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How many does it take to have Trump committed. The guy is a total loon!!! n/t (Original Post) RKP5637 Nov 2016 OP
Ivanka could do it if she cared bravenak Nov 2016 #1
She might have to do it down the road. I think he'll become quite unhinged in his presidency. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #4
Once they have to file bankruptcy again she will probably have to do it bravenak Nov 2016 #7
He's personally wrecking all the retail stores on the street where the Tower squats by refusing.... Hekate Nov 2016 #19
I hope he keeps pissing people off everywhere he goes bravenak Nov 2016 #20
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution elleng Nov 2016 #2
It well might come to this. He is clearly unbalanced, no question at all! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #3
Keith O came up with it. elleng Nov 2016 #5
Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #9
Impeachment is easier FBaggins Nov 2016 #12
Surely don't 'prefer' pence, but might be better/rational. elleng Nov 2016 #13
speaking as someone with a mentally ill brother, this is remarkably difficult. unblock Nov 2016 #6
I think something will happen, I don't think Trump has the flexibility to handle all of the criticism RKP5637 Nov 2016 #10
He will simply surround himself with sycophants who will shield him from criticism unblock Nov 2016 #14
Unless some of his cohorts decide to use the 25th amendment to get him out of the way. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #15
That's a wait and see. They don't really want that. unblock Nov 2016 #17
Good point on that ... he provides a smoke screen for their crap! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #18
They haven't been able to protect him from the recount news & his twitter feed. anamandujano Nov 2016 #32
give it time.... unblock Nov 2016 #33
You have to wonder at what point the docs are going to step in. He's unhinged, ffs. nt Nay Nov 2016 #8
And I think, eventually, the hinges are going to fly off. He's a basket case. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #11
Technically, it's not a problem until it's a problem. unblock Nov 2016 #16
Yep, this is likely what will happen, others will also cover for him ... unless Pence, for example, RKP5637 Nov 2016 #24
These successful crazies do not have the kind of Power about to be handed to Trump. anamandujano Nov 2016 #31
Just one, his Dr...and Ben Carson doesn't count. arthritisR_US Nov 2016 #21
I don't know when this mishmash of an "impeachment" process was written but BSdetect Nov 2016 #22
The VP and a majority of the Cabinet exboyfil Nov 2016 #27
Can't a judge declare him nuts and pack him off to "get help?" Calling the amazing RBG. Vinca Nov 2016 #23
Not without starting a Constitutional crisis exboyfil Nov 2016 #28
One beyond his installation. GoCubsGo Nov 2016 #25
Yeah, that's what I'm beginning to think too. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #26
Hell, Pence is starting to look "normal" compared to the orange maniac. hamsterjill Nov 2016 #29
I just went there in a thread ahead of this one in latest threads. anamandujano Nov 2016 #30

RKP5637

(67,031 posts)
4. She might have to do it down the road. I think he'll become quite unhinged in his presidency. n/t
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:32 PM
Nov 2016
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
7. Once they have to file bankruptcy again she will probably have to do it
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:40 PM
Nov 2016

I hope we can get a full boycott going to help him along in his insanity

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
19. He's personally wrecking all the retail stores on the street where the Tower squats by refusing....
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 04:11 AM
Nov 2016

....to move out. Ugh. And can you imagine the life of the other tenants in that building? Trump's an unbelievably selfish person.

elleng

(130,134 posts)
2. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:29 PM
Nov 2016

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

elleng

(130,134 posts)
13. Surely don't 'prefer' pence, but might be better/rational.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 10:24 PM
Nov 2016

I don't think impeachment is easier, requires both houses of congress and a full 'trial.' and actual misconduct. The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the right to impeach the president. Impeachment means that a charge of misconduct is filed against the president. A majority of the members of the House must vote for these charges in order to impeach the president. ... Two-thirds of the senators must vote for conviction.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
6. speaking as someone with a mentally ill brother, this is remarkably difficult.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:37 PM
Nov 2016

even for ordinary people, never mind the potus.

