Norm Ornstein retweeted this article by a Democratic political consultant, who believes that Pelosi’s endgame is to get Trump to resign. Perhaps my brain is addled by middle-of-the-night doomscrolling, but I wanted to write down all the reasons why this could happen, in no particular order. (Note that this isn’t what the consultant said it’s my best effort, but you might want to read his article first.)
Let’s take for granted the obvious: Trump will not resign because of shame or duty, only self-interest. (I don’t know if I even needed to say that.) So here are some reasons that it might be in Trump’s interest: