Trump’s repeated references to his impeachment even as he carries out the duties of his office highlight how the president is seeking to turn his greatest political threat into a reelection rallying cry, said Barbara Perry, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. “If he had his choice, he probably wouldn’t want to be impeached,” she said. “But now that it’s happening and it’s moving toward his probable impeachment, he’s thinking, ‘Why not make lemons out of lemonade?’ ”
Barbara Perry
