- United States
- Pa.
- Letter
The Vice President and Cabinet must invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment immediately to remove President Trump from office. His Easter Sunday threat to bomb Iranian power plants and bridges by Tuesday at 8 p.m. crosses the line from reckless to unhinged. Sen. Chris Murphy is right: this would kill thousands of civilians and constitute war crimes.
Trump's former White House counsel Ty Cobb called him "clearly insane." His former communications director Anthony Scaramucci supports removal. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene, once his most loyal defender, posted that Trump "has gone insane" and urged his Christian administration members to "intervene in Trump's madness." When your own allies say you've lost it, that tells you everything.
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz after Trump's escalations sent global energy prices soaring. Instead of pursuing the cease-fire talks he himself called "productive," Trump threatened civilian infrastructure on a religious holiday. This isn't strategy. This is a national security threat.
Section 4 exists for exactly this scenario: when the President cannot discharge his duties. Trump's Cabinet took an oath to the Constitution, not to him. They need to act before Tuesday's deadline passes and Americans face the consequences of his instability.