President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he doesn’t expect Democrats to pursue a third impeachment against him once they take control of Congress in January, following what the party described as historic gains in the midterm elections.
Speaking with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat in his first sit-down interview since the midterms, Trump said he believes he could work with the incoming Democratic Congress despite years of conflict with the party.
“Well, I did it for four years,” Trump said, referring to cooperating with Democrats during his first term. “You know…what they did with me was, there’s never been [such] weaponization. They impeached me twice. And there are those that say that worked out to my advantage.”
Asked directly by Douthat whether he thought Democrats would impeach him again, Trump said: “I can’t imagine it, you know? Look, what have I done? I’ve had the best two years in the history of the presidency.”
The comments come as some Democratic figures have called for investigations and subpoenas targeting members of the Trump administration, while others, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, have urged the incoming Congress not to make impeachment a priority.
Trump was impeached twice during his first term — once in 2019 and again after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — and was acquitted by the Senate both times.
On forgiveness, Trump says no
While Trump expressed openness to working with Democrats going forward, he told Douthat he doubts he could forgive certain adversaries, naming former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former FBI Director James Comey, even “before the judgment throne of God.”
“I found them to be extremely dishonest people, very bad people, very bad for our country. I love our country far more than I can love people and people like that,” Trump said.
He went further when pressed on the subject, saying, “I think they were very bad people and I dislike, I can use the word ‘hate,’ I do hate some of my enemies. I think they’re…they’ve been terrible. Look what they’ve put me through, the weaponization.”
Douthat asked Trump several times whether he could find it in himself to forgive his enemies. Trump did not budge.
“I probably cannot do that, no, because I do hate some of my enemies, and I always will,” Trump said.
Representatives for Comey and Pelosi did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
