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orangecrush

(30,495 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 03:26 PM 13 hrs ago

Trump's Iran threat spurs calls to invoke 25th Amendment -- from an eclectic group (CNN)

Lawmakers have repeatedly floated the method for removing a president, as laid out in the Constitution, in recent years. And Donald Trump’s Cabinet apparently discussed the option more earnestly than many initially realized after the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

To successfully remove Trump, a majority of his Cabinet and his vice president would have to be supportive. And there are no indications any Cabinet officials are considering it right now, or that Vice President JD Vance would be on board. But Trump’s comment Tuesday morning that a “whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran makes a deal has spurred increasing calls — among a somewhat odd amalgamation of voices — to invoke the amendment.

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By Tuesday morning, right-leaning advocates for the step spanned from more-extreme influencers to former Trump White House official Anthony Scaramucci to more-moderate Never Trumpers.


https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/25th-amendment-trump-iran-war


I just called my Congress people, FWIW.


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Trump's Iran threat spurs calls to invoke 25th Amendment -- from an eclectic group (CNN) (Original Post) orangecrush 13 hrs ago OP
And get Vance? pfitz59 13 hrs ago #1
Who do you think is doing the actual work now? It certainly isn't niyad 13 hrs ago #3
I'm invoking a blood clot. Right now, if possible. niyad 13 hrs ago #2
... orangecrush 12 hrs ago #4
Advice to JD: Take the office and promise the dementia patient a potus pardon if he resigns and goes away lindysalsagal 12 hrs ago #5

niyad

(132,643 posts)
3. Who do you think is doing the actual work now? It certainly isn't
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 03:31 PM
13 hrs ago

sundowning rapist grampy.

lindysalsagal

(22,934 posts)
5. Advice to JD: Take the office and promise the dementia patient a potus pardon if he resigns and goes away
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:30 PM
12 hrs ago

and take his social media offline.

He's not gonna live long enough to ever see the inside of a prison. Even if he did, he'll be so far out of his mind by then it won't matter.

It's enough to kill off maga once and for all.

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