Donald Trump, Alex Pretti and 2nd Amendment
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Some Democrats have questioned Trump’s fitness for office, and issued calls to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Calls are growing to use the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office. This constitutional provision allows for the transfer of presidential authority to the vice president. Concerns have risen over Trump's aggressive stance on acquiring Greenland.
The 25th Amendment ensures that “the United States will always possess a functioning President and Vice President” and that in the event of the President’s removal from office, it “provides for the prompt, orderly, and democratic transfer of executive power,” according to the Constitution .
That president was Richard Nixon. After the Watergate scandal shocked the country, Nixon was told he could either step down or face impeachment and punishment. He decided to resign instead of staying in office.
Several Democratic lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump's cabinet to invoke a never-used constitutional provision to remove him from office.
The 25th Amendment explained as debate resurfaces following Donald Trump's 33 posts in 45 minutes and renewed attention on presidential capacity.
How could a sitting US president be legally removed from office? Most people have heard of impeachment, a power granted to (and rarely used by) the US Congress. But there’s also the 25th amendment to the US Constitution,
Lawmakers are calling on President Trump's cabinet and Congress to boot him from office using a never-before-invoked provision of the Constitution.
Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari claimed that President Donald Trump is "mentally ill" and advocated for the immediate invocation of the 25th Amendment.
Liberal Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who faces a Democratic primary challenger this year, is calling for President Trump to be removed from power under the 25th Amendment after Trump acknowledged he would be less likely to pressure Denmark to give up Greenland had he won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
Critics have raised concerns about Trump's fitness to lead after his letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.