Mulvaney revealed Trump's strategy for escaping impeachment.

[Kablooie]

Sooner or later Trump will admit trying to get dirt from the Ukraine to help his campaign but say it's normal, everyone does it.
Like all his crimes, he admits it, normalizes it, and accuses everyone else of doing the same thing.
His base eats it up and Republicans can then breathe a sigh of relief because it gives them cover for supporting him.

It's worked in the past and it's likely to work again.

[Moostache]

1. If so, then I would fight fire with fire...

He wants Ukrainian and Russian money and "dirt"?
Fine.

There are Western European allies from the UK to France to Germany with MUCH larger economies and MUCH larger axes to grind with Herr Twitler. The Chinese are also potential sources of anti-Trump cash if they were to understand that a better deal is out there for them if they help remove the cancer from the heart of the US government.

[Phoenix61]

2. I don't think that's going to work this time.

I believe leaving the Kurds to be slaughtered has changed the dynamics more than a little. There is no way to spin that. It is what it is. It gives those who wanted to bail on him a safe way to do so.

[beachbumbob]

3. nothing he or trump can do to escape impeachment, only takes 51% of the house members to impeach

do not confuse with conviction in the Senate. Impeachment is the passage of the Articles of Impeachment with 51% of the house voting.

[Kablooie]

4. By escaping I mean not being convicted in the impeachment.

Yes he will be impeached, but it's still unlikely that he will be convicted.

(Guess I didn't say it clearly)

[beachbumbob]

5. I doubt that McConnel will even allow a trial