IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He’s started calling the case against him ‘impeachment lite.’ He’s increasingly coming around to arguments that he could swing the impeachment battle to help his party in 2020. And he’s become so outwardly nonchalant about the Democratic impeachment push that he’s taken special joy in giving visitors a look at the private study off the Oval Office — playfully pointing out where one of President Bill Clinton‘s infamous dalliances with Monica Lewinsky occurred and ultimately triggered the 42nd president’s impeachment. It’s become one of many ways Trump has found his footing during the most serious threat yet to his presidency. Trump is only the fourth president in history to face such proceedings, which will take a more serious turn Thursday [12-12-19] when Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are expected to pass two articles of impeachment including abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.”
–Nancy Cook, “Trump’s impeachment mood morphs from anger to mockery,” Politico, December 12, 2019 5:06 am