Donald Trump is a sociopath and I fear he's losing his mind, says former US Labor Secretary
A former US cabinet member has said he fears Donald Trump is “losing his mind” and argues it is time to consider his removal from office.
Robert Reich, the author and chancellor’s professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkley, is the former Labor Secretary to President Bill Clinton. He argues that it is “now time to seriously consider the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for removal of a president who is ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office’.”
Section four of the 25th Amendment allows Congress to form a body that can evaluate whether the president is fit for office, and remove him without impeaching him.
“I fear the man is losing his mind,” Mr Reich wrote. “Today Trump attacked Democrats (whom he called ‘Obstructionists!’), the Mayor of London (whom he derided as ‘pathetic’), and the judicial system (which he termed ‘slow and political!’).”
Prime Minister Theresa May has faced calls to scrap Mr Trump’s planned visit to the UK following his comments about London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of the London terror attack.
Mr Reich also claimed Mr Trump attacked his own justice department for the “watered down, politically correct” version of his executive order to the Supreme Court.
The President tweeted that the order stopping people entering the US from seven Muslim-majority countries is a “travel ban”, while his legal team have been attempting to make the case that it is not.
.@foxandfriends Dems are taking forever to approve my people, including Ambassadors. They are nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS! Want approvals.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his "no reason to be alarmed" statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
“We know he’s a sociopath, but he seems to be growing worse,” Mr Reich said, citing a source close to Mr Trump, who claimed to CNN that the president “now lives within himself, which is a dangerous place for Donald Trump to be”.
The president’s infamous use of Twitter has reportedly stretched to him blocking users who reply to his tweets with criticism or that mock him, which a free speech institute claims is breaking the law by violating the First Amendment of the Constitution.
A Gallup daily tracking poll showed the President’s approval rating dipped to 36 per cent over the weekend, while a Politico/Morning Consult poll showed last week that nearly 43 per cent of Americans favour the idea of starting an impeachment process, Newsweek reported.
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