WaPo: Mueller now investigating whether Trump obstructed justice

[Technocracy Timmy]

Happy birthday President Trump

[Technocracy Timmy]

I don't think Congress will impeach Trump. It's GOP controlled and he would need to hemorrhage GOP support in order for GOP to impeach

If this continues they'll have to make a choice. Keeping Trump on when he has not only blatantly obstructed justice but is also dragging the GOP down and stalling their agenda with these scandals won't be worth it.

[Technocracy Timmy]

I thought they'd need 19 GOP senators to switch? There's 46 Democrats, 2 Independents, and 52 Republicans. So you would need to win over 19 GOP senators to reach 67 if your baseline is 48.

[Technocracy Timmy]

The ultimate problem with Trumpism trying to replace the dominant ideology of the GOP is that it didn't have a clear mandate to do so. Trump was a one man army who didn't build a grassroots movement to get elected representatives running on a Trumpist platform into congress beforehand. And he also didn't have the political capital going in to negotiate from a standpoint that would allow him to craft legislation based on his ideology. He garnered only 46% of the electorate and came in with poor approval ratings which have only gone down.

Also what exactly is Trumpism? Is it becasically an Americanized version of the National Front?

[Technocracy Timmy]

Also what exactly is Trumpism? Is it becasically an Americanized version of the National Front?

Trumpism is anything that Trump thinks will make people love him, and if possible, make him rich at the same time. Two of the most consistent things Trump has shown a deep desire for in life is to be talked about/liked and to hoard wealth.

I think the best description for this ideology came from TD's post about it here, "The Current Party System".

PM me tomorrow, because there are a series of posts by FuzzyBear, myself, and others that I feel adequately define what is "Trumpism." I'm too tired and lazy to find it now. I'm sorta burned out for the day on debate

I will I do think Trumpism is, in part, a global phenomena that encompasses both the left and right.