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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeriously, isn't Trump in Asia a good time to spring the 25th amendment?
When cabinet members who join him on the trip suddenly disappear, he should worry.
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Seriously, isn't Trump in Asia a good time to spring the 25th amendment? (Original Post)
bellmartin
Nov 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)1. Is there anything that can be done to keep him from coming back?
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)2. Cancel his passport? (n/t)
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. Well, if he is removed from office via the 25th Amendment...
...then he loses his flight back.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)5. Good point. AF1 would have to fly back without him
and he'd have to buy his own expensive plane ticket.
TexasTowelie
(112,248 posts)6. The man has his own jet
so I doubt that you will see him in coach or waiting for a standby ticket.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)7. It's an old 757; probably doesn't have the range to get him home
from Jyna without a couple of stops. And he'd have to pay for the fuel himself.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)4. Maybe he'll find a nice place to hide over there
and never come back.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)8. It's a good time to build a wall around the entire country and close the airports.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)9. Sorry, but that won't work. That only kicks him out for 3 weeks,
at which point 2/3 of the House and Senate have to agree to make it permanent. You think that's likely to happen?
bellmartin
(218 posts)10. By the end of 3 weeks, they may say, "hey, relative normalcy isn't so bad, is it?' and vote that way