Trump: 'I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job'

[spanone]

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump questioned how he could be impeached when he's made strides improving economic conditions in an interview aired Thursday.

"You know, I guess it says something like high crimes and all -- I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job," Trump said in response to a question from Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt, who asked if he believes Democrats would try to impeach him if they win back control of Congress.

"If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor," Trump said. "You would see numbers that you wouldn't believe."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/politics/trump-impeachment-democrats-congress/index.html

[irisblue]

1. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

The 1/2% has done well. The great majority of us, not so much.

[GoCubsGo]

2. Never mind that the market is probably going to crash, anyway.

Both it and impeachment are likely in our future. This is just more of him trying to set the narrative beforehand for his brain-dead cult followers.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. That's exactly what he's trying to do.

[duforsure]

41. I agree

Putin has him doing this now because he wants revenge for his country being hurt by this country now and in the past. trump's putins asset in the office of the presidency now, and doing all his bidding for him, and putins also probably behind intel information being fed to trump to use against others with.

[elmac]

40. The markre is based on years of quantitative easing

and a corporate tax giveaway. The true economy is high inflation, low wages and products still made overseas. Its a rich mans economy that will come crashing down leaving behind a mess that will last for decades.

[Achilleaze]

3. "If I don't get my way I will PISS on everyone." - republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

This assclown is a complete embodiment of sickass, anti-American "republican values"

[BSdetect]

4. Does he believe his own crap? Its all about him. In his tiny mind.

[tanyev]

5. I agree. There's absolutely no reason to impeach someone who has done a great job.

[Permanut]

28. I had the same thought..

He's actually correct.

[ginnyinWI]

39. I don't care if he did do a good job.

If he's a felon, get him outta there.

But the only thing he's done a good job of is lowering standards of behavior for a President. He's coarsened the culture. He's made most of us disgusted. Good job, Trumpie.

[yallerdawg]

7. "Unhinged" is the most applicable word here.

Someone ought to write a book or two or three...

Bob Woodward's is next.

[spanone]

8. 'If I ever got impeached everybody would be very poor'

frickin' insane

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

9. I'm starting to think...

He believes he has done no wrong and/or the crimes he’s (allegedly) committed are incidental, trivial little things that are done all the time by those in power.

He just doesn’t get it and I believe he never will.

[spanone]

11. that's why he needs to go to prison...to spend years thinking about it

[mythology]

48. I'm not sure he's actually capable of thinking

More likely, he'd spend the years flinging his feces at the wall.

[spanone]

51. I'd be fine with that.....and he should be forced to clean it up as well.

[Ilsa]

21. Narcissists never get it.

The best reason for locking them up is to make sure they don't hurt anyone else out of spite or greed or just intentionally.

[NewJeffCT]

23. I think he knows what he's done is pretty damn serious

but thinks he people shouldn't care because he's so awesome and amazing and he's making America Great Again. When he first got elected, he thought people would celebrate him for his masterful "upset" win over Clinton as well instead of hating him for his racism, sexism and fascism.

If he thought they were just trivial things, he would not be systematically trying to shut down the investigation and simultaneously having Fox News spout off conspiracy theories trying to taint Team Mueller.

[maddiemom]

33. He NEVER understood how our government works...

and even after his "election," never cared to learn.

[PatSeg]

42. And this is how he's functioned

throughout his adult life. He was rarely held accountable and when he was, he'd buy his way out of it. He thinks it is okay, business as usual. This is what happens when people with money break laws and pay little or no consequences.

[underpants]

10. What numbers we wouldn't believe? 8?

We believe in numbers.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Well, Of Course You Picked 8

But, everyone knows 7 is a born liar, and you can't believe 7

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

34. And the fact that all cannibals are liars...

And 7 is a cannibal. Everyone knows 7 8 9.

[kentuck]

12. Wow!

A warning to his supporters!

[honest.abe]

13. OMG.. did he actually say that??

This is unreal.

[spanone]

53. yes he did, his modesty is underwhelming.

it IS unreal....

[VOX]

14. How could the Germans have lost WWII, after they did such a swell job in making Germany great again?

They built the autobahns, got Hugo Boss to design some striking uniforms, began development of the Volkswagen beetle, built nifty rockets by Werner von Braun ("I Aim at the Stars," but sometimes I hit London), got their war machine on, and murdered many millions of innocent people in the process.

Where's the goddamned gratitude?

[Mr.Bill]

16. Here's a number we don't believe in:

45.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. +1000000!

[Mc Mike]

18. Back off, or the US economy gets it, right in the head!

Remember how the Dow kept dropping, while Nixon dragged out his departure?

[Initech]

19. Shut the fuck up Donny!

[dreamland]

20. Really?!!

[forgotmylogin]

22. Bill Clinton also did a great job.

Bill was impeached. Wrong again, Mr. "I give myself an A+".

