In some other countries, eg Australia, if the ‘President’ becomes unpopular, their own party can vote them out and replace them during a term of office. It’s rare, but happens with bad polling, and ambitious politicians.
Is that possible in the US? ie the Republicans could vote out Trump and replace him with Vance? Or could it only be done via impeachment etc, and would have to be voted on by everyone in the House/Senate?
It sounds like your asking the question from the perspective of someone with a parliamentary system where the prime minister is chosen by the majority party or coalition. That is not the case in the U.S., the president is elected completely independently from our legislators.
While there is a provision to remove the president due to incapacitation, and there has been talk of applying that to Trump’s mental decline, the bar is high. The vice president and a majority of the cabinet (which were chosen by, and serve at the pleasure of, the president) have to petition Congress and if the president says no disability exists both houses of Congress have to agree by a 2/3 vote to remove him for disability.
The more likely route is impeachment, but this is also a high bar. A simple majority in the House of Representatives impeaches the president, but that just means sending him to the Senate for trial where a 2/3 majority is required to convict and remove him.
They can impeach him but only if he breaks the law. Which he constantly does. This is why people should not be gung ho as much about getting rid of trump as much as getting rid of the republican party. Not conservatives necessarily but the republican party has no consistant way of acting that could really call them anything anymore.
A question for Americans.
In some other countries, eg Australia, if the ‘President’ becomes unpopular, their own party can vote them out and replace them during a term of office. It’s rare, but happens with bad polling, and ambitious politicians.
Is that possible in the US? ie the Republicans could vote out Trump and replace him with Vance? Or could it only be done via impeachment etc, and would have to be voted on by everyone in the House/Senate?
His ENTIRE party is complicit and is protecting him from consequences.
It sounds like your asking the question from the perspective of someone with a parliamentary system where the prime minister is chosen by the majority party or coalition. That is not the case in the U.S., the president is elected completely independently from our legislators.
While there is a provision to remove the president due to incapacitation, and there has been talk of applying that to Trump’s mental decline, the bar is high. The vice president and a majority of the cabinet (which were chosen by, and serve at the pleasure of, the president) have to petition Congress and if the president says no disability exists both houses of Congress have to agree by a 2/3 vote to remove him for disability.
The more likely route is impeachment, but this is also a high bar. A simple majority in the House of Representatives impeaches the president, but that just means sending him to the Senate for trial where a 2/3 majority is required to convict and remove him.
Don’t hold your breath for it.
They can impeach him but only if he breaks the law. Which he constantly does. This is why people should not be gung ho as much about getting rid of trump as much as getting rid of the republican party. Not conservatives necessarily but the republican party has no consistant way of acting that could really call them anything anymore.