罢免特朗普需副总统JD·万斯及其内阁多数成员同意，美国历史上从未达到这一门槛
2026年4月7日 美国东部时间下午3:27 / 福克斯新闻频道
作者：亚历克斯·米勒
民主党战略家凯文·沃林做客《吉米·法伊拉的福克斯全美节目》，就特朗普总统将伊朗重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的最后期限定在当晚8点东部时间、否则将对伊朗发电厂和桥梁发动打击的言论发表看法。
数十名国会民主党议员要求共和党罢免特朗普总统，因其最新的伊朗威胁言论，但一名议员称这一想法并不“现实”。
多名国会民主党议员呼吁启动第二十五修正案，这项数十年来加入美国宪法的条款授权总统内阁在总统无法履职时将其罢免。
一些民主党人士认为，特朗普在Truth Social平台上发布的最新伊朗威胁言论是他丧失总司令履职能力的证据。他在该平台上宣称，除非伊朗满足重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的要求，否则“整个文明今晚都将覆灭”。
但罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔顿·怀特豪斯认为，当前并非启动第二十五修正案的时机。
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数十名国会民主党议员要求共和党罢免特朗普总统，因其最新的伊朗威胁言论。(安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社)
“特朗普疯狂咆哮后，我收到了大量关于第二十五修正案的信息，”怀特豪斯在X平台上说道，“总统正面临严重的精神衰退，这点我和你们看法一致。”
“但不幸的是，鉴于他那由马屁精和怪人组成的古怪内阁，以及共和党人‘泡沫般的脊梁’，现在启动第二十五修正案并不现实，”他继续说道，“我们必须脚踏实地，用传统方式赢得这场斗争。”
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但罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔顿·怀特豪斯认为，当前并非启动第二十五修正案的时机。(安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社)
启动该程序需要副总统JD·万斯及其内阁多数成员同意罢免特朗普。随后他们需向国会提交声明，而特朗普很可能会对此提出异议，这要求参众两院三分之二的投票才能正式将其罢免。
这一门槛比弹劾和定罪高得多，而且美国历史上从未动用过这一程序罢免在任总统。
尽管该修正案自1960年代批准以来已被使用过数次——要么是在总统接受麻醉等医疗程序期间短暂移交权力，要么是填补副总统职位空缺——但从未被用于非自愿罢免在任总统。
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副总统JD·万斯在2026年4月7日于匈牙利布达佩斯MTK体育公园举行的与匈牙利总理欧尔班·维克托的友谊日活动上发表讲话时，因特朗普总统致电而发笑。(乔纳森·恩斯特/路透社)
国会共和党议员也曾在拜登前总统任期接近尾声时呼吁启动第二十五修正案罢免他，尤其是在2024年夏季他与特朗普的辩论表现之后。
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尽管如此，民主党人士仍在就特朗普的复活节言论及其周二的最新发帖寻求追责途径。
“如果我在特朗普的内阁里，我会在复活节期间联系宪法律师讨论第二十五修正案，”康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲在X平台上说道，“这完全、彻底地失控了。他已经害死了数千人，还会再害死数千人。”
其他人则指责特朗普瞄准民用基础设施，即将犯下战争罪。
当被问及是否认为针对发电厂和桥梁的行动会构成战争罪时，爱荷华州共和党参议员乔尼·恩斯特表示：“不。”
“这是一场持续的行动，如果他需要筹码，他就是在利用这个筹码，”恩斯特说道。
许多共和党议员对特朗普的发帖保持沉默。
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亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责美国参议院事务的撰稿人。
Trump Iran threat sparks calls for his ouster, but one Dem says effort ‘not realistic’
Removing Trump would require VP JD Vance and a majority of his Cabinet to agree, a bar never met in U.S. history
April 7, 2026 3:27pm EDT / Fox News
By Alex Miller
Democratic strategist Kevin Walling joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to give his take on President Trump doubling down on his 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes against its power plants and bridges on Tuesday.
Dozens of congressional Democrats are demanding that Republicans remove President Donald Trump for his latest threat against Iran, but one lawmaker says the idea isn’t “realistic.”
Several congressional Democrats want to invoke the 25th Amendment, a decades-old addition to the Constitution that empowers a president’s Cabinet to remove him from office if he is unable to do the job.
Some Democrats are arguing that Trump’s latest threat against Iran on Truth Social — where he declared that a “whole civilization will die tonight” unless his demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are met — is proof that he has lost the ability to carry out his role as commander in chief.
But Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., doesn