Trump's dream: Impeach me, please!
NO one is working harder for the impeachment of Donald Trump than Donald Trump. If we have learnt anything about this president, it is that he has a compulsion to be the centre of attention. He can't bear being out of the limelight and will say almost anything - no matter how offensive, outrageous or dishonest it strikes millions of Americans - to keep the public fixated on him. The more he does this, the more he risks impeachment.
Just whether John Kelly, the retired Marine general who is Mr Trump's new chief of staff, can restrain his boss is unclear. This certainly is a central question hovering over the White House, and it won't be easy.
For months, Mr Trump's behaviour has posed a riddle. Why is he so self-destructive? His constant tweets deepen the country's divisions, which he promised to heal. The customary explanation is that Mr Trump is playing to his "base", but recently, this has seemed less convincing. Opinion polls suggest his support has slipped even among loyal backers. (The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll has Mr Trump's approval rating dropping from 42 per cent in April to 36 per cent in early July.)
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