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Could the 25th Amendment Really End Trump’s Presidency?
This appeared in The Millennial Source
Even by the standards of Donald Trump’s highly unconventional presidency, the United States is entering the northern hemisphere autumn of 2019 in a state of political chaos.
Congressional committees are ramping up investigations into the president’s actions before and after his election, with a growing number of representatives calling for impeachment. Aided by court rulings, the investigating committees are inching closer to Trump’s financial, business and tax records — a “red line” that Trump has sworn he will never allow Congress to cross.
On the international front, after a rambling, undisciplined performance at the G7 Summit, Trump canceled a visit to Denmark over the country’s refusal to sell Greenland to the US. (Denmark has never suggested that the self-ruling island territory is available for purchase by the US or any other nation.) In the wake of these and other incidents of erratic behavior, former Trump aides and allies are now questioning his fitness for office.
Meanwhile, Trump’s escalating trade war with China increasingly fuels fears of a global recession. And even though the next US presidential election is still over a year away, polls showing major Democratic candidates with double-digit…
