[txnativegop]

I sometimes wonder if Trump did all this just to smoke out the Deep State operatives in the government.

[EasySt]

(Yes, he really said that! I'm just waiting to see what he does with them!)

~Easy

[Political Junkie Too]

I can't imagine that.

President Trump is, by nature, a deal maker.

The Democrats are trying to turn Trump's positive into a negative by claiming that Trump's "deals" are impeachable "quid pro quo" schemes for personal benefit in the election.

Trump's defense team is saying that all politicians, at heart, feel they are the most qualified and therefore electing them over their opponents is in the national interest. Trump's skill at deal-making is what makes him better than his opponents, his deal-making is in the national interest, and his success at deal-making in the national interest benefits his reelection.

The Democrats' argument is absurd if it is applied to the economy. Most people say that a President benefits from a good economy and that voters will reward the incumbent if the economy is good no matter how much or how little the President's policies contributed to improving the economy.

Is it Schiff's contention that policies to improve the economy, and by extension improve the President's chances of reelection, are now by definition impeachable offenses because the President had *some* personal reelection motives behind his policies?

-PJ