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| Topic | Impeachment gave Trump exactly what he wanted a damaged Biden campaign. |
| MisterPorn 02/12/20 11:14:14 AM #1: | https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/impeachment-gave-trump-exactly-what-he-wanted/606172/ The impeachment struggle is now over. Historians may one day vindicate Democrats for exposing Donald Trumps abuse of power. But as of now, they have lost. Not only will Trump remain president, and not only does he appear stronger politically than before the impeachment battle began, but he has succeeded in doing precisely what he wanted in the first place: He tarred Joe Biden, who last year looked like Trumps most formidable Democratic rival, with the kind of vague suspicion of wrongdoing that presidential candidates cant easily shake. Ironically, the impeachment effort and the Republican counterattack against it have largely accomplished Trumps goal. By keeping Hunter Bidens business dealings in Ukraine in the news, they have turned them into a rough analogue to Hillary Clintons missing emails in 2016a pseudo-scandal that undermines a leading Democratic candidates reputation for honesty. --- I am un chien andalusia. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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