The winner is Nancy Pelosi

Crowned with success or not, the impeachment process will remain with Trump.

This is what winners look like - Nancy Pelosi on December 19 in the U.S. Capitol
It was a historic moment when the charges in impeachment were voted on December 18, 2019 in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was a focal point of US political reality. An icy wind blew around the Capitol when the decisive votes were called by Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi after eleven hours of debate. The Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives and, despite the wide range of political positions, they cannot be divided. Almost unanimously, they voted for the impeachment of Donald Trump - firstly because of the abuse of power and secondly because of the handicap of the House of Representatives in his constitutional work.

The Democrats see themselves as defenders of the constitution, they want to show the limits to the current and future president. The whole process is to be understood as a warning to the President: the Democrats are unwilling to tolerate his blatant abuse of power for the sake of political advantage. It is also a sign that the House of Representatives is able and willing to carry out its task of controlling the President. Nancy Pelosi emphasized that no one is above the law and that the House of Representatives democrats are complaining of their duty to protect citizens. Ultimately, it is about putting a stop to influencing the 2020 elections just in time.

It is already certain that this procedure will determine American politics and the 2020 elections. The Democrats naturally want to use the procedure to politically hunt down Donald Trump. The main thing is to show that he fundamentally abused the office of President and is therefore not sustainable.

The impeachment process polarizes the torn country anew. Trump obviously hits the mark.

It is already certain that Trump will be left with the flaw of possible impeachment. Only two presidents were previously charged with this, and it already occurs during his first term in office. It will definitely have an impact on the outcome of the election next year.

The impeachment process polarizes the torn country anew. Trump obviously hits the mark. In the past few days, he has fired several volleys of Twitter tweets and a six-page letter to Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of attacking American democracy. At the time of the vote, Trump was in Michigan and was heating up his supporters - the trial was against them, his voters. Nancy Pelosi was aware of the seriousness of the hour and did not allow cheers at the end of the voting. Trump has risen against decency and decent people. But who will ultimately have the upper hand politically cannot be identified.

The founding fathers of the United States created the impeachment procedure to punish serious political misconduct during the term of office and thus avert damage from American society. This is how Alexander Hamilton wrote it in the Federalist Papers of 1787.

The country is to be protected from a man who is obviously not a suitable president, who violates the dignity of the office and who jeopardizes the security of the country.

For the Democrats in Congress, the point is now to show the misconduct of the President and, if possible, avert further damage. They understand that the process itself is unlikely to be successful. The hurdles the American Constitution sets for successful impeachment are very high.

In fact, the situation is as follows: The chairwoman of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, with the support of the democratic majority in the House of Representatives, initiated the impeachment procedure and successfully passed the indictment. Now she will hand this over to the Senate in due course, as the latter acts as judge in the proceedings. Only if two thirds of the senators agree to the impeachment can this be valid. 53 of the 100 senators are Republicans. Accordingly, it is unlikely that there will be 67 senators who will deprive Trump of the presidency. The Democrats should have 20 Republican senators on their side.

The process is something else. Congress is the presidential control body and the Democrats want to do justice to this constitutional role. The country is to be protected from a man who is obviously not a suitable president, who violates the dignity of the office and who jeopardizes the security of the country.

Trump is pursuing an institutionally scorched earth policy. The full extent of the long-term damage to US democracy is not even foreseeable.

The Republicans basically don't get involved in the process and the actual discussion. They linked their political future to Donald Trump's political survival. They attack the entire process as unfair or unconstitutional, or even claim that everything Trump did was fine. A Republican MP went as far as comparing the impeachment proceedings against Trump to the Japanese fleet's attack on Pearl Habor on December 7. 1,941th

We are experiencing a crisis in the institutions and a crisis in the constitution: Trump claims to be the president above the law. He expresses the absurd allegation that the constitutional right of the House of Representatives to initiate impeachment violates the constitution. In addition, he sees no misconduct in his phone call to the Ukrainian president. For the reasons mentioned above, the executive branch refuses to cooperate with the congress - this practically overrides the "checks and balances" system.

All of this is happening in the face of the fact that Trump has put pressure on another country's head of state to investigate a domestic rival to politically harm it. So it's a clear case of abuse of office - that's how 17 previous prosecutors see it in the Watergate trial. Trump is pursuing an institutionally scorched earth policy. The full extent of the long-term damage to US democracy is not even foreseeable.

It is still unclear how the public will judge. But it is likely that the process will have a major impact on independent voters.

Against this background, it is all the more important that the impeachment process has been launched. It is a political process, not a legal one. The founding fathers assumed that the Senate is a body beyond partiality and is therefore able to make decisions in the interests of the country. In today's political situation in the United States, the opposite is true: partiality determines decision-making in the Senate.

Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has already indicated that he is not interested in a fair and profound process. He made it clear that he would defend the president, bring the procedure to an end quickly, and coordinate closely with the White House. So Trump is unlikely to be convicted in the Senate. But the American public will judge.

Millions of people are already banned by the process. There were many clarifying moments, crystallization points, in which it became very clear what the President was doing and what he is capable or incapable of. It is still unclear how the public will judge. But it is likely that the process will have a major impact on independent voters. It is certain that shortly before Christmas the hour of parliament came in the USA and the winner is Nancy Pelosi.