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It's time for the Amendment 25 strategy. (Original Post) librechik Aug 2019 OP
Maybe he can be declared incompetent and appointed a legal guardian. Mme. Defarge Aug 2019 #1
His cabinet is full of true believers dalton99a Aug 2019 #2
"He's like a heat seeking missile for Trump's ass" Meadowoak Aug 2019 #4
I agree DesertRat Aug 2019 #3
I read this in 2017 and it still applies. BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #5
Not gonna happen. The grifters don't care dalton99a Aug 2019 #6
can't do it with ACTING cabinet members. Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #7
Removing Trump by the 25th Amendment is a Liberal fantasy. elocs Aug 2019 #8
A girl can dream. And are you dissing liberals? librechik Aug 2019 #12
Pointing out reality is not dissing anyone. elocs Aug 2019 #13
The 25th is useless, just like Trump Runningdawg Aug 2019 #9
No its not MyNameGoesHere Aug 2019 #10
His Cabinet is full of "acting" appointments, unvetted by Congress & beholden only to him Hekate Aug 2019 #11

dalton99a

(81,566 posts)
2. His cabinet is full of true believers
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 03:22 PM
Aug 2019
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/26/mike-pompeo-the-secretary-of-trump
August 26, 2019
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump
How he became a heartland evangelical—and the President’s most loyal soldier.

Pompeo, an evangelical Christian who keeps an open Bible on his desk, now says it’s possible that God raised up Trump as a modern Queen Esther, the Biblical figure who convinced the King of Persia to spare the Jewish people. He defines his own job as serving the President, whatever the President asks of him. “A Secretary of State has to know what the President wants,” he said, at a recent appearance in Washington. “To the extent you get out of synch with that leader, then you’re just out shooting the breeze.” No matter what Trump has said or done, Pompeo has stood by him. As a former senior White House official told me, “There will never be any daylight publicly between him and Trump.” The former official said that, in private, too, Pompeo is “among the most sycophantic and obsequious people around Trump.” Even more bluntly, a former American ambassador told me, “He’s like a heat-seeking missile for Trump’s ass.”

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
7. can't do it with ACTING cabinet members.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 03:44 PM
Aug 2019

They do not have the power of the offices they occupy.

ACTING.

That was intentional. Protect him from 25th amendment with ACTING cabinet members.

elocs

(22,596 posts)
8. Removing Trump by the 25th Amendment is a Liberal fantasy.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 03:53 PM
Aug 2019

It's not going to happen and people who think it's a possibility should really read about how it works (https://thehill.com/homenews/politics-101/407827-how-does-the-25th-amendment-work).
It's harder than impeachment in that it would require a 2/3 vote of BOTH the House and the Senate to remove Trump from office.
Fantasies are nice, just know how to separate them from reality.

elocs

(22,596 posts)
13. Pointing out reality is not dissing anyone.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 05:19 PM
Aug 2019

I prefer the reality of what can be done to get Trump out of office compared the the fantasies I see presented that will never happen.

Reality can be a harsh master, but it is what it is.

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
10. No its not
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 04:19 PM
Aug 2019

Congress has abdicated its responsibility in this matter, now its our turn. Elections if it works, other remedies if not. Time to step up and be patriots I believe. That's what will happen.

Hekate

(90,769 posts)
11. His Cabinet is full of "acting" appointments, unvetted by Congress & beholden only to him
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 04:28 PM
Aug 2019

Plus they lack honor, spines, and other important anatomical parts.

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