premeditated amendment by someone who supports Trump
Thrown_Account_ on
No it wasn’t. Impeachment Conviction were written for President doing stuff that is considered extremely dangerous but still able to contest being unfit. The 25th was written for stuff that incapacitates a president so we have a way to pass the permissions and powers to the VP while the president is still technically alive.
Global_Crew3968 on
So was the 2nd. And that isn’t a threat of violence, that is just a fact. If the second amendment applies to anyone, it applies to a corrupt and lawless tyrant, attacking america from within at the service of foreign enemies. This is what every oath in government means when they say threats “foreign and domestic”. Trump is the enemy that the founders feared most. This is the enemy Lincoln talked about when he said the US could never be defeated militarily but only through suicide. This is the moment and we have failed the test, utterly, that history tried to prepare us for.
Professional_Row_307 on
Get him out N O W!
awkwardnetadmin on
I think the challenge is that Trump appointments for his cabinet focus so much on loyalty over competence that seems unlikely to ever happen unless he has a big Mac induced stroke that leaves him so incoherent that even Stephen Miller thinks it borders on Weekend at Bernie’s to pretend he is still capable of leading. The 25th amendment has a dispute resolution that has a higher threshold in Congress than impeachment so don’t really see it happening. I’m not entirely sure Vance would be a meaningful improvement although at least he seems to not shift his thinking at the drop of a hat.
Impossible_Brain_874 on
J just dont understand why people keep trying to impeach him this will be the third fail….it has to be all of his administration the constitution tells us what to do when the govt is working for the people but is helping fhemselves
Dwayla on
Senator Birch Bayh saw this coming..
Additional_Rich_5249 on
Yup
Bittererr on
No it wasn’t. It was written with JFK in mind. That’s why it was proposed and enacted in the wake of his death.
Artistic_Pineapple_7 on
No, it really wasn’t. It was made for a president having surgery or others wise unconscious.
It’s too messy of a process to be rid of a mad man that also controls Congress and the courts.
FreedomBread on
No, it wasn’t. Everyone needs to stop with this 25th amendment fantasy. It was made for a President who ends up comatose or incapacitated, not for a megalomaniac Alzheimer’s patient with a temper and persecution complex.
Stop with the 25th amendment nonsense.
Impossible_Brain_874 on
Ya mb succession or disability……
Mind_Killer on
Doesn’t matter unless you write an amendment for the Congress cucks who’ve surrendered all their power to him.
J-the-Kidder on
Not exactly. It was written with a non complicit Congress in mind. It was written with a Congress in mind that would not give away it’s power to a wannabe dictator. Instead, we’re at this point solely because of the complicit cowards of the Republican party. Nothing else. Full stop.
no-more-depravity on
“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office],”
The Constitution was carefully designed by the Founding Fathers to protect America from someone exactly like Trump.
certciv on
Except that it was not. I would encourage anyone that thinks the 25th Amendment is a realistic mechanism to remove Trump from office to actually read it. Specifically section 4. The Vice President and Cabinet can declare him incompetent and inform Congress, but all Trump would need to do at that point is send a letter to the President pro tempore and Speaker declaring his capacity to serve. And “Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue… by two-thirds vote of both Houses”.
caliboy559 on
But we have greedy cowards in Congress so sadly nothing will be done
Artrock80 on
They could enact the 25th amendment and Trump could undue it with a message saying he’s fine. Article 2, section 4 is the one that removes the entire cabinet.
raerae1991 on
So was impeachment and checks and balances
volanger on
The electoral college was written with trump in mind. The people elect a moron and the electoral college says no.
ShortStoryIntros on
Time to start putting pressure on the politicians supporting him still
He’ll be insulated until they start caving
Capable_Stomach_8229 on
What are the arguments against the statement of the former Director of the CIA? – Would be very interested in hearing them.
zomphlotz on
Yeah, but they also had a functional Congress in mind to carry it through.
plaidkingaerys on
Plenty of people have already noted the problems with this, but I’m just enjoying the idea of this headline being literally true. Like in 1967 Congress was like “You know what, Fred Trump’s son seems like a real piece of shit. Spoiled narcissist probably thinks he should be president or something. We’d better figure out an additional way to kick him out just in case that ever happens, because fuck that guy.”
keeden13 on
No it wasn’t.
Schapsouille on
Too bad lawmakers aren’t scared to take the bribes.
ikilledtupac on
The problem is that lawmakers won’t do anything about it.
thegoatmenace on
I mean this is kind of an ahistorical take. The amendment was created after the Kennedy assassination when they realized they didn’t know how to handle a president becoming incapacitated. It wasn’t actually designed as a work around for impeachment, even though it technically could be used in that way. The purpose of it is to have a way to get rid of the president if they become physically incapable of doing their job due to some unforeseen circumstances.
tmountain on
We have all the tools necessary to remove Trump from office. We don’t need the 25th Amendment. There’s a much more direct remedy. Impeachment and removal. The problem is, congress has put party over country and will let us all die in a nuclear escalation before they’ll take action on someone from their own party.
