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LordShadowfireMy problem is, if he doesn't keep the promises he made, the Heritage Foundation and the rich аsshоӏеs who support it will push for a 25th Amendment removal so that JD Vance can have a crack at it. And you know he'll do what he's told
Conservatives have painted themselves into a corner with Trump. He doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want to do now, because he doesn’t have to worry about getting any more votes or political donations ever again.
This is true whether he follows the Constitution, which says this is his last term, or whether he simply refuses to allow another election.
The only reasons he ran for office were #1: to stay out of jail, #2: to grab as much personal power and money as he can, and #3: do whatever Vladimir Putin wants him to do. He’s not going to do anything that doesn’t further one of those ends, and that includes any promises he might have made, to his voters or anyone else.
If it turns out that something he was supposed to do doesn’t align with those three goals, or just seems like too much trouble, then he simply won’t do it. Instead, he’ll just blame someone on his long enemies list (which will include any Republican who makes trouble for him), so his cult continues to forgive him for all his broken promises and remains mad at everyone except him.
And for that reason, the 25th Amendment will be ineffective for removing him. Here’s how 25A works.
Step 1: the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet send a letter to the leaders of Congress, saying that the President is mentally or physically unfit for office.
Step 2: The President can send a letter to Congress saying that he is indeed fit for office.
Step 3: If the President disputes the charges, then Congress has 21 days to decide which side is right.
Step 3 is where it all falls apart. Trump’s cult will never,
ever believe that Trump is incompetent. No matter what he says or does, they will either ignore it or pretend that it’s just part of some genius master plan that ordinary people could never understand. Trump will claim that his Veep and Cabinet are staging a “coup,” and Congressional Republicans will not dare say that he’s wrong, because if they do then Trump’s cult will come charging to his defense.
Trump’s cult, their votes and their violence, are the absolute power in the Republican Party. As long as he has them, no one in the Party can oppose him on anything important.
Republicans are stuck with him until he dies.
