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It is quite clear that this president is unfamiliar with constitutional law and, understandably, may not yet heard about the 25th Amendment.
For his edification, Section IV of the Amendment states:
"Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President."
*******!!!!
Since taking the oath of office, he has impugned his predecessors and, according to some published estimates, made over 400 unsubstantiated claims in the mere three months he has sat in the Oval.
And, since March of 2015, when then citizen Trump began exploring a run for the White House, I maintained that he did not have the requisite skills, temperament or character to occupy the Oval Office.
His most recent behavior not only confirms those observations, in my opinion, but also goes well beyond the realm of being simply ill-suited for the job.
For the good of the country, our people, our allies, and to a much lesser extent, even our enemies, Congress should give that amendment a fresh look and, if agreed, make use of it.
103 days already seems too long.
Commentary by Ron Insana, a CNBC and MSNBC contributor and the author of four books on Wall Street. Follow him on Twitter @rinsana.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/03/its-time-to-seriously-consider-that-trump-is-unfit-to-be-president-commentary.html
Trump has crossed the Rubicon.
WhiteTara
(29,710 posts)If they leave the vermin in place they will multiply and we will be over run.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)underpants
(182,800 posts)FUN FACT: President Nixon never fired the Director of the FBI
still_one
(92,190 posts)orangecrush
(19,551 posts)My thoughts exactly.
Aristus
(66,341 posts)Thanks a fucking lot, CNBC! Thanks for joining the party!
I knew Trump was unfit for anything when he announced in 2012! Where the hell have you been?
orangecrush
(19,551 posts)Than never.
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)orangecrush
(19,551 posts)He went straight to the presidency.
mindem
(1,580 posts)To invoke the 25th amendment the repukes would have to admit they were wrong -- they will never do that. Repukes will let the country burn to the ground before they admit they did anything wrong.
orangecrush
(19,551 posts)Of self preservation.
Which I know they do.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Trump will not be going anywhere until the Senators and Reps of the GOP caucus are in serious danger of losing their seats.
Otherwise they are admitting that they elected another corrupt scumbag like Nixon.
This will not happen until they are absolutely forced into it.
Let the obfuscation, delays, and spin continue.