{"id":36209,"date":"2026-04-21T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/36209\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:20:13","slug":"why-the-25th-amendment-wont-remove-trump-from-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/36209\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the 25th Amendment won\u2019t remove Trump from office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noting President Trump\u2019s recent erratic public behavior, scores of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/14\/congress-25th-amendment-commission-trump-jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">legislators<\/a>\u00a0and political\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/list-of-conservatives-urging-25th-amendment-be-invoked-against-trump-11794470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">commentators<\/a>\u00a0have urged invoking the 25th Amendment to replace him with Vice President JD Vance. These individuals, largely Democrats, have questioned the president\u2019s mental health, calling him \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/13\/us\/politics\/trump-mental-fitness-25th-amendment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">insane,\u201d \u201cderanged,\u201d \u201cunhinged,\u201d and \u201cbatshit crazy<\/a>,\u201d among other terms. In response, the White House continues to defend Trump\u2019s behavior as keeping his perceived opponents on edge.<\/p>\n<p>Those calling for Trump\u2019s removal under the 25th Amendment are misguided. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/the-constitution\/amendments\/amendment-xxv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">25th Amendment<\/a>, which became law in 1967, is designed to ensure a prompt, orderly transfer of power if the president dies or becomes ill. Under the amendment\u2019s terms, the vice president is indispensable in activating it, and involuntarily removing the president would need the support of a majority of the Cabinet and a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noting President Trump\u2019s recent erratic public behavior, scores of\u00a0legislators\u00a0and political\u00a0commentators\u00a0have urged invoking the 25th Amendment to replace him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,1075,10,65,11,64,23878,987],"class_list":["post-36209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump","tag-donald-trump","tag-policy","tag-potus","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-president-of-the-united-states","tag-president-trump","tag-stat","tag-white-house"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}