addressed the prospect of impeachment for the first time, claiming the market would “crash” if his presidency was threatened.
“I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job,” Mr Trump told Fox News. “I will tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor because, without this thinking, you would see – you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe, in reverse.”
Mr Trump’s comments came after Michael Cohen, his long-time legal “fixer”, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, including two counts of campaign finance violations, which he said he committed at the direction of the president.
Cohen admitted paying hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, both alleged to have had extramarital affairs with Mr Trump.
Tom Cole, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, warned it was "too soon" to begin impeachment proceedings, but said: "If something comes out that is clear and convincing and impeachable, I think members will act."
Al Green, a Democratic congressman who has previously filed articles of impeachment against Mr Trump, suggested he may do so again following Cohen’s guilty plea.
"I think the president has to realise that the countdown to impeachment has already started,” he said. "He, at some point, will have to choose if he will face impeachment or if he will resign. It will be his choice. The congress will have no choice but to act.”
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The MSMLSD bunch started the countdown when Trump won the election.
Ooooh horsechit.
Countdown to a red wave this fall.
‘the countdown to impeachment has already started’
It started the moment Trump won the election that early Wednesday morning, around 2:30 AM, when they finally realized the democrats couldn’t cook up enough votes to put her over the finish line.
Fake Leftist News.
I did like this comment, from the link, though...
Trump is doing some good things. The opposition claimed he would never be President , then when he was , that this will end in 6 months, and when it did not, set about Fake News and rumour and personal attacks on him and his family.
It is simply propaganda.
10. He enforced President Barack Obama’s red line against Syria’s use of chemical weapons.
9. He has taken a surprisingly tough line with Russia.
8. He recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Four American presidents promised to do it.
7. He withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. After George W. Bush pulled out of the disastrous Kyoto treaty, U.S. emissions went down faster than much of Europe. The same will be true for Trump’s departure from the Paris accord.
6. He got NATO allies to kick in $12 billion more toward our collective security.
5. He has virtually eliminated the Islamic State’s physical caliphate. Trump removed the constraints Obama placed on our military and let it drive the terrorists from their strongholds,
4. He admitted he was wrong on Afghanistan and reversed Obama’s disastrous withdrawal
3. He enacted historic tax and regulatory reform that has unleashed economic growth. Trump signed the first comprehensive tax reform in three decades and removed the wet blanket of Obama-era regulations smothering our economy. We are now heading into our third consecutive quarter of above 3 percent growth
2. He is installing conservative judges who will preside for decades. With his appointment of Neil M. Gorsuch, Trump secured a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, and he is moving at record pace to fill the federal appeals courts with young conservative judges
1. He, not Hillary Clinton, was inaugurated as president. Trump delivered the coup de grace that ended the corrupt, dishonest Clinton political machine.
There are many other significant achievements that did not make the top 10.
Trump has taken a clear, strong stand against the narco-dictatorship in Venezuela, and he renamed the “Asia-Pacific” the “Indo-Pacific” to include India in the larger task of preventing Chinese hegemony in Asia.
Trump has made clear that he is willing to use force to stop North Korea from deploying nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of destroying U.S. cities — which has prompted China to finally put real pressure on Pyongyang. We’ll see if it works.
The record of achievement suggests that, despite the noxious tweets and self-inflicted wounds emanating from the White House, Trump has the potential to become one of the most consequential conservative presidents in modern American history. The question is: Does all this good outweigh the bad?
Do they know there would be hell to pay if they nullify millions of voters and their votes?
They can’t do that and stay healthy...
“I will tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor because, without this thinking, you would see – you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe, in reverse.”
Do you know the dems really don’t care what happens or how many people are hurt... they only care about their own selfish hate filled empty body... this is the most unbelievable thing they have ever done in the history of our country.
I would not sit and take it! don’t ask what I would do.. but we are not woosies..
Hoping we don’t just sit around and keep taking it.
Bring them ALL on:
I will ALWAYS vote for Trump.
Bring on 1,000 ho’s to make sex allegations:
I’ll like him EVEN MORE.
The more they hate him, the more I LOVE him.
The question is - did Obama do even one great thing by comparison. The answer is no.
Here’s the article link with all the google tracking crap removed:
When it’s so bad I can’t stand to watch the news, I come here to FR..
We need this FR.. to touch base ..
I’ve gotten to that point too. The news really upsets me.
Impeachment is an empty gestor. It's removal that would lead to a Second Civil War. The only way that happens is if a large segment of Senate Republicans turned against President Trump during an impeachment trial.
If President Trump was removed, the Democrats would gun for President Pence. If successful, they would install Nutty Nancy as Acting President.
Right? Effing BRING IT. Go ahead. IMPEACH THE ONE GUY WHO WANTED TO STOP YOUR THEFT OF THE PEOPLE’S MONEY AND POWER. SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TRUMP AND 50%OF THE COUNTRY HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
congress misreads us out here all the time.
If they thought they (GOP) could join in the impeachment of Trump and not pay a price, they would.
I want to hear this from us quiet peaceful ignorant Trump supporters I want them to know they can’t do this and gain a single thing.
The left can still eat in a restaurant in peace....
Wishful thinking.....
>> Tom Cole, (R) ... “too soon” to begin impeachment proceedings
GFY, Cole.
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