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premeditated amendment by someone who supports Trump
No it wasn’t. Impeachment Conviction were written for President doing stuff that is considered extremely dangerous but still able to contest being unfit. The 25th was written for stuff that incapacitates a president so we have a way to pass the permissions and powers to the VP while the president is still technically alive.
So was the 2nd. And that isn’t a threat of violence, that is just a fact. If the second amendment applies to anyone, it applies to a corrupt and lawless tyrant, attacking america from within at the service of foreign enemies. This is what every oath in government means when they say threats “foreign and domestic”. Trump is the enemy that the founders feared most. This is the enemy Lincoln talked about when he said the US could never be defeated militarily but only through suicide. This is the moment and we have failed the test, utterly, that history tried to prepare us for.
Get him out N O W!
I think the challenge is that Trump appointments for his cabinet focus so much on loyalty over competence that seems unlikely to ever happen unless he has a big Mac induced stroke that leaves him so incoherent that even Stephen Miller thinks it borders on Weekend at Bernie’s to pretend he is still capable of leading. The 25th amendment has a dispute resolution that has a higher threshold in Congress than impeachment so don’t really see it happening. I’m not entirely sure Vance would be a meaningful improvement although at least he seems to not shift his thinking at the drop of a hat.
J just dont understand why people keep trying to impeach him this will be the third fail….it has to be all of his administration the constitution tells us what to do when the govt is working for the people but is helping fhemselves
Senator Birch Bayh saw this coming..
Yup
No it wasn’t. It was written with JFK in mind. That’s why it was proposed and enacted in the wake of his death.
No, it really wasn’t. It was made for a president having surgery or others wise unconscious.
It’s too messy of a process to be rid of a mad man that also controls Congress and the courts.
No, it wasn’t. Everyone needs to stop with this 25th amendment fantasy. It was made for a President who ends up comatose or incapacitated, not for a megalomaniac Alzheimer’s patient with a temper and persecution complex.
Stop with the 25th amendment nonsense.
Ya mb succession or disability……
Doesn’t matter unless you write an amendment for the Congress cucks who’ve surrendered all their power to him.
Not exactly. It was written with a non complicit Congress in mind. It was written with a Congress in mind that would not give away it’s power to a wannabe dictator. Instead, we’re at this point solely because of the complicit cowards of the Republican party. Nothing else. Full stop.
“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office],”
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/11/trump-mass-pardons-end-of-presidential-term](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/11/trump-mass-pardons-end-of-presidential-term)
The Constitution was carefully designed by the Founding Fathers to protect America from someone exactly like Trump.
Except that it was not. I would encourage anyone that thinks the 25th Amendment is a realistic mechanism to remove Trump from office to actually read it. Specifically section 4. The Vice President and Cabinet can declare him incompetent and inform Congress, but all Trump would need to do at that point is send a letter to the President pro tempore and Speaker declaring his capacity to serve. And “Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue… by two-thirds vote of both Houses”.
But we have greedy cowards in Congress so sadly nothing will be done
They could enact the 25th amendment and Trump could undue it with a message saying he’s fine. Article 2, section 4 is the one that removes the entire cabinet.
So was impeachment and checks and balances
The electoral college was written with trump in mind. The people elect a moron and the electoral college says no.
Time to start putting pressure on the politicians supporting him still
He’ll be insulated until they start caving
What are the arguments against the statement of the former Director of the CIA? – Would be very interested in hearing them.
Yeah, but they also had a functional Congress in mind to carry it through.
Plenty of people have already noted the problems with this, but I’m just enjoying the idea of this headline being literally true. Like in 1967 Congress was like “You know what, Fred Trump’s son seems like a real piece of shit. Spoiled narcissist probably thinks he should be president or something. We’d better figure out an additional way to kick him out just in case that ever happens, because fuck that guy.”
No it wasn’t.
Too bad lawmakers aren’t scared to take the bribes.
The problem is that lawmakers won’t do anything about it.
I mean this is kind of an ahistorical take. The amendment was created after the Kennedy assassination when they realized they didn’t know how to handle a president becoming incapacitated. It wasn’t actually designed as a work around for impeachment, even though it technically could be used in that way. The purpose of it is to have a way to get rid of the president if they become physically incapable of doing their job due to some unforeseen circumstances.
We have all the tools necessary to remove Trump from office. We don’t need the 25th Amendment. There’s a much more direct remedy. Impeachment and removal. The problem is, congress has put party over country and will let us all die in a nuclear escalation before they’ll take action on someone from their own party.