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Trump: ‘Impeachment Would Stain My Resume and Legacy’
It has finally dawned on Donald Trump that the threat of impeachment is not only real but likely, even probable.
According to Axios, Trump has told friends that he is concerned that impeachment will leave a “stain” on his “legacy.” The Axios report refers to a phone call between Trump and House Republicans on Friday, October 4, in which he declared that he does not really want to be impeached. Impeachment, Trump said, is a “bad thing to have on your resume.”
Two people on the call agreed that Trump made the “resume” remark, but one of them characterized Trump’s phrasing as “you don’t want it [impeachment] on your resume.”
Ever the optimist, Trump quickly added, “But it’s going to make Kevin speaker.” That would be the current Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (You might remember that this is the selfsame Congressman who publicly admitted that the sole and whole purpose of the interminable “Benghazi Hearings” was to make then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “look” bad and derail her run for the White House).
These latest Trump comments, like most Trumpian proclamations and declarations, at once demonstrate this man’s proclivity for ambivalence and his practically patented prevarication over whatever issue is at hand; his penchant for, at first…
