The only problem with impeachment is that it might drive Donald Trump even crazier than usual.

Or probably.

The scariest thing about the whole process has been the president’s absolute, total inability to handle it like a sane person, let alone a sensible politician. On the day before the impeachment vote, when reporters asked Trump if he accepted any responsibility for what was happening, he did not say, “I just wish I could have been clearer about my total dedication to the country’s welfare.” He said: “No. I don’t take any.”

This was at a meeting with the president of Guatemala, during which Trump suggested that Guatemalans, whose country is mired in political corruption and violence, would know how to handle those House Democrats.

During the impeachment debate, Republicans howled about how the opposition was trying to turn back the results of the 2016 election. It’s true that Democrats would love to be living in a country where the woman who won the popular vote was in the White House. But, as Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler pointed out, if Trump actually did get tossed out of office, “the new president will be Mike Pence, not Hillary Clinton.”