The Dems were hoping for a recession by sitting on the USMCA, which has caused investment to be sidelined. Well, investment is starting to trickle in again. The US consumer is so strong that even without the USMCA in place, companies want to invest in the US to profit off of the strength of the consumer, who may be in the strongest position financially they’ve ever been (low tax, low inflation, higher wages, and higher asset values).
So, it appears Pelosi will not bring USMCA to a vote until at least after the impeachment push. It’s totally unthinkable that she would pass USMCA and then impeach the president! Doesn’t make sense. She will push for impeachment first by using USMCA as leverage to get the moderate votes. The problem I believe she’s going to have is from her own moderate caucus. As the impeachment goes into next year (which it should not have), the moderates will get more restless. The longer the impeachment process can be strung out by the GOP and the President, the more likely it is the Dems will begin to break ranks. The voters sent moderates Dems in to take care of things like trade, infrastructure and prescription drugs. Instead, they have been bogged down in impeachment. As the election year presents itself, these moderates will be harder and harder for Pelosi to corral.
My question has always been, how do you impeach the President for negotiating the biggest trade deal in US history? Or for killing the most wanted terrorist in the world in Baghdadi ? Or for having the best economy in place for US consumers perhaps ever? And on and on. We are really living in the world of the bizarre, where the Dems pretend to oppressed, when in practical terms, our nation has never been more safer, more stronger (military), and more prosperous than this in some time (since at least the late 1990s).
Pelosi has painted herself in a corner. She’s damned if she does impeachment, damn if she doesn’t. She’s damned (from her perspective) if she does USMCA, damn if she doesn’t. Funny that Trump always puts himself in such win-win situations! They use to call Reagan, the Great Communicator. Well, now we are witnessing the Great Negotiator! MAGA!!