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2 verified reports published on December 11, 2019.
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The big-picture problem for Trump on December 11 was not just the substance of the impeachment fight. It was that his team kept reaching for spectacle, and the spectacle kept backfiring.
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While Trump’s campaign was busy with its comic-book routine, the House Judiciary Committee was debating articles of impeachment accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The day showed how far the Ukraine scandal had pushed the presidency into formal constitutional danger, with even allies bracing for the political damage ahead.
The Trump campaign pushed out an Avengers-themed video casting Trump as Thanos, the universe-wiping supervillain, just as House Democrats were moving ahead with impeachment. The clip was meant to project swagger, but it mostly underlined how quickly Trump-world reaches for trollish imagery even when the political ground is sliding under its feet.