Impeachment is a dangerous path for the whole of the United States

Nancy Pelosi is determined to get Donald Trump. She is fighting from all corners to seize all the relevant documents with subpoenas flying around like wedding confetti. Meantime, Pelosi is talking about legislation to reduce prescription charges. All well and good but it's difficult to believe that anything is going to be achieved until this wretched impeachment inquiry is over. Trump is getting angrier by the day. Today he denounced the whole thing as "bullshit". Not a very presidential word. There is little dignity left in American politics right now. It's the same in the UK, with MPs getting more and more angry and the public getting more and more desperate, and bad language heard everywhere. All because of Brexit. Trump may think the impeachment inquiry is bullshit but there is nothing he can do about it. The momentum is building up and the haste with which the Democrats are gathering material could mean that by the end of November we could have a result, one way or the other. But could the impeachment bandwagon have unpredictable consequences? Trump today has tweeted that the Democrats are hell-bent on ruining the country and destroying the economy. It's an exaggeration but it is probably true that as impeachment becomes the only issue in Washington, it could have a spectacular impact on the economy because of a loss of confidence in the administration. Businesses and industry could suffer, especially if the feared recession emerges. Does Pelosi really think that government can continue as normal with impeachment hanging over the White House? If Trump is impeached and forced out of office she will no doubt believe that it was all worth it. But if she fails and the Senate votes against impeachment, AND the economy dives, she will be blamed, and whoever wins the Democratic nomination for president will be massively defeated. It was a huge gamble when she decided to approve an impeachment inquiry. Whatever the result, the United States of America will suffer.