Trump's cabinet asked to invoke 25th Amendment against president

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A Democratic Representative has asked President Donald Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment against him amid the Iran war.

In a letter to each cabinet member, Shri Thanedar called Trump “a threat to our country and to the world,” adding that “he must be removed from office immediately.”

The 25th Amendment allows the cabinet to remove the president from office and replace him with the vice president under certain conditions.

Newsweek contacted the White House for comment by email outside of normal business hours.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-s-cabinet-asked-to-invoke-25th-amendment-against-president/ar-AA20pKC0

[SSJVegeta]

1. Individually? Feel like he could've gotten 214 members to sign it

[Renew Deal]

2. It's the wrong thing to do

There is a process for removing a president. Thanedar should be calling for impeachment.

[markpkessinger]

4. And unlikely as impeachment is to succeed, it is still far likelier to succeed than a 25th Amendment process

A 25th Amendment process must be initiated by the VP and a majority of the cabinet. But if the president contests it -- and Trump surely would -- it then must receive a 2/3 vote in BOTH the House and Senate.

Impeachment, on the other hand, requires only a simple majority of the House to initiate, and then a 2/3 vote in the Senate only to convict!

To put it another way, if impeachment is unattainable, a removal via the 25th Amendment is even moreso!

[Renew Deal]

5. I agree

I can’t even think of one cabinet official that would vote to remove.

[lindysalsagal]

3. If nothing else, this gets the dementia into the news. They can report

But they can't speculate or diagnose. This needs to be done.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Deadline Legal Blog-How the 25th Amendment would work against Trump amid his Iran belligerence

Like in the impeachment process, the Republican-controlled Congress has a role to play.

How the 25th Amendment would work against Trump amid his Iran belligerence

https://www.europesays.com/iran/56326/

Politically diverse voices have raised the prospect of using the 25th Amendment to sideline President Donald Trump as he brings us to the brink…

— EUROPE SAYS (@europesays.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T20:32:05+00:00

https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/how-25th-amendment-would-work-trump-iran

Whatever the likelihood of such a move, you might wonder: How would that constitutional process play out?

Section 4 of the amendment gives the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet (or another body designated by Congress) the power to declare that the president “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” If such a declaration is made here, then Vice President JD Vance would, as the amendment says, “immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.”

But that would not end the matter. Section 4, which has never been invoked, goes on to give the president the power to then tell Congress that he’s able to serve. In that case, he regains the office unless the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet (or another body designated by Congress) say he’s unable to serve. If that happens, then it’s up to Congress to decide, with the amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in both chambers, that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” If Congress makes that determination, the vice president continues acting as president; otherwise, the president resumes serving.

So, although the initial action can come from the White House, Congress ultimately has a role to play, and Republicans control both chambers. ....

Therefore, like the 25th Amendment, impeachment leaves the fate of the country to a Republican party and congressional majority that has been subservient to this president.

trump will NOT be removed under the 25th Amendment. Vance and the cabinet will not remove trump and if they did there is no way that two-thirds of both the Senate and House would support this if trump challenges this removal.

There may some political benefit in trying to shame Vance and the cabinet into invoking the 25th Amendment but I believe that Vance and the assholes in trump's cabinet are immune to shame