1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to take immediate action in response to President Trump’s public conduct and rhetoric, including his recent threat that “a whole civilization will perish tonight” if Iran does not comply with his demands. That statement has been reported as potentially readable as a threat to commit genocide under U.S. and international law. This is not an isolated incident. For years, Trump’s public posts have included personal attacks, inflammatory insults, and impulsive statements that have repeatedly drawn bipartisan criticism and have been widely documented as unusually combative for a president. Reuters has also reported that even his tweets were treated as potentially private expressions rather than clearly presidential acts, underscoring how often his social-media behavior strays from the norms of the office. Taken together, this public record raises serious concerns about judgment, temperament, and fitness to exercise the powers of the presidency. I am asking you to investigate whether the President’s conduct meets the standard for inability to discharge the powers and duties of office under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and to support any appropriate congressional inquiry or action. At minimum, Congress should not treat this as ordinary political rhetoric. When a president uses official stature to issue statements that appear to threaten mass civilian harm and repeatedly engages in inflammatory, destabilizing public behavior, Congress has a constitutional duty to respond. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. I appreciate any steps you can take to ensure accountability and constitutional oversight.