So, the Brexit thread has established that us Brits can disagree civilly. Let's see if our colonial cousins can manage it. I appreciate I'm potentially poking a hornets nest here so try not to get too personal.

Thoughts on the impeachment of Trump? Doomed to failure in the face of a Republican Congress? Were the Bidens engaged in corrupt practices? Did the withholding of aid to Ukraine constitute a threat? Will Trump release the Transcripts unredacted as he's promised to and will they contain a smoking gun?

My own personal conspiracy theory: Trump has shown an ability to play his political opponents like a fiddle. He started offering to release the unredacted transcripts pretty early in this particular scandal and, while that could be someone trying to smokescreen it feels to me more like he knows there's no smoking gun in there. He'll spin the Dems out until they're baying for blood then finally release it and... nothing.

Thoughts?