Ed Markey calls to ‘invoke the 25th Amendment’

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) called to remove President Donald Trump from office via the 25th Amendment due to Trump’s recent efforts to acquire Greenland. 

Markey was responding to the letter Trump sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. This letter included complaints that Trump’s ambitions to take over Greenland were partially because he was rejected for the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

The 25th Amendment establishes procedures for the transfer of presidential power and provides a means for the president to be removed from office if they are incapable of serving. This amendment was ratified in 1967 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

While the amendment was invoked when President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, it has only been used temporarily