Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’ | Donald Trump
Former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan added his name to the growing calls for the president to be removed from office on the grounds that he is unfit for office, claiming that the 25th amendment of the US constitution regarding involuntary removal was “written with Donald Trump in mind.”
Brennan, who served as head of the spy agency during Barack Obama’s presidency, said: Now MS He said Saturday that Trump’s recent volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization and the danger he poses to the lives of so many deserve to be removed from the Oval Office.
“This person is absolutely out of his mind,” he said. “I think the 25th amendment was written with Donald Trump in mind.”
Brennan added that Trump carries too much responsibility to be allowed to serve as commander in chief. The United States had enormous firepower at its disposal, including its nuclear arsenal.
The former CIA director’s comments place him at the forefront of a growing debate over Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran and increasingly violent threats of mass destruction against Iran. On April 7, the president warned that Iran’s “entire civilization will die tonight” if the Iranian regime did not fulfill its ultimatum; That threat points to the deployment of nuclear capabilities, Brennan said.
As Trump increases his aggression blasphemous A growing number of Democrats have responded to this rhetoric by calling for the 25th amendment to be invoked. The measure, added to the U.S. constitution in 1967, allows the vice president and a majority of the cabinet to serve. remove the president on the grounds that he “could not fulfill the powers and duties of his duty”.
At last count, more than 70 Democrats in Congress have called for the amendment to be implemented. NBC News.
The chances of this actually happening are slim to none, given the staunch loyalty that Vice President J.D. Vance and his entire cabinet continue to show to Trump. However, given the failure of peace talks between the United States and Iran on Saturday and the possibility of renewed hostilities, concerns about Trump’s increasingly accusatory language and dystopian threats are likely to remain.
Brennan’s comments were particularly notable given that Trump is under active investigation by the US justice department as part of the president’s revenge against perceived enemies. Under pressure from the White House, the justice department placed Brennan and former FBI director James Comey under surveillance. criminal investigation in July.
Two months later, Comey was indicted on two counts accusing him of lying to Congress while testifying about the 2020 Russian election interference investigation. A judge dismissed that case.
It is understood that the investigation into Brennan continues. In March, Trump ally Jim Jordan, chairman of the House judiciary committee, said the investigation “it’s getting warm”.
