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The Daily Blast: Finally, Trump’s Ex-Allies Call for 25th Amendment: “He’s Gone Insane”

Apr 8, 2026
Jennifer Rubin, editor-in-chief of The Contrarian and political commentator, discusses Trump's threats and fitness for office. She explores the legal and moral stakes of genocidal rhetoric. They examine surprising calls from former allies to invoke the 25th Amendment. The conversation centers on military responsibility, political hurdles to removal, and keeping removal talk alive.
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INSIGHT

Threat Was A Genocidal Violation Of Law

  • Trump's public threat to "obliterate Iranian civilization" constitutes an explicit violation of international law and amounts to a genocidal threat.
  • Jennifer Rubin argues the tweet translates apocalyptic religious fervor into a white nationalist worldview and mirrors the crimes the U.S. condemned in other states.
ANECDOTE

Alex Jones And The 25th Amendment As A Verb

  • Alex Jones publicly asked, "How do we 25th Amendment his ass?" illustrating even fringe MAGA voices are calling for removal.
  • Rubin says invoking the 25th is sensible rhetorically but politically improbable due to a complicit cabinet and Congress.
INSIGHT

MTG Joins Calls Saying Trump Has Gone Insane

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly tweeted that Trump "has gone insane" and urged intervention, signaling fracture inside former MAGA supporters.
  • Rubin notes this fall from the cult reveals some acolytes now assess Trump's words truthfully.
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