Trump Insists Impeachment Is Good for Him Politically

Associated Press: “The product of Trump’s norm-breaking presidency and Democrats’ lingering anger over the outcome of the 2016 election, the impeachment inquiry has largely been welcomed by the Republican president’s advisers, who believe it could backfire against Democrats. The president himself said the move could help his electoral chances, but he reacted in the moment with a cascade of angry tweets that accused Democrats of engaging in ‘a witch hunt’ and ‘presidential harassment.'”

“A short time earlier, as word of Pelosi’s decision first emerged, an agitated Trump sized up the politics of the moment and the developments that have quickly enveloped his presidency since it was revealed that a whistleblower complaint accused him of pressuring the leader of Ukraine to dig up damaging material about political foe Joe Biden’s family.”

Said Trump: “They’re going to lose the election, and they figure this is a thing to do. If she does that, they all say that’s a positive for me, for the election.”

Eli Lake: Why Trump relishes the upcoming Impeachment battle.