Update: finally found a link with proof of life at 1055 Monday September 1st. Trump is not dead, but he looks like he’s strolling towards death’s door. One has to wonder if he was doctored up to be able to walk for the sake of fending off attention. We’ll have to wait and see what he does this coming week.
Trump Heads Off Death Rumors by Finally Appearing in Public
Trump has disappeared from public view.
There have been still photo efforts to show proof of life.
There has been no video appearance wherein he mentions current events.
Nothing online from JD Vance, Don Jr., Melania, Ivanka, or Tiffany in two days.
If he were dead, there would be a public announcement.
The explanation that would seem to fit is incapacitation.
None of the cabinet would want to admit that Trump was done.
Pushing the issue would be political suicide for JD Vance.
Below is the full text of the 25th Amendment. Having been hastily written after Kennedy’s assassination, the underlying concern was that a president would become unable to discharge his duties, but that he might live for quite some time.
Section 1
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3
Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
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.
The 25th amendment is a furball https://open.substack.com/pub/erichensal/p/no-section-4-for-trump?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=a1vrs