Do you actually favour impeachment of Donald Trump?

[BlueSwan]

With all the constant talk of impeachment, let's take the proposition seriously for a moment.

On the current basis, I would have to answer no, Trump should not be impeached. I think Trump is the biggest danger to western civilization during my lifetime, but I thought that before he was even elected. Nothing much has changed. He is as bad as I expected. The fact is that the american public knowingly elected this guy, as terrible as he is, and that should be respected. Nothing that strikes me as obviously "impeachable" has been uncovered yet. If it turns out that the Russians did infact succeed in hacking election results, then it would be an entirely different matter, but that does not seem to be the case.

So I vote no, as much as it annoys me.

[BlueSwan]

I basically agree with you and also think Republicans should be stuck with him rather than being able to replace him with Pence and then proceed as if everything were normal. Pence would be a much more effective and thus more harmful President in any case.

More harmful domestically, sure, but at least there's zero danger that Pence drops a nuke on a random country.

[BlueSwan]

He is mentally unfit.

Yes, but that was perfectly clear before the election and the american people still elected him. I don't think that is grounds for impeachment.

[BlueSwan]

He is mentally unfit.

Yes, but that was perfectly clear before the election and the american people still elected him. I don't think that is grounds for impeachment.

No the people rejected Trump but the electoral college denied them their voice. Stop repeating trumpist talking points meant to legitimize him.

The point was that he was elected legitimally, even with it being painfully obvious that he wasn't fit to serve. I don't care whether it is a trumpist talking point. Sure he lost the popular vote by 3 million. Sure the electoral college is terrible and helped him. Sure voter suppression is terrible and that helped him. But the fact is that he DID win by the existing ruleset. We don't really know much now that we didn't already know before the election. I don't see a good case for impeachment. Infact I think impeachment on the existing grounds would end up backfiring terribly.