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10-16-2017, 09:46 AM
By Julian Zelizer (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/julian-zelizer), CNN Political Analyst
<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">(CNN)</cite>Recent news stories about the Trump White House and the fears voiced by prominent legislators like Senator Bob Corker raise a serious question: Is it time to consider the unthinkable and look at the options offered by the 25th Amendment?
While this kind of discussion seemed premature a few months ago, there is mounting concern that the President could spiral out of control and, if this is the case, with his finger on the nuclear arsenal, be a danger to the Republic.
There have now been a number of troubling pieces of information to emerge about what is happening behind closed doors. Senator Corker, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in no uncertain terms that a handful of advisers such as Secretaries James Mattis and Rex Tillerson are the only people that "separate our country from chaos." In his subsequent interview with the New York Times, Corker went even further (http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/politics/corker-world-war-iii-donald-trump-white-house/index.html) by saying that, "I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it's a situation of trying to contain him" and that his public statements could put the United States on a path "towards World War III."
more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/opinions/is-it-time-to-talk-the-25th-amendment-opinion-zelizer/index.html
<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">(CNN)</cite>Recent news stories about the Trump White House and the fears voiced by prominent legislators like Senator Bob Corker raise a serious question: Is it time to consider the unthinkable and look at the options offered by the 25th Amendment?
While this kind of discussion seemed premature a few months ago, there is mounting concern that the President could spiral out of control and, if this is the case, with his finger on the nuclear arsenal, be a danger to the Republic.
There have now been a number of troubling pieces of information to emerge about what is happening behind closed doors. Senator Corker, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in no uncertain terms that a handful of advisers such as Secretaries James Mattis and Rex Tillerson are the only people that "separate our country from chaos." In his subsequent interview with the New York Times, Corker went even further (http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/politics/corker-world-war-iii-donald-trump-white-house/index.html) by saying that, "I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it's a situation of trying to contain him" and that his public statements could put the United States on a path "towards World War III."
more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/opinions/is-it-time-to-talk-the-25th-amendment-opinion-zelizer/index.html