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We impeached him twice. He just didn’t get removed.

Because America is a completely corrupt society hiding behind the facade of a first world country. It's an example of how capitalism rewards the shittiest people who have no empathy for others unless they can benefit from them.

Because the political machinery is captive to the ruling class.

Trump's party has a majority in both Congressional houses. Also, for impeachment to become a conviction, you need 2/3 of the vote in the Senate to get Trump pushed out of office. That will require several of Trump's party's senators to vote for impeachment. During the last Trump impeachment, only one of Trump's party voted for impeachment and he is no longer a senator.

Because Republicans vs Democrats has almost reached North Korea vs South Korea status. Republicans want their "democratic" glorious leader and Democrats want profits. And neither care about the people.

You'd need a majority in Congress and a super majorty in the Senate to be successful. Both houses currently support Trump. He was impeached twice in his first term but not removed because of a lack of a Senate super majority.

He's still very popular, many peooke are disappointed bevase he's not more aggressive.

An example, reading some comments in the FT about the No Kings protest and many of the comments said Trump should arrest all the protestors for being commie traitors

US Politics is absurdist theatre for the rest of the world

The funny thing is that they tried to impeach trump twice the first time he was president. Both times failed because there weren't enough votes in the senate to actually impeach him.

So, even if 'muricans tried again, it's likely the impeachment would fail again because of their senate

Because impeachment is only the first step of the process, and removing him from office would require a 2/3 majority after he’s impeached. Currently, his supporters hold a majority in every branch of the government, which is how they’ve been able to pass so much heinous shit in such a short period. So there’s no chance of that 2/3 vote happening under the current congress.

We did. Twice.

Impeachment is essentially the official accusation. This then has to go to trail in the Senate, and the Senate has never been un-corrupt enough to convict him.

In the words of Gomez Adams, "Well aren't you a lady killer?" "Acquitted!"

Why can’t the U.S do the same, if Donald Trump is so bad?

We don't have a legal mechanism for it. In the US Constitution, the people do not have a direct power of impeachment. As a Federalist system, the US Federal Government was designed as a government of governments. So, the power to impeaching the US President is given to Congress, not the people.

Impeachment is a two step process in the US. The House of Representatives (the larger of the two houses) is required to pass Articles of Impeachment which list the reasons for removal. Those are then taken up by the Senate (the smaller house) which tries the President and requires a 2/3 majority to convict the President.

While it's easy to get a sense that everyone hates the US President, especially here on Lemmy, his popularity isn't all that far behind previous US Presidents. Yes, he is net unpopular, but not so much that his removal is politically possible. His own party (Republicans) still supports him, and they hold majorities in both houses. As such, they are neither going to pass Articles of Impeachment, nor would they convict him (and most certainly not at the 2/3 level needed in the Senate).

Why are some Americans even supporting him?

The US is rather starkly divided, politically speaking, at the moment. And people will overlook a lot from the leaders of their own party, if it means keeping the other party out of power. Trump is the latest, and one of the more extreme examples of this. His claims that he could shoot someone and not lose any votes may be close to true. There was a special election in 2017 where the Republican candidate had credible allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor. This was for a Senate seat from Alabama, which one would normally expect to vote overwhelmingly Republican. Moore did end up losing, but is was closer than one would expect, when one of the candidates is likely a pedophile.

Again, if your only source of information about US politics comes from Lemmy, you're getting a very skewed view. Yes, he's not popular at the moment, but there is a large segment of the US population which agrees with him. And that means we're kinda stuck with him until 2018.

Trump was impeached twice in his first term. Impeachment in the US does not mean removal from office and too many on his side protect him

If we get majority in 2026, he will be impeached. That's why he's attacking all things voting. Districts, machines, and methods.

no one really liked him being there, even his own party

This is the difference. Trump is still liked by roughly half the country. And the Republican party still fully supports him.

He's been impeached twice already. What will a third impeachment accomplish? We've already shown that it's just theatrics and he doesn't give a shit...

Why didn't Germany impeach Hitler in 1939?

It's a two step process: a majority of the House must vote to impeach, then the Senate has a trial where you need a two-thirds majority to convict and remove them from office. House Democrats actually impeached Trump twice in his first term when they had the majority (once for blackmailing Ukraine, and again after the January 6th attack), but Republicans in the Senate blocked conviction.

Right now, Republicans have the majority in both the House and the Senate, so there's not even a chance of impeachment, much less conviction.

Because it doesn’t work anymore, especially with the Republicans in charge. They know that if trump goes they’ll be held to account, too, so better to keep the PoS in office so they don’t have to deal with any fallout. They’d have to follow through with removal from office. Impeachment has become nothing more than wagging a finger and a furrowed brow

His party members either love him, is too terrified to say otherwise, or is just milking the cow - and they make up the majority of government.

USA is COOKED, sorry to say.

The Founders created the impeachment process without consideration for political parties. They naively assumed Congress would act in accordance with the Constitution and standard jurisprudence with no regard for ideology. While it hasn't always been this way, there are really only two parties that matter at the Federal level. The House of Representatives, which is responsible for determining whether a trial is appropriate (similar to a Grand Jury), is controlled by Republicans. They won't even consider holding impeachment hearings, let alone recommend a trial in the Senate. The Senate, also controlled by Republicans, would likely do the same thing they did twice during his first term, which is essentially nothing.

Why they vote for him in the first place lol

American politicians face zero accountability. It's a time-honored tradition

Because it requires political cooperation. And in a society at polarised as theirs there is no chance of that happening with his cult of personality.

Because in the US you have to have a legislature willing to impeach the president. and the legislature is currently being controlled by Trump's party. also the courts. he has 100% control of the government and he's doing whatever he wants. the only thing that could stop him now is a revolution.

Trump's presidency is a materialization of Yankee elites panicking. USA is going to lose a hegemony it achieved after USSR collapsed and Trump is making desperate moves trying to stop it. And the ruling class (the billionaires) support it in general.

Cause the system is broken by design and the people can’t just do it.

Because impeachment is not a mechanic made to protect the people, it's a way for the ruling class to get rid of an official that has become a problem to them in one way or another.