The 25th Amendment. Everyone’s favorite escape hatch. Surely this latest behavior will impel the sane and reasonable patriots around our President will see the threat he represents and jointly remove him from power?
It’s a complete and utter fantasy. It will never happen. It will never ever ever ever [add several more evers and nevers] happen. One reason is the cabinet composition: primarily DEI incompetents, personal lickspittles for Trump. But even without that it will never happen.
Here is the process to remove a president who doesn’t want to be removed:
- The Vice President and a majority of the cabinet officials tell the Senate and House they’re invoking the amendment. JD Vance is large and in charge.
- The President says I’m fine. Trump is back.
- Again, the VP and cabinet invoke the amendment. It gets dumped to Congress.
- Congress votes. Both the House and Senate need a 2/3 majority to remove the President.
Step 4 is the kicker. In the end, 2/3 of both congressional houses are needed. Compare that to the bar for “regular” impeachment. That only requires a majority of the House and 2/3 votes in the Senate.
It is easier to impeach the president than to remove him via the 25th amendment. And the last two impeachments did not exactly reveal a large faction of constitutional patriots.
The 25th Amendment was designed for medical incapacitation, not as a political alternative to impeachment. It essentially falls apart if the president resists.
Anyone seriously thinking the 25th amendment is an option is not thinking seriously.