Donald Trump is not currently being impeached in 2025 or 2026, but the threat hangs over Washington like a storm that never quite breaks. Democrats such as Rep. Shri Thanedar and Rep. Al Green have filed impeachment resolutions, accusing Trump of abusing power and undermining democracy, yet Republican control of Congress has turned those efforts into symbolic warning shots rather than live ammunition. Key votes to table impeachment resolutions – including those backed by some Democrats – reveal a party divided between moral outrage and cold electoral calculation.
Trump’s past impeachments still shape every move. He was impeached in 2019 over Ukraine and again in 2021 for “incitement to insurrection” after Jan. 6, only to be acquitted twice by the Senate. Those trials left scars on both parties and hardened Trump’s base. Today, impeachment is less a legal endpoint than a permanent shadow over his presidency, a reminder that one election, or a handful of House seats, could flip the script overnight.