TEHRAN (FNA)- According to new, Americans are about evenly split over impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office, but the number of those supporting his impeachment is on rise fast. But could one expect an honest and trustworthy political trend in this impeachment?
This has largely come among independents and Republicans. About three-quarters of Democrats favor impeaching Trump and removing him from office, while among independents, support for impeachment and removal has risen to 46% among independents and to 14% among Republicans.
In between, the State Department has also revived its investigation into former secretary of state Hillary Clinton's email scandal. Coincidentally, reports accusing Democrats of colluding with Ukraine in the 2016 presidential election surfaced.
From emailgate to the Clinton Foundation's controversy, which faced accusations of being a pay-to-play scam, to Jeffrey Epstein's connections with high-level officials in the White House, dirty plays continue to permeate US politics. But for a long time, pro-establishment GOP figures and Democrats connived to keep all these dirty deals under the table. Despite the bipartisan combat, investigations into the scandals have always ended up with being dropped. Only four presidents, including Donald Trump, have so far been dragged into impeachment danger.
However, as a businessman-turned-president, Trump is known for his anti-establishment stance. This, combined with his personality, means that he is unlikely to keep his mouth shut on any dirty Democrat maneuvers, especially when his political career is in jeopardy.
Annoyed at Nancy Pelosi's impeachment inquiry, Trump will apply all possible weapons he can think of – such as reviving the investigation in Clinton's emails – to fight back. After all, Clinton has been at the core of the Democratic leadership for years. A number of high-level Democrats have inextricable connections with the Clinton family. Investigations on Clinton may eventually drag the entire Democratic Party into the mire.
Moreover, with the clock ticking for the 2020 presidential election, Democrats cannot afford to have their under-the-table deals exposed to the public. Trump has enough resources and levers to crack down on the Democratic Party. If the GOP is determined to fight a life-or-death struggle with Democrats, neither would win.
Pelosi had been reluctant to seek to impeach Trump. But the Democratic forces have become increasingly dissatisfied with the capricious president and voices calling for Trump's impeachment are much louder than before. To boost the morale of the Democrats and unite party members, Pelosi changed her mind.
But if there is no solid evidence to support Trump's collusion with Ukraine, Pelosi's decision may bring more losses than gains. The ongoing inquiry is a double-edged sword to the Democratic Party. If the impeachment attempt fails, Trump's supporters would be more united; the swing voters may tilt toward Trump to vent their dissatisfaction against Pelosi's "witch-hunt" and the morale of Democrats would be significantly undermined.
With a little over a year left before the 2020 presidential election, an all-out fight between Republicans and Democrats has now commenced. How the two parties will eventually play in this term's bipartisan farce is left to be seen.
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