A day after the House impeached him for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, President Trump was "still a little shellshocked," The New York Times reports. "Despite the clear momentum behind impeachment among Democrats in recent weeks, some of Mr. Trump's advisers tried to convince him — and themselves — that [House] Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not have the votes and might not even bring the articles of impeachment to the floor."
But Trump woke up Thursday "with the scarlet letter of impeachment marked with indelible ink on his page in the history books," and "however much the humiliation and the ensuing news coverage stung," the Times reports, "Trump was intent on not showing it — even in private." Trump polled his advisers about how to respond if Pelosi indefinitely delayed sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, and "the answers varied," the Times says, "including trying to push through a trial regardless or arguing that he technically was never actually impeached in the first place."
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