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Wag the dog is a political term and concept that refers to any effort to distract from an important and/or scandalous issue by creating some artificial sensation, often through military action. Elizabeth Warren has suggested Donald Trump ordered the drone assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani to distract the American public from his own impeachment, taking the country “to the edge of war” for his own political purposes. After the House voted last month, the articles of impeachment were expected to swiftly go to the Senate for a trial to determine if Trump should be removed from office. Trump is not expected to be convicted in the Senate because Democrats have nowhere near the 67 votes needed to remove him.
But Pelosi has held the articles in the House, hoping to give Senate Democrats leverage in their negotiations with Senate Republicans for more favorable terms for the trial.