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In reply to the discussion: If Michael Flynn isnt fired over Russia tomorrow, it means Donald Trump is going down with him [View all]meadowlander
(4,658 posts)to the extent that there is significant evidence that the election was tampered with to some extent by a foreign government, there is good reason to suspect that the President is compromised by that government, but because the President's party won a majority of seats in the House and Senate (possibly also as a result of the same tampering) there is no constitutional mechanism to remove that President from office for four full years no matter what his actions are and no matter what percent of the American public think he should be impeached.
Most governments using the Westminster system have the ability for parliament to introduce a vote of no confidence when they think that their leader has lost the ability to govern effectively as a result of some scandal or other. If the vote passes, the election moves up.
If an opposition party tries it against a President who is actually reasonably popular, it can backfire against them. Lots of people don't like parties that play politics by constantly trying to oust the government and will vote to keep the sitting leader unless the situation has really become untenable. And if the leader is brought back by a significant margin, it sends a message to the opposition party to stop whining and get back to work.