So, to recap, this is what would happen in Trump’s case: Vice President Pence and a majority of Trump’s Cabinet principles declare Trump to be unfit for the office and Trump would be temporarily removed from office. Trump, of course, would contest this. “My sad and failing Cabinet members are Enemies of the People who want to destroy this great movement and…… (minutes-long pause for Tweet #2) …..no one in history is more able to discharge anything than me. I am the king of discharging! #MAGA!” Trump is then president again (perhaps just for minutes) until Pence and co. submit a second declaration of incapacity. Then it is up to a vote in a Republican-held Congress that has thus far shown no inclination to take the drastic step of directly removing the president from office, preferring instead to surf the crest of his lunatic wave until they all crash together.
Could the 25th Amendment really remove Trump from office?
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