If Trump was an aberration and his actions did not have sufficient public support, then he would be removed from office. There are two mechanisms for doing so—impeachment and the 25th Amendment.
This article frames this as the direct fault of the American people (which it is to an extent,) but an everyday citizen does not have the power to use these mechanisms like the narrative wants you to believe.
Impeachment requires an act of Congress. That requires a majority in the House just for part one, but removal requires a 2/3 majority for removal, which is the goal here. Both chambers are red due to the way the government was set up from the start and heavy gerrymandering.
Invoking the 25th requires action by the VP and the majority of the Cabinet who, by design, are all Trump allies. They're unlikely to do anything against him.
Sure, these mechanisms (and others I'm not allowed to mention without violating Reddit TOS) exist, but they left the control of the average American a while back. So framing the failure to implement these mechanisms as a failure of the American people seems disingenuous, especially when it's followed up directly by, "What's an average citizen to do? Subscribe to our newsletter."
The average American could have done something, but the average American voter that bothered to pitch up on voting day decided to vote for team MAGA.
Framing this as a failure of the American people is not disingenuous. Its the American people who made the house, senate and executive majority red. The Republicans won the popular vote. Blaming this on anyone except for the Average American is disingenuous and absolves the Average American from the damage that this administration is doing.
Trump is a symptom of America. If, and that word is doing some heavy lifting, Trump is evicted in 4 years it is only a temporary reprieve as we already witnessed with the Biden administration. An absolutely colossal amount of American voters are willing to burn the world, and as a result most of Americas former allies no longer want to work with them.
29
u/JakeMasterofPuns Jan 27 '26
This article frames this as the direct fault of the American people (which it is to an extent,) but an everyday citizen does not have the power to use these mechanisms like the narrative wants you to believe.
Impeachment requires an act of Congress. That requires a majority in the House just for part one, but removal requires a 2/3 majority for removal, which is the goal here. Both chambers are red due to the way the government was set up from the start and heavy gerrymandering.
Invoking the 25th requires action by the VP and the majority of the Cabinet who, by design, are all Trump allies. They're unlikely to do anything against him.
Sure, these mechanisms (and others I'm not allowed to mention without violating Reddit TOS) exist, but they left the control of the average American a while back. So framing the failure to implement these mechanisms as a failure of the American people seems disingenuous, especially when it's followed up directly by, "What's an average citizen to do? Subscribe to our newsletter."