‘I can do whatever I want’: Trump invokes impeachment after naming Obama, Biden, Hillary
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump said he can now “do whatever I want,” tying that claim to his two impeachments and saying he once restrained himself from targeting political rivals.
Trump said he avoided “very bad” action against Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama because he viewed the presidency as “sacred.”
He made the remarks from the White House Oval Office on Wednesday, October 7, while announcing the automatic enrollment of millions of American children in his “Trump Accounts” and answering questions from reporters.
Q: You say that the Democrats will impeach you. For what? Trump: They don’t know. https://t.co/JsECHn6ki7
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 7, 2026
Trump ties impeachment to claims of restraint
Trump said his previous restraint came despite what he described as actions against him, including two impeachments.
“Then I found out that they impeached me twice, and I certainly, even to this moment, I can do whatever I want if I want,” he said.
He then listed Clinton, Biden and Obama, saying he could have acted against them but chose not to.
“I thought it was inappropriate to do so because you have to treat the office of the presidency with respect,” Trump said.
Trump has repeatedly portrayed the impeachments as part of a broader campaign by political opponents and government institutions to undermine him.
The first, in 2019, involved allegations that he abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden.
The second followed the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and accused him of inciting an insurrection. The Senate acquitted Trump in both cases.
President Trump allies seek symbolic reversal of impeachments
The current effort would ask Congress to pass a resolution that would symbolically nullify the two impeachments.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the proposal on June 11, and a White House official confirmed it.
The measure would not have legal force because the Constitution provides no procedure for undoing an impeachment. It would instead amount largely to a political statement, as per the Guardian.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended the proposal and accused Democrats of partisan attacks against Trump.
“Trump-deranged Democrats have spent years launching phoney attacks against the president and weaponising the government against him,” she said, the outlet cited.
However, Trump said Wednesday that he "could have done very, very bad things to Joe Biden. I could have done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama. I thought it was inappropriate to do so because you have to treat the office of the presidency with respect."
Presidency must be treated with respect, Trump says
Trump said he had “plenty of people” urging him to take action against Biden, Clinton and Obama but rejected the idea because he viewed the presidency as a “sacred position.”
“I thought it was inappropriate to do so because you have to treat the office of the presidency with respect,” he said.
Trump also defended himself against his two impeachments, saying, “They went after me twice. I won overwhelmingly. It was thrown out. Both of them were thrown out overwhelmingly.”
He then criticized Rep Al Green, who he said was among those calling for his impeachment, before reiterating that the presidency should not be treated with disrespect.
