By Michael Woyton
One would think that after four years in office, in spite of being spectacularly disengaged from the actual workings of the presidency, that Donald Trump, who wants to win a second term in the White House, doesn’t know even one of the basics of the position.
During a phone interview with ultra right wing podcaster Ben Shapiro, the topic of removing President Joe Biden from office via the 25th Amendment came up.
Trump mused that maybe both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should be removed using the Constitutional process.
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“Who’s third on (sic) line?” Trump asked, astoundingly, with Shapiro chuckling and responding “the speaker Mike Johnson.”
All right then — forget that we are in the final three months of Biden’s presidency, as well the fact that, under the 25th Amendment, the request for removal of a president in this case is unlikely to come from the vice president and a majority of principal officers of the Executive Department, and the majority party in the House of Representatives — hey there, third-in-line Johnson! — has shown no inclination to come back from recess early for other more pressing matters.
FYI: The question of who becomes president if both the sitting president and vice president can no longer serve, is one of the possible 100 civics questions those applying for citizenship could be asked as part of the naturalization test.
To be fair, that question is not one of the highlighted ones the United States Citizens and Immigration Services says those who are 65 years or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the country for 20 or more years need to study in order to pass the naturalization test.
Trump is, after all, 78 years old and has live in America more than 20 years.
This is not a normal election by any measure. The convicted felon — and his running mate — have lied time and again about matters that put American citizens at risk. And Hurricane Milton hasn’t yet made landfall.
When are we going to stop making excuses for Trump and grading him on a curve?
Lead art: Screen grab from the Ben Shapiro Show.
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