Congress Has Options for Dealing With Trump
Removing the president from office is purely a political move, and it’s not the only tool at lawmakers’ disposal for dealing with impropriety.
There are options to pick from.
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As we enter the first post-Mueller week, I have several things on my mind.
As always, a lot hangs on public reaction. We won’t know for at least several days, but just to lay down a marker: Through April 17, the FiveThirtyEight polling summary estimated President Donald Trump had a 42.0 percent approval rating and a 53.0 percent disapproval rating. That’s bad, and it’s awful for a president while the economy is good. That disapproval number is the worst in the polling era for any president 818 days into his presidency, and no elected president has hit that number from this point up through November of his fourth year and still been re-elected. Still, I certainly wouldn’t rule Trump out based on those numbers.