U.S. President Donald Trump has warned all those calling for his head about the consequences of his impeachment.
In an interview with âFox and Friendsâ host Ainsley Earhardt in White House, Trump said the market would crash if he were forced out of office.
âI think everybody would be very poor,â he said, before pointing to his head. âBecause without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldnât believe.â
Calls for Trumpâs impeachment came in the wake of revelations by his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen that he paid hush money to two women, on Trumpâs instruction.
But in the interview broadcast early Thursday, Trump questioned why there are calls for his impeachment because heâs âsomebody whoâs done a great job.â
âFox and Friendsâ host Ainsley Earhardt asked Trump if Democrats will move to impeach him if they retake the House during Novemberâs midterm elections.
âI donât know how you can impeach somebody whoâs done a great job,â Trump responded.
If Hillary Clinton had been elected, Trump said, the gross domestic product rate would not have hit 4.1 percent this last quarter.
âHad Hillary and the Democrats gotten in, had she been president, you would have had negative growth,â he said.
Trump also touted his âgreatâ relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping days before he is expected to impose another round of tariffs on China. Beijing is then expected to retaliate.
âWhen I came in, China was a dominant force,â he told Earhardt. âNow they like me very much.â
Trump has previously warned that Republicans need to maintain the House majority, otherwise he could face impeachment from Democrats.
Calls for Trumpâs removal have renewed this week after his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and implicated the president.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), however, said on Wednesday that Trumpâs ouster is ânot a priority.â