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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's time for the Amendment 25 strategy.
It's an emergency, not a stroll.
Right?
Mme. Defarge
(8,037 posts)dalton99a
(81,566 posts)August 26, 2019
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump
How he became a heartland evangelicaland the Presidents most loyal soldier.
Pompeo, an evangelical Christian who keeps an open Bible on his desk, now says its 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 youre 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, Hes like a heat-seeking missile for Trumps ass.
Meadowoak
(5,556 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)Basically he will not ever be removed with the 25th as long as his cabinet of "actors" continue to kiss his ass.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)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)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.
librechik
(30,676 posts)cuz we don't need that here.
elocs
(22,596 posts)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.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)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)Plus they lack honor, spines, and other important anatomical parts.