WASHINGTON — President Trump predicted Tuesday that he will be impeached for a third time if Republicans lose the November midterm elections — while complaining that former President Joe Biden should have been impeached for “100 different things.”
“If we don’t win the midterms … they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told House Republicans at the recently rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center.
“I’ll get impeached,” he said. “We don’t impeach them. You know why? Because they’re meaner than we are. We should have impeached Joe Biden for 100 different things.”
Trump urged Republicans to turn the tables on Democrats who are campaigning on affordability issues by talking about the “goodies” in tax-cut legislation that take effect this filing season.
President Trump predicted he will be impeached a third time if the GOP loses Congress in the midterm elections in 2026. AFP via Getty ImagesThe president vowed to do his part by strong-arming “big fat cat” health insurance CEOs to lower prices, as he did last year to score price-cut promises from pharmaceutical companies — though many drugmakers have since raised prices.
Trump was impeached twice during his first term — once in 2019 for pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate alleged Biden family corruption and again in 2021 for allegedly inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot that disrupted certification of Biden’s electoral win.
Congressional Democrats are likely to launch large-scale investigations of Trump administration actions and the president’s business empire if they reclaim power in 2027.
According to the RealClearPolitics polling average, Democrats lead in generic congressional ballot polls by four percentage points (46%-42%) — indicating that control of at least the House of Representatives is likely to change hands next year.
Trump urged House Republicans to focus on the financial impact of tax policies passed in his One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which will boost tax refunds early this year.
“You have so much ammunition, all you have to do is sell it — taxes,” Trump said.
“There are so many goodies in the bill. You have to get the word out, because the people in the back of the room won’t do it,” Trump said, referring to journalists.
“If we don’t win the midterms … they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told House Republicans at the recently rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center. REUTERSThe legislation, which passed without any Democratic votes, enacted Trump’s campaign pledges to slash taxes on tips and overtime pay and to allow for deductions on domestic car-loan interest.
The bill wipes out most tax liability for retirees and dramatically raises the State and Local Tax deduction to $40,000, benefiting primarily middle-class taxpayers in high-tax jurisdictions like New York.
The nonpartisan Tax Foundation estimates that average after-tax pay will increase by 5.4% as a result of the changes — with the biggest boost of about 6.3% felt by upper-middle-class earners in the 60-80% income percentiles.
The bill also allows people to claim up to $1,000 per filer in charitable donations even if they chose the standard deduction, and grants $1,000 in seed investment funding for new “Trump accounts” for children born between 2025 and 2028.
Polls indicate economic issues are a major liability for Trump — with the incumbent facing an average 55.6% disapproval rating on the issue, according to the RCP average.
Trump on Tuesday emphasized new stock-market records that he said would boost 401(k) values, and repeated his plans to blunt Democratic criticism on just-expired middle-class health insurance subsidies.
“Let the money go not to the big fat cats and the insurance companies that made 1,700% over the last short period of time. Let the money go directly to the people where they can buy their own health care,” Trump said.
“In a few days, I’m meeting with them all, 14 companies. I’m meeting with them all. I’m also meeting with oil companies … We got a lot of oil to drill, which is going to bring down oil prices even further.”
Trump said Democrats, who forced a 43-day government shutdown in October and November in a failed attempt to extend pandemic-era health insurance subsidies, are “owned by the insurance companies.”
“You guys don’t get money from the insurance companies. They do. They get a massive amount of money. It’s their biggest donor,” he argued. “They’re going to try and fight you, but they can’t win the fight if you explain it: The money goes directly to the people. That’s going to be your issue.”
