President Donald Trump’s latest appearance in the Oval Office on Thursday led to a wave of alarm and concern on social media, sparking new calls for his removal under the 25th Amendment.
Critics on social media highlighted several moments in particular, including one in which he suggested he had won all 50 states in the presidential election.
“Probably we won all 50 if we had an honest count if you wanna know the truth,” he declared.
Trump won 31 states in 2024.
In another, he said he wanted to build a new path connecting the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River and insisted that “they” want to name it “the Trump Promenade” in his honor.
He didn’t say who “they” are.
And in yet another, Trump appeared to struggle to keep alert, as he has during numerous public appearances since his return, particularly when others are speaking:
Critics sounded the alarm ― and some referenced the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
That’s a process in which the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can declare a president unable to perform their duties. The vice president would then become “acting president.”
If the president disputes that decision, Congress would ultimately decide the issue, with a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate required to keep the president out of office.
One lawmaker called the situation a “national security crisis” in a post on X:
The White House fired back at critics accusing the president of nodding off.
“His eyes are literally open in the clip you posted, you dumbass mouth-breathers,” the Rapid Response 47 account posted.
But the critics weren’t convinced: