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Ex-CIA director calls for Trump's removal under 25th Amendment

Sunday, 12 April 2026, 15:00 · 1 min read

Former CIA director John Brennan has publicly called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office, arguing the US Constitution's 25th Amendment — a 1967 provision allowing the vice-president and a cabinet majority to remove a president deemed unfit to serve — "was written with Donald Trump in mind." Speaking on Saturday, Brennan cited Trump's recent threat that Iran's "whole civilisation will die tonight" as evidence of dangerous instability, warning that a president with access to the US nuclear arsenal could not be allowed to continue in the role. The call is unlikely to succeed given the unwavering loyalty of Vice-President JD Vance and the cabinet to Trump, but it adds a prominent voice to a chorus of over 70 congressional Democrats who have made similar demands amid stalled US-Iran peace talks.

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The GuardianEx-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’ ↗︎
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