As members of Congress moved to make him the third US president in history to be impeached, Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Michigan. He shrugged off the vote in Washington, saying: 'It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached.' 

The House voted 230-197 to approve the first article of impeachment, charging Trump with abuse of power, and 229-190 for the second article, charging him with obstruction of Congress. 

But the president was not fazed by the vote, instead remarking that it had made him politically stronger. 'This lawless, partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the Democratic party – have you seen my polls in the last four weeks?' The crowd roared in response