Trump buffering against the 25th Amendment?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

That could be a possible explanation for shuffling the cabinet members during what reality says is a transition period. Bulking up on loyalists.

Either that or he's still bitter Esper didn't want to sick troops on protesters, as many have postulated.

[TwilightZone]

1. Nope.

The 25th requires Pence and he's on the Trump train to the bitter end.

[onenote]

2. No. He isn't worried about the 25th amendment at all.

As much as folks at DU like to talk about it, doing so is a waste of time.

[exboyfil]

3. I don't think he is worried about the 25th

It would take a VP with a spine to lead it.

It would be the play if that was what the VP was up to. I don't see any of the Cabinet secretaries getting the ball rolling.

President Trump’s Cabinet
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue

Attorney General William Barr

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

Secretary of Education Elisabeth Prince DeVos

Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt

Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao

Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie

Vice President Michael R. Pence

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows

[kurtcagle]

4. It's entirely possible

but to what end? He's got 2 1/2 months left. if 25/4 was invoked now, it could actually backfire by taking more time to complete than he has term left. He's been removed by a fairly adjudicated vote of the American people, which is the biggest impeachment that he could face, and it has the added benefit that McConnell can't do a thing about it.

No, Trump's just vindictive.