Impeachment Trap Awaiting Trump In The Senate?

Could an impeachment trap be awaiting Donald Trump in the US Senate?

Politics
The Democratically-controlled US House of Representatives is virtually guaranteed to formally impeach Donald J. Trump this week.  However, political pundits have all but bet the bank that Republicans will swiftly vote to acquit him once the impeachment trial reaches the GOP-led US Senate.

Um… don’t be so sure.

Despite their public penchant to coddle, protect, and defend ‘The Donald’ at every turn, a sizeable portion of Republican lawmakers don’t actually like or trust Donald Trump.  What’s worse is that they fear if they don’t stop him this time (just as they failed to do when they didn’t take him seriously during the 2016 election primaries), he could be reelected in 2020.

Privately, some Republicans are afraid that if Trump is acquited of impeachment in the Senate and handed a 2nd term, he will only be emboldened with a “King-like” attitude to run roughshod over the US Constitution and the responsibility of the legislative branch of government to employ a system of checks and balances.

Or, in other words, an unimpeached Trump with a 2nd term could dismiss Republicans in Congress and effectively make them obsolete while ruling the presidency as if it were a monarchy.

Republicans don’t care how Trump treats Democrats on Capitol Hill.  However, they are crapping bricks that he could treat EVERYONE on Capitol Hill as if they’re non-existent, ruin the concept of democracy that the founding fathers so carefully constructed, then set a precedent for future president’s of any party to do the same no matter who controls Congress.

According to Douglas Mackinnon of The Hill:

Over the past week, I have heard from three seasoned Republicans who fear that President Trump and the West Wing are seriously underestimating the potential danger of a Senate trial. Human nature and common sense dictate that, despite the well-meaning resolution circulated by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemning the House impeachment process, it’s important for the White House to understand that the weight of history is settling upon the shoulders of these senators – some of them quite weak – and because of that pressure, private conversations are taking place and a trap may be sprung for the president in that trial.

A potential trap set by seemingly loyal Republican senators.

Yes, political pundits are beginning to discuss what was once considered an impossibility:  an impeachment trap set for Trump in the Senate that no one in The White House or on the Trump team could have ever seen coming.

“What’s at stake is not President Trump’s policies. What’s at stake is the Constitution.” – former governor and US Ambassador Nikki Haley

Granted, many within the GOP are afraid of Donald Trump and his cult-like followers.  However, they’re just as if not more afraid of what an impeachment acquittal and 4 more years of ‘The Donald’ could do to democracy, how it could damage (or even eradicate) their legislative power, and what it might mean for their permanent legacies in the history books.

Could Donald Trump show up to the US Senate expecting a swift acquittal and be caught off guard with a full impeachment and removal from office?  It may be improbable, but it’s beginning to look like it’s not at all impossible.

To put it bluntly, don’t rule out an impeachment trap in the US Senate.

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Could Trump face an impeachment trap in the Senate?