Campaigning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Friday, August 21, 2026, Trump told supporters he expects to be impeached if Republicans lose the midterm elections in November, warning that they would “lose everything” if Democrats took control of Congress for his final two years.
He had made the same argument earlier in the year at a House Republican policy retreat: “You got to win the midterms, because if we don't win the midterms, it's just going to be, I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me.”
The statement is worth recording because it is an explicit account of what the president believes is at stake for him personally in an election his administration is simultaneously seeking to shape, through the mail-voting executive order, the USPS ballot rule, the voter-roll lawsuits and the Justice Department's election-related interventions. Predicting impeachment is not itself improper. Stating that the consequence of losing is personal legal jeopardy, while directing federal agencies into the administration of that election, is the context in which the rest of the record sits.
Update (October 8, 2026): Asked on October 7 what Democrats would impeach him for, Trump said, “I could have done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could have done very, very bad things to Joe Biden,” The Hill reported, adding, “I can do whatever I want, if I want,” according to The National Desk. His Justice Department has pursued cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, MS NOW noted.
Update (October 17, 2026): in an October 15 Newsmax interview, Trump said, “I could have done numbers on Barack Hussein Obama. Still could, I still could, I could do big numbers if I wanted to,” and, “We have a lot of information on Sleepy Joe Biden.” Asked whether he intended to act on it, he said, “Well, I mean, I guess not. Probably not. But I think if they impeach me again, you know, again.” Some headlines described this as a threat of criminal action; his words stop short of that.