Donald Trump defends himself: ‘You can’t impeach someone who’s doing a great job’ – National

U.S. President Donald Trump responded to impeachment threats made by a newly sworn in Democrat Friday by defending his track record amid a government shutdown.

While speaking outside the White House in a rambling news conference, the president said: “You can’t impeach someone who’s doing a great job. That’s how I view it.”

Trump was responding to a statement made by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who was elected in the U.S. midterm election in November and officially sworn in to the House of Representatives Thursday.

“We’re going to go in there and we’re going to impeach the motherf*****,” Tlaib said on her first day in office.

Trump also reacted to the statement earlier on Friday on Twitter, suggesting that Democrats are threatened by him.

“They only want to impeach me because they know they can’t win in 2020, too much success!” he wrote.

This is a developing story and will be updated.