Trump Threatens to ‘Impeach’ Mitch McConnell

“Donald Trump said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should be impeached if he backs a plan for the debt ceiling to be eliminated over fears that House Republicans could cause the U.S. to default on the nation’s credit,” The Hill reports.

“Members of the Senate and House cannot be impeached, though both chambers can remove a lawmaker with a two-thirds vote. The president is not involved in that process.”

While that’s not going to happen, lawmakers are bracing for a bruising fight over the debt ceiling — a prospect that’s “alarming administration officials, Democrats in Congress and some investors who fear a stalemate that could roil financial markets at a precarious time for the global economy,” the New York Times reports.