'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The impeachment is no sham.

Even the Republican Senators know Trump did what he is accused of doing. As one said before deciding not to vote to call witnesses "he might have behaved inappropriately but not at a level to justify his removal from office".

Whilst I disagree with that assessment it is at least a respectable conclusion. What is not, and could never be, is his obvious guilt over the second charge of interfering in the rights of Congress. By letting him off the hook on this the Republicans open the door for any future President to avoid any kind of Congressional oversight simply by instructing their staff to ignore subpoenas. That's a big step towards a dictatorship.

I have had the company over recent days of an American couple from California on their first ever trip to the UK. The guy describes himself as an independent who voted for Trump as the best of two bad choices. When I questioned why he was so against Clinton he trotted out all the propaganda that was mounted against her back in 2016. Propaganda that was debunked many times but he still believes as gospel truth. It shows just how effective the conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns proved to be.

He sees all of Trump's faults and would willingly vote against him, although he is a conservative type through and through. What will make his decision is not Trump but who the Democrats put up. If they choose anyone who can be attacked as having a "leftish" agenda then he would vote Trump again, despite his huge misgivings. That's before the right starting cooking up their character assassinations.

I found this quite reassuring as it matches my own analysis very closely, although I would have never voted for Trump in the first place.

Let's see who the Dems choose. The impeachment has probably scuttled Biden's chances. Unfairly of course but anything involving Trump won't ever be fair. Win at all costs is his by word, and hang the consequences.

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The guy who pushed the Russia stuff on here and who talks about a possible dictatorship within the current US system wants to reference other people believing in conspiracy theories.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I expect the next Democratic President to ensure that the US constitution is clarified so that no future President can interfere with the rights of Congress to subpoena such witnesses as they deem necessary to conduct the oversight demanded by the Constitution.

I think they will recognise the threat that now exists, and will take those steps to ensure that no President, of whatever hue, could act like the dictator Trump seems to believe he ought to be.

Therefore I don't fear the USA will ever be ruled by a dictator because their system will deal with it.

No conspiracy involved. Just a belief in the power of democracy eventually triumphing over those who would subvert it.

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Trump cleared on both accounts

Cleared?

Most certainly not.

He was given a free pass by the politically corrupt Republican Senators. Only Romney had the balls to do his constitutional duty and judge with impartiality.

That won't stop Trump claiming, as he did with Mueller, that he has been "exonerated" and the sheep in his base believing him.

Those who have actually followed the details of both events know better. This is naked politics. If it was a court of law in which the facts and the facts alone determined the outcome I would wager a sizable sum that the result would be very different.

So "cleared"! Not unless whitewash is clear.

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