"The market would crash, and everybody would be poor."

Wrong yet again. All of us in the lower 94% are already poor. It would make rich people slightly less well-off.

I see no downside to impeachment.

[PatSeg]

44. That was my first thought

Bill Clinton turned the economy around and we enjoyed peace and prosperity for almost a decade. Republicans didn't impeach Clinton because he was a womanizer. They couldn't stand having a Democrat in the White House, especially one who was so popular and successful.

Democrats don't behave like that, so if and when they impeach Trump, he'll deserve it. Sorry chump, start drafting your resignation Tweet now while you're able to string together a few words into a sentence.

[Fritz Walter]

24. Poor? Perhaps

But we’ll be too busy dancing in the streets, buying rounds at the local watering hole, and otherwise celebrating our asses off to notice.

[floWteiuQ]

25. At least...

he's realizing that impeachment could actually happen!

[Towlie]

26. A great job indeed! No demolition crew can claim such great accomplishments.

[DallasNE]

27. He Just Threw Pence Under The Bus n/t

[dchill]

32. Not that anyone cares!

[world wide wally]

29. Because you are the most hated man on the planet?

[lpbk2713]

30. "You had better keep me on as president ...

so that I can undo all the damage I have done."

He is starting to accept being somewhat responsible for ruining our country.

[MyOwnPeace]

31. That quote by itself.............

is enough evidence to invoke the 25th amendment!

The guy is a fool!

[procon]

35. Why does Trump only look at wealth and ignore the real people that his

policies have harmed? He can't even acknowledge that the majority of Americans aren't living in financial security, but just eking by from paycheck to paycheck. People ARE poor right now, their lives made even worse by Trump's policies. He doesn't care about anyone, and that speaks to his lack of morality and the shallowness of his weak character.

[BlueWI]

36. Impeachment is off the table.

Where did I hear that??

No worries, Mr. President!

[Butterflylady]

37. Today is good day for finding things to read

on DU that have me lol. No wonder comedians are having a great year.
Unfortunately it's at the expense of the citizens of the USA.

[duforsure]

38. For treason, corruption , and even more

Its easy . The American people are realizing how corrupt , and treasonous he really is , and are running away from him quickly now, while he's desperately trying to con them into believing he's doing a great job, when in reality he's not. Anyone who would cage children to intentionally hurt them for life shouldn't be anywhere in our government. Anyone who is so corrupt he has to lie all the time shouldn't be in our government, and anyone who backs corrupt criminals calling them good , or decent , or fine people , and willing hires them shouldn't be anywhere in our government. trumps a crook , and a treasonous one at that, and deserves the harshest penalties for doing this, period. Praising criminals , protecting other criminals , working with serial criminals is more than enough for him to be removed from office, and punished for what he's done, and is doing. Should have been in prison long time ago. republicans still backing this will suffer the consequences , legally , and politically .

[Moostache]

43. Run Trump quotes through the handy "Gangster-wannabe translator 2000x"...

"That sure is a nice looking economy you've got there...it'd be a shame if anything happened to me because I can't guarantee something worse would happen to it...capisce?"

We are stuck with a 3rd rate, wannabe-gangster-actor in the White House, with the impulse control of a 3 year-old and seemingly lacking object permanence...

BTW...I want to kick puppies when that orange shit gibbon says "many, many...."... it grates on me more than fingernails on a chalkboard.

[DonCoquixote]

45. let me put it this way

Nixon was almost impeached because he did a crime. To be fair to him, he founded the EPA, something that I am not entirely sure modern democrats would support if done today, and he opened up dialogue with China. Yet, he was impached

Clinton had the sort of economy you droll over, and he was impeached because he was foolish enough to wag his finger and say "I did not have sex with that woman" while knowing Monica was ready to get her 15 minutes of fame. It also helped that Ken "Baylor wmen got raped on my watch" Starr and Brett "Trump icked me because I will save his ass" Kavanuagh helped.

[Blue Owl]

46. I'm willing to gamble...

n/t

[Gothmog]

47. Trump is an idiot

Link to tweet

[Solly Mack]

49. That man is high on his own stank.

[spanone]

58. He does love that guy in the mirror.

[budkin]

50. The dumbest thing he's said yet

And it's not close.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

52. He's increasingly obsessed with impeachment. nt

[Cha]

54. "great job" at LYING his GD head OFF 24/7!!!

[spanone]

55. 👍🏼

[smirkymonkey]

56. Please, someone, just make it all go away.

I can't deal with his insanity any longer.

[kentuck]

57. Bill Clinton created 24 million jobs during his Administration...

I doubt that Donald Trump will ever come close to that record, if he was lucky enough to serve for 8 years.

And he was impeached....

[Gothmog]

59. Ali Velshi rips apart trump's claims

Link to tweet