I have been to Washington twice.

Last time in 1990 - my book was published in English. Well, I flew from New York to Washington in a stinking business-vomit plane - it was called a shuttle. Like such a sky tram delivering New York businessmen who are pale with a hangover to jobs in Washington.

In the evening, the shuttle delivered them back to their families. Not necessarily the same shuttle. And I flew on promotion books. Well, not for a big promotion tour (Grove Presse was greedy): only on the East Coast and, here, in Washington.

So, the Capitol in Washington is visible from everywhere. You could go there in those distant times, sign up for an excursion, but I, I remember, had no desire. There, in the Capitol, the US Senate sits, who is now deciding whether to impeach Trump or not to impeach.

This procedure began on September 24, 2019 - it was then that the impeachment was launched by Nancy Pelosi, aunt-kashchey, head of the lower house of Congress. And the trial itself began on January 21, here, in the Capitol.

Basically, the world community has no doubt that they will not be impeached.

Trump, speaking in Davos on January 22, also expressed his confidence that they would not be impeached. Here is what he said:

“I am confident in the Senate - there are great people. These impeachment tricks are low jokes. It all started from the day I was elected. Look at what Congressman Al Green says, who said that the only way they (the Democrats - EL ) can win is to impeach me. He probably shouldn't have said that, but he said the way he thinks. "

Trump is an interested person, he wants everything to end happily for him. But will it end happily?

But I’m not sure that they will not be completely impeached. When I lived in New York, I happened to meet two senators. No, I was just a servant of the world bourgeoisie, and they stayed in the house of my boss Peter Sprague, whom I had a housekeeper. Senators were not strict rules: one all drove women. I had the impression then that it was not difficult to corrupt those two senators.

Well, yes, Republicans have the majority in the Senate: 54 senators are Republicans, and Democrats have 44 Senators.

But I learned that there are also two non-partisan candidates and they are part of a coalition with the Democrats, so that it turns out 54 against 46. And if we assume that the Democrats suddenly manage to drag several Republican senators to their side, then the unexpected can happen.

Still, Trump is not particularly loved by his Republican party members. He is not a standard Republican, and an impeachment case is being heard where the president is accused of using the state apparatus for his personal political purposes.

If the votes are distributed equally, then the actual chairman of the Senate, Vice President Pence, will come into his own, and it is clear that he will not betray his Trump. And if at least one vote from the Democrats gathers more against Trump, then Trump disappeared.

So far, everything is going well for Trump, despite the fact that Democratic Senator Schiff, who opened the meeting, read out the rationale for the impeachment of Trump for more than two hours.

And then the Democrats demanded that the White House request all recordings of conversations with Zelensky starting January 1, 2019. The Republican majority voted against.

Trump himself did not admit the charges and called the impeachment process a violation of the US Constitution, as well as an attempt to cancel the 2016 election results.

On January 21, the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell (noticed that in the spelling of his name there are already three letters repeated?) Made a resolution that was supported by all Republicans - a resolution to accelerate the impeachment process.

Republicans want quick. In order not to call additional witnesses. And the Democrats would like the process to drag on and on. In November, the election. Democrats want to dump Trump in tar and fluff until the very election, so that the most sleepy American voter will notice and remember, going to the polls, and would not vote for the one who was passed through the meat grinder of impeachment and dumped in tar and feathers.

The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.