well, it would have been easier before he turned 18, but that's no help here anyway.

in practice, the easiest way to get someone "into the system" is for them to break a serious law. police and emt's can be especially helpful here as some things like "assault" are far more serious crimes against such protected people.

remember that "assault" can be merely a credible threat of violence (actual violence is battery). police and emt's are assaulted in this manner all the time and often don't make a big deal of it, it's just part of the gig (happened to me once) but if the assaulter is mentally ill, pursuing charges helps get them the treatment they need.

that's what happened to my brother. he was hallucinating on a bus, the emt's came, they tried to inject him, and he threatened the emt. so they filed charges and he got proper treatment. for a while, anyway.


unfortunately, not much help with donald. he could pummel a decorated, wheelchair-bound officer on national tv and not get charged with anything.

a better chance is a majority of the cabinet deciding he's incapacitated under the 25th amendment.

but that merely gets us pence....

RKP5637

(67,031 posts)
10. I think something will happen, I don't think Trump has the flexibility to handle all of the criticism
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 10:12 PM
Nov 2016

one gets even as a good president. I think he will crack under the pressure. The discussion by Keith Olbermann earlier in this thread is very interesting if you've not yet watched it.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
14. He will simply surround himself with sycophants who will shield him from criticism
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 10:26 PM
Nov 2016

He'll only really have to face criticism during press conferences, which will be infrequent.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
17. That's a wait and see. They don't really want that.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 10:34 PM
Nov 2016

It's not a process that helps their party or their power. In fact, the Donnie clown show provides cover for all kinds of crap they'll pull quietly.

They'll invoke the 25th only if he does something horrible.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
16. Technically, it's not a problem until it's a problem.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 10:31 PM
Nov 2016

Plenty of successful people have conditions such as narcissism, egomania, etc., but these things aren't really "disorders" until they have a negative impact on life.

As long as Donnie is "successful", it's hard for someone to officially intervene.

Of course, it's more complicated when it's the rest of us who suffer....

RKP5637

(67,031 posts)
24. Yep, this is likely what will happen, others will also cover for him ... unless Pence, for example,
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:10 AM
Nov 2016

decides he wants to be president and Trump is moved out of the way.

BSdetect

(8,989 posts)
22. I don't know when this mishmash of an "impeachment" process was written but
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:00 AM
Nov 2016

we don't have 4 days or 21 days to wait while some deranged idiot has the nuclear codes at his disposal.

That is a deeply flawed scenario.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
27. The VP and a majority of the Cabinet
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:35 AM
Nov 2016

can step in. I think Pence would be rational when it comes to this type of life and death situation. Hopefully there are not enough of Trump's sycophant's on the Cabinet to stop the process.

This story is of questionable veracity, but Schlesinger reported:

In 1974, as Nixon prepared to resign as a result of the Watergate scandal, Schlesinger ostensibly worried about Nixon’s stability. He instructed the military, we are told, not to react to White House orders, particularly on nuclear matters. He supposedly prepared plans to deploy troops in Washington if there were anything but a peaceful succession.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-kutler/the-imaginings-of-james-r_b_5066130.html

In actuality I see something like this playing out if a launch order is given for example. Of course the President could always remove the general's hand and place it on the scanner (joke).


exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
28. Not without starting a Constitutional crisis
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:38 AM
Nov 2016

The Chief Justice, other than presiding over the Senate trial, and the rest of the Supreme Court has no role in it.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
25. One beyond his installation.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:26 AM
Nov 2016

They're not going to do anything until he is installed, then they will take him out and install Pence, as has been the plan all along.

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
29. Hell, Pence is starting to look "normal" compared to the orange maniac.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:41 AM
Nov 2016

Did I really just say that? Because Pence is an abomination, especially on women's rights.

But things have gotten to that point. Trump is dangerous enough that even Pence looks better.

We are all screwed.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
30. I just went there in a thread ahead of this one in latest threads.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:22 PM
Nov 2016

He is in complete meltdown and cannot last several more weeks.

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