• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I saw the screenshot and it was so unhinged, so absolutely batshit crazy, that I just naturally assumed it was a meme someone generated.

    25th Amendment NOW.

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      6 days ago

      Think you get better luck with impeachment and conviction… His staff are way too loyal. Mean if it ever happened that he was 25th that’d be something for history whatever made that even happen and I hope it does not.

      Mean pretty much every action he takes is worth removing him, but apparently the US citizens are accepting what is happening for their lifestyle. Yes I know but it’s their mess they should have to deal with it.

      Whole idea of being a democracy is you don’t put your finger on the scale so the say. Not that the US (and others) strictly followed that. But when you got that big penis … Sorry military that’s more an internal matter to figure out. Heh as I f ‘that big’ really says what their military power is, yeah they’re huuuuge.

      Course there’s the Venezuela operation, get some military to offer him up in exchange for less conflict? Yeah won’t happen with their military.

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        6 days ago

        The trick with impeachment is you need more people on board. 50% of the House to impeach and 2/3rds of the Senate to convict.

        For the 25th amendment, it starts with Vance, who takes it to the cabinet, and it only take a majority of the cabinet.

        https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/

        Scott Bessent - Secretary of the Treasury

        Pam Bondi Todd Blanche - Attorney General (acting)

        Doug Burgum - Secretary of the Interior

        Lori Chavez-DeRemer - Secretary of Labor

        Doug Collins - Secretary of Veterans Affairs

        Sean Duffy - Secretary of Transportation

        Tulsi Gabbard - Director of National Intelligence

        Jamieson Greer - United States Trade Representative

        Pete Hegseth - Secretary of War

        Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - Secretary of Health and Human Services

        Kelly Loeffler - Administrator of the Small Business Administration

        Howard Lutnick - Secretary of Commerce

        Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education

        Markwayne Mullin - Secretary of Homeland Security

        John Ratcliffe - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

        Brooke Rollins - Secretary of Agriculture

        Marco Rubio - Secretary of State

        Scott Turner - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

        Russ Vought - Director of the Office of Management and Budget

        Chris Wright - Secretary of Energy

        Lee Zeldin - Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

        So 21 people in the cabinet, 11 votes needed to remove.

        So if you eliminate the obviously batshit crazy members of the cabinet:

        Tulsi Gabbard - Director of National Intelligence

        Pete Hegseth - Secretary of War

        Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - Secretary of Health and Human Services

        Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education

        That still leaves 17 rational voters and you only need 11.

        Kelly Loeffler - Administrator of the Small Business Administration

        Brooke Rollins - Secretary of Agriculture

        Marco Rubio - Secretary of State

        I could see these three backing Trump, everyone else is a wild card.

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          6 days ago

          According to Wikipedia you only need a majority of the principal members which narrows it down to 15, basically just the ones with secretary or attorney general in their title. Acting titles can participate as well. Meaning you only need 8 voting yay

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      6 days ago

      Same. I legit had to Google an article to make sure it was real. It is unfortunate to say, its not the first time I had to do this for this administration…