President Trump says he does not expect Democrats to impeach him a third time, even if they win back the House majority this January.
Quick Take
- Trump told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” he “can’t imagine” a third impeachment attempt against him
- He pointed to his own job performance, calling his last two years “the best… in the history of the presidency”
- Trump argued his first two impeachments actually helped him politically
- The comment came as Democrats are poised to retake House control after midterm gains
What Trump Actually Said On Camera
Correspondent Ross Douthat asked Trump a direct question during the interview: do you think they’ll impeach you again? Trump’s answer was short and confident. “I can’t imagine it, you know?” he said, brushing off the idea with the kind of certainty that has defined his public style for a decade.
Does President Trump think Democrats will try to impeach him a third time?
“What have I done? I've had the best two years in the history of the presidency,” Trump responds. https://t.co/yeU4xzmmGy pic.twitter.com/VGe1Vhakj6
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 9, 2026
Trump backed up his prediction with a question of his own. “What have I done?” he asked, before declaring he’d had “the best two years in the history of the presidency.” It’s the kind of claim that invites debate, but Trump offered it as his own blunt self-assessment, not as a polling statistic or historical ranking from outside analysts.
Why Trump Thinks Past Impeachments Help His Case
Trump has been impeached twice before. The House impeached him in 2019 over his dealings with Ukraine, then again after the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Both times, the Senate acquitted him. In the “60 Minutes” interview, Trump leaned on that history as evidence working in his favor. “They impeached me twice,” he said. “And there are those that say that worked out to my advantage”.
That framing matters because it shapes how Trump expects Democrats to calculate their next move. If past impeachments boosted his standing instead of hurting him, as he claims, then a third attempt could carry political risk for Democrats rather than for him. Fox News coverage of the interview highlighted this exact logic as the backbone of his dismissal.
The Midterm Backdrop Driving This Conversation
Trump’s comments landed right after Democrats posted gains in the midterm elections, putting them in position to control the House again come January. That timing is no accident. Fox News reported Trump specifically addressed whether Democrats would move on impeachment “once they retake Congress,” tying his prediction to a concrete political scenario rather than a vague guess about the future.
Who Actually Holds The Power To Impeach
Impeachment isn’t a popularity contest or a talk-show prediction. The Constitution gives the House of Representatives sole authority to bring impeachment charges, while the Senate alone decides whether to convict and remove a president from office. A Democratic majority could open investigations, issue subpoenas, or even vote to impeach without any real chance the Senate convicts, using the threat itself as a pressure tool against the administration.
History offers a useful reality check here, too. Impeachment has rarely been a popular move with the broader public, even when it energizes each party’s base. Support for impeaching Bill Clinton in 1998 never cracked a majority in national polling, and both Trump impeachments split the country almost entirely along party lines. That pattern suggests any third attempt would likely follow the same partisan script, regardless of what evidence investigators uncover.
What Comes Next For Democrats And The White House
Democratic lawmakers have already called for investigations and subpoenas targeting members of the Trump administration, according to Fox News’ reporting on the interview. That creates a real pathway toward further scrutiny even without a formal impeachment vote on the table yet. Whether that scrutiny ever turns into articles of impeachment remains an open question that depends entirely on choices Democratic leadership hasn’t yet made public.
For now, Trump’s position is clear, confident, and consistent with how he’s handled impeachment threats before: treat them as political theater rather than genuine danger. Given the history of two failed impeachments and Senate acquittals, that confidence isn’t unreasonable. Common sense suggests Democrats would need more than frustration to make a third attempt stick where the first two didn’t.
Whether Democrats test that theory once they control the House gavel again is the next chapter in a story that has already run twice before.
