Trump impeachment news: President launches fresh attack on longstanding allies as new poll projects him losing to 2020 contenders
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Donald Trump has lashed out at Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and French president Emmanuel Macron and their “delinquent countries” on Twitter, still reeling a week on from his sharp exit from a Nato summit in London at which the duo and others were filmed laughing behind his back at Buckingham Palace.
The president was also busy attacking his domestic political enemies in his latest 2020 campaign rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, last night, branding House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff “a crooked bastard” and the FBI “scum” just hours after House Democrats moved to charge him with two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The Judiciary Committee is due to meet today to debate the articles ahead of a vote to send the matter on to the full House of Representatives as a devastating new Quinnipiac poll projects Mr Trump losing comfortably to all of the leading Democratic presidential nominees in 2020.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump officiall signed an executive order on Wednesday to designate Judaism as a nationality in the US — allowing the Trump administration better leverage over universities across the country.
The House is expecting a vote on impeachment sometime next week.
Preliminary word is that the Senate will take up the impeachment next month, with a short trial that will likely exonerate the president in the end.
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Lest we forget Mr Trump's strong relationship with the North Korean regime:
INCYM: Our coverage from Washington on the president's hosting of Russian officials yesterday:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is training her powerful platform on Fox News, and denunciating the conservative news outlet:
Apparently troll bots are helping to raise awareness of the inspector general testimony today:
The Senate today is hearing about the fresh Justice Department inspector general report, which has already resulted in at least one lawsuit. Here's our write-up on the lawsuit filed by Lisa Page, yesterday:
Pete Buttigieg has responded to the ongoing scandal surrounding his work at the consulting firm McKinsey, with this explanation and attack on Medicare for All proposals:
Bloomberg News reports that Republicans in the Senate are eyeing a short impeachment trial for Donald Trump, and likely won't draw on any witnesses for or against the president.
That news comes as the House appears poised to vote on the two articles of impeachment that were introduced this week, next week.
Donald Trump has officially signed an executive order defining "Judaism" as a nationality in the United States.
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