It’s sad. It’s not what many of us wanted.
When this crisis began to emerge, I was ready, personally, to let bygones be bygones. Forget about impeachment, forget about everything: I was ready to rally around the flag and President Trump. Even during the first month or two of errors I was still ready and eager to do it, because I knew that everyone makes mistakes; it’s how you adjust. Deep into April I was willing to forgive Trump anything and everything: a crisis defines a leader. I can come up with dozens of historical examples in which a mediocrity or even incompetent head of state reacts to a crisis in a heroic manner and that’s what defines him forever after.
But all he’s done is the same old game: lay the blame on others and attack them, shift responsibility to anyone but himself, engage in conspiracy theories, and attempt to divide the nation rather than try to unite it. It’s been a terrible performance and he will have to pay the price.