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President Donald Trump ousted two key witnesses in the impeachment trial, days after the Senate voted to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Next he unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan that recycled previously rejected cuts, targeting domestic programs such as food stamps and Medicaid to promise a balanced budget in 15 years.
Trump’s revenge, as several websites dubbed the president’s post-impeachment moves responding to his acquittal and federal budget proposal submission, also included potshots taken at Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the sole Republican senator who made history by breaking party ranks and voting to remove Trump in the trial.
“You keep him, we don’t want him,” Trump told reporters when asked about Romney in a Feb. 10 news conference.
In one tweet amid a tirade reflecting his sense of vindication, Trump continued to deride his impeachment: “….This is the biggest political crime in American History, by far. SIMPLY PUT, THE PARTY IN POWER ILLEGALLY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE ELECTION, IN ORDER TO CHANGE OR NULLIFY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. IT CONTINUED ON WITH THE IMPEACHMENT HOAX. Terrible!”
Political comedian Bill Maher acknowledged Trump’s victory one day earlier, calling the first days in February the president’s “best week ever” on his HBO show. Keeping that perspective in proper context, Maher guest and Vox website founder Ezra Klein reminded viewers that a 49 percent approval rating in a Gallup poll, the most Trump has received after three years in office, is not particularly noteworthy.
In comparison to former President Barack Obama, who held a 45 percent approval rating at the same period in his first-term, Trump’s high is tempered by the fact that Obama’s rating then was a drop from the historic 67 percent rating with which he started his presidency.
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