Will Republicans impeach a president Trump? Put Pence in the presidency?

[UCmeNdc]

The Koch Brothers win!

[UCmeNdc]

1. Check

And Checkmate!

[pandr32]

2. No

There will never be a President Trump...thanks to all of us.

[jcgoldie]

5. +1

[The Second Stone]

18. Keep the hammer swinging for Terry

We shall overcome.

[NastyRiffraff]

28. You beat me to it!

Let's GOTV!

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. That's their plan. A Trojan Horse.

Trump will step aside during his term, paving the way for President Pence.

That is their plan, make no mistake about it.

[Hortensis]

7. It's not Trump's plan, and never would be, although I'd bet

they'd grab the chance to impeach a president who wouldn't cooperate in favor of one who equates social morality with laissez-faire economics.

As pandr32 says, though, they'll never have the chance.

Btw, Trump has a PERSONALITY DISORDER. He does not think like normal people. He not only wouldn't sacrifice a sick cat for the Republican Party, but if they could offer him the money he's always seeking to step aside he could never be depended on to give up the top spot to come through. Everything is always about HIM.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Trump would never

stay in the presidency for four years. NO. WAY.

His type has to be constantly moving, dealing, scheming, and not in the way the leader of a country does.

He would quit before two years was up. Guaranteed.

In essence, the GOP would have Ted Cruz in the Oval Office.

[Hortensis]

12. That's a different matter. That's not a plot

to get power and turn it over. Trump's incapable of caring about anything but himself, his family who are extensions of themselves, and money and power that prove his greatness to the world.

Not the party, not ideology, nothing. That's why he's so astonishingly ignorant. If he never saw it as somehow showing him off in all his glory it literally didn't matter.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. As long as Trump thinks he won,

that's all that matters to him.

He could never sit through a four year term, that's just not his style.

[Hortensis]

15. Well, we'll never know.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. No. It takes simple majority to impeach, a super-majority to remove.

They would not do it.
Donald Trump can hold a pen and will appoint Justices they like.
A Republican Congress and Senate will run the show. Pence will be more powerful th a n Cheny.

[Hortensis]

13. You forget the humiliations of critical media

on a dysfunctionally thin-skinned narcissist with an emotional age arrested some time in childhood and the flightiness of an incredibly shallow and amoral mind. Such as when they accuse him of being lead around by the nose by some person or group. And they would, constantly.

This is a man who reportedly tried to get out of naming Pence as his VP right after he made the decision (AFTER Pence had flown to NY to accept), in part because the word was leaked and he was peeved about having his big moment spoiled. But also because he'd just been talked into Pence and then changed his mind.

[Agnosticsherbet]

17. When it comes down to it, if he wins he gives them the power.

If they get the power, they will not let Trump's narcissism get in the way.

I think the biggest things Republicans hate about Trump is they think the will lose.

[Hortensis]

21. "They"? The power is invested in the president.

Agnosticsherbet, it would be totally impossible for them "to get the power" and not let the president get in their way.

"They" couldn't enter the White House grounds or do anything else without first obtaining his authorization, which could be revoked any time he changed his mind, which would be the moment he got the idea people thought he was being manipulated, not in charge of everything. And it's hardly as if no one would be watching.

[Agnosticsherbet]

22. Separation of powers gave Congress the power

To legislate, to raise money, and gave Congress the power of advise and consent over appointees and treaties.

Real power comes from legislation. Want tax breaks for the wealthy or national healthcare? The President asks, but only Congress can make it happen.

The President is the head of the executive branch. He does not control Congress.

Trump can hold a pen and sign whatever legislation they send him.

Their fear is that not only will he lose the edecutive, but he will screw away their control of the legislative branch, which ends their domination of the Judicial branch.

Congress sets the legislative agenda, and that is the real power in this country.

No, they will not impeach him. He guarantees their continued control.

[Hortensis]

24. Okay.

Well, the convention's going to be fun to watch.

[Agnosticsherbet]

25. Jon Stewart and Colbert will be covering it on

Colbert's show.
The week after that, they will cover the Democrat's concention.

That will be what I watch.

[Koinos]

6. Given a hypthetical Trump presidency, that is a possibility.

On the other hand, I think it is more likely that the Koch brothers will give him a "financial incentive" to resign.

All of this will be untraceable, of course.

[BainsBane]

8. You don't think they win with Trump as president?

[Bucky]

9. Pence would be a bigger win; he's more easily controlled. Trump cares about himself most.

Pence is a team player, a good lapdog.

[BainsBane]

16. Trump will say anything to get elected

but ultimately he's a billionaire businessman whose concerns are and have always been making money. That and the fact he is a narcissist, not in the colloquial sense but as in Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

[C_U_L8R]

10. I think Donnie realized the same thing at the last minute

I don't think he's gonna have many friends, win or lose

[Hekate]

19. Hubby's been saying it for months. Beware the veep pick.

[MohRokTah]

20. Takes 2/3 of the Senate to convict, so no. eom

[TeamPooka]

23. Trump just picked the perfect Brutus to his Caesar. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. There won't be a President Trump.

[MineralMan]

27. How would they do that?

He won't be President. Hillary Clinton will, and she'll help elect a majority in the Senate, to boot. You can't impeach the loser in a presidential election.

Simple.