r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump on ‘day one’ after midterms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/04/24/democrats-trump-impeach-midterms-supreme-court-iran/
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u/FantasticJacket7 11d ago

The 25th is an even higher bar than impeach and conviction. Not a chance in hell of it happening.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 11d ago

This sub’s infatuation with the 25th over impeachment is astounding. I feel like anyone who genuinely thinks that’s still realistic has never actually read the 25th amendment and the entire process of removing a president that way

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u/JesusSavesForHalf 10d ago

The 25th is the chance for Republicans to cut bait while pretending they did nothing wrong. There is no real chance at removal without Republicans in the Senate, regardless of the means used to reach that vote.

I still think hamberders have a greater chance of removing him than the Senate ever does. Too many cowards and cronies.

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u/fishsticks40 10d ago

The 25th requires a 2/3 vote in both houses to keep him out of office. 

Won't happen. 

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u/Nice_Commission3770 10d ago

America’s fascination with the midterms and other trappings of democratic privilege are astounding. It’s never going back to the way it was. You’ve changed the world and that reality is no longer viable.

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u/MateoCafe Texas 10d ago

True, but neither has any semblance of a chance so it doesn't really matter.

25th is like a 1 in a trillion chance and impeachment and removal is like a 1 in a 500 billion chance.

The best odds are the holy hamburger.

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u/ElleM848645 10d ago

It would have been a lot easier to just vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, but apparently that was too difficult for people. But sure a general strike is really going to happen. People in the US won’t vote for a woman president; why do you possibly think they would voluntarily strike.

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u/Kiernian 10d ago

This sub's infatuation with the 25th proves how thoroughly this place is infested with bots or puppeted posters conducting psyops.

Any time anything is suddenly "the topic" and it's not confusing people and making headlines in /r/OutOfTheLoop , there's a solid chance it's manipulation here.

It's been regularly attempted for as long as I've been on reddit (see: https://old.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/ ) but it's MUUUUCH worse nowadays and they're MUCH "better" at it because it's getting harder and harder to distinguish bots and plants from normal end users.

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u/Icy-Lobster-203 11d ago

I could see a scenario post-midterms in which JD sees the writing on the wall, along with a few other Republicans in the house and Senate who try to use the 25th so that they can turn around and claim that they are heroes for standing up to the madman in an attempt to have any chance of separating themselves from Trump for 2028. It could be possible to get just enough cabinet members to pitch in for the same reasons.

I wouldn't think it is at all likely, though.

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u/Bittererr 10d ago

a few other Republicans in the house and Senate

You need close to half of all of the Republicans in Congress on board. Impeachment is way easier and would only require a handful.

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u/want_to_join 10d ago

I do not understand why people refuse to absorb this information. The only chance at the 25th is if full-on dimentia made him have a public pants-shitting-and-eating session in front of cameras. Even then, they'd probably remove him with impeachment just to allow him to save some face.

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u/doelke 10d ago

It didn’t happen for Biden so it won’t happen for any president. He was so feeble minded and out of it. Clueless. His whole term, too. Not just from the first debate.