5 Ways Impeachment Has Helped Trump And Hurt Democrats
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment efforts, designed to hobble Trump for the 2020 election, have turned into a series of unexpected boons for the president and his party.
By Zelie Lorenzana
February 4, 2020
President Donald Trump has once again sidestepped the pit Democrats dug for him, leaving them to eat their own dirt. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment efforts, designed to hobble Trump for the 2020 election, has turned into a series of unexpected boons for the president and his party. Here are five of the most conspicuous ones.
1. Congress Passes Trump’s Biggest Bipartisan Trade Bill
Loath to give Trump a legislative win prior to a presidential election, Pelosi flexed her majority muscle to sideline the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), negotiated by the Trump administration to replace the much-maligned North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump lambasted NAFTA, the agreement credited with having opened the floodgates for offshoring American manufacturing. He promised to tear this “worst deal ever negotiated†and deliver the USMCA, designed to protect American jobs and workers.
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