Overview
- Speaking at a House Republican retreat on Jan. 6 at the renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, the president said, “They’ll find a reason to impeach me… I’ll get impeached.”
- The remarks landed on the fifth anniversary of the Capitol riot and days after the U.S. operation that captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.
- A Democratic House could initiate impeachment proceedings, though removal would still require a two‑thirds vote in the Senate, which twice acquitted Trump.
- Trump cited the historical midterm penalty for presidents as Republicans face weak economic approval in polling and a series of special‑election setbacks.
- He also argued Democrats are “meaner,” said Republicans should have impeached Joe Biden “for 100 different things,” and urged party unity on culture, health care and election rules.