Over the weekend,
President Trump tweeted a warning that the House's impeachment inquiry into his interactions with
Ukraine could push the country to civil war, and on Tuesday, he tweeted that he's "coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP, intended to take away the Power of the People." Obviously, it isn't.
A coup d'état is "the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group," usually by the military. Impeachment is a form of extraordinary constitutional remedy granted the duly elected and co-equal legislative branch of the U.S. government. "The 'coup' stuff, just like the civil war stuff can be traced to pro-Trump media where it floated up into the Hannitys of the world and then to the president," The
New York Times' Charlie Warzel explained. It's jarring when the president of the
United States tweets it.
Not only is it dangerous, it's also pretty nonsensical.
In any case, 20
Republican senators would have to side with all 47 members of the
Democratic caucus to actually remove Trump from office, so this isn't exactly a power move on Trump's part.