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From Axios: Scoop: Trump's private concerns of an impeachment legacy.President Trump has told friends and allies he worries about the stain impeachment will leave on his legacy.
Driving the news: In a phone call with House Republicans on Friday, Trump articulated why he really doesn't want this. Impeachment, Trump said, is a "bad thing to have on your resume," according to a source on the call. Two other sources on the call confirmed the substance of the comment, but one said they recalled Trump phrasing it as "you don't want it [impeachment] on your resume."
After making the resume remark, Trump added, "But it's going to make Kevin speaker," these sources said, a reference to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's upside.
Why it matters: These two Trump quotes might seem like throwaways on what was a lengthy and discursive call with allies. But sources who have discussed impeachment candidly with the president say these comments perfectly encapsulate how Trump feels about it: He believes it could help him get re-elected and win back the House. But he doesn't want the history books recording Donald Trump as an impeached president.
Driving the news: In a phone call with House Republicans on Friday, Trump articulated why he really doesn't want this. Impeachment, Trump said, is a "bad thing to have on your resume," according to a source on the call. Two other sources on the call confirmed the substance of the comment, but one said they recalled Trump phrasing it as "you don't want it [impeachment] on your resume."
After making the resume remark, Trump added, "But it's going to make Kevin speaker," these sources said, a reference to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's upside.
Why it matters: These two Trump quotes might seem like throwaways on what was a lengthy and discursive call with allies. But sources who have discussed impeachment candidly with the president say these comments perfectly encapsulate how Trump feels about it: He believes it could help him get re-elected and win back the House. But he doesn't want the history books recording Donald Trump as an impeached president.
The rest of the world is worrying if the planet survives his legacy.
Narcissism at its worst.
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Julian Englis
Oct 2019
OP
We'll survive all right. But in what form? The educational, technological, and moral leadership...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2019
#1
What? "But it's going to make Kevin speaker" I thought Nancy is going to be speaker"
Maraya1969
Oct 2019
#3
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. We'll survive all right. But in what form? The educational, technological, and moral leadership...
we once had is disappearing.
We survived Gingrich and Reagan, too, but much reduced in the qualities of a great nation.
The thing that scares me most about "it's a bad thing to have on your resume" is that he really thinks this way. It's not about being President and leader of the free world-- it's about ratings.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)2. He's NOT getting re elected, he can forget about that shit. nt
Skittles
(153,160 posts)4. he was never fairly elected the first time
the man is a cheat, fraud, a con man, a traitor
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)3. What? "But it's going to make Kevin speaker" I thought Nancy is going to be speaker"
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,347 posts)6. TrumPutin is anticipating Russian interference to install him and GOP
He may well believe that if he delivers Ukraine to Putin that Putin plus Moscow Mitch, plus Bolshevik Barr, plus all the Russiapublicans, will deliver WH, House and Senate to GOP. Impeachment would then be the cover -- a fired-up base -- for corrupted elections.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)5. His whole legacy is a stain.
He's a shit stain on our national underpants.