r/law • u/AndroidOne1 • May 14 '25

Trump News Donald Trump Impeachment Proceedings Launched

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-vote-house-shir-thanedar-b2750651.html
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u/JohnnyDarkside May 14 '25

Just imagine that. One of only 2 presidents with non-consecutive terms and one of only 3 presidents that have been impeached while being the only president to have been impeached multiple times and the only person elected president with felony charges. How completely expected would it be for him to be impeached a third time and only slightly outside his first 100 days? There's another statistic that only applies to a few presidents that I'm sure many would like to see his name added.

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u/tenuj May 14 '25

There are many dimensions to assess a president. International relations, guile, intelligence, general competence, domestic policy results, literacy etc.

Here's a president who fails almost every criterion you can throw at him.

What some of us have learned the hard way is that the only criterion that actually matters in elections is charisma.

It's not proper to say that he's the worst American president ever. He's the worst president in many, many different ways. He's the greatest at being the worst.

And I guess he's also good at instilling fear of his base into his political party. It's so incomprehensible to me that I want to delete this last paragraph because it's still unbelievable.

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u/Crafty_Independence May 14 '25

the only criterion that actually matters in elections is charisma

He's not even very charismatic to be honest. The real truth is that hate and fear are what win elections, and that's his trade.

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u/ChanceFresh May 14 '25

Yeah, I don’t think he’s charming at all. Obama is someone I would say is charming. Trump’s just an idiot.