Political figures on opposite ends of the spectrum are finding themselves as unlikely allies in calling to invoke the 25th Amendment against President Trump after he said Iranian civilization will die Tuesday night.
Mr. Trump ramped up his threats against the Islamic regime to either cooperate with U.S. demands or else “all Hell will reign down.”
Ahead of his approaching Tuesday night deadline, the president said, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
His critics called on his Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to initiate his removal, but there is no indication that any presidential advisers would be interested in fulfilling such demands.
Mr. Trump’s staunch opponents and former allies alike are calling for invoking the amendment, which has never been used to involuntarily remove a sitting president.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said, “This maniac should be removed from office.”
“After bombing a school and massacring young girls, the war criminal in the White House is threatening genocide,” the Michigan Democrat said on social media, referring to a military strike during the initial hours of the Iran war that destroyed an elementary school, killing at least 175 civilians.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, pointed out that “not a single bomb has dropped on America.”
“We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness,” the former Trump-ally-turned-foe added.
Alex Jones, a conservative radio show host, issued a “war crime alert” on social media over the president’s comments.
“The definition of genocide is destroying an entire civilization/people! Trump literally sounds like an unhinged super villain from a Marvel comic movie,” he said. “This IS NOT WHAT WE VOTED FOR!!!”
Calls for invoking the 25th Amendment have echoed since Mr. Trump took to Truth Social to post a profanity-filled warning against Iran.
“Open the F——n’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH. Praise be to Allah,” he said Sunday.
On Saturday, he said, “all Hell will reign down” if Iran does not make a ceasefire deal within 48 hours or open the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping route that Iran closed amid the war. After pushing back the deadline, Mr. Trump also acknowledged a scenario in which the country would be spared, encouraging the new Islamic regime to compromise.
• Mary McCue Bell can be reached at mbell@washingtontimes.com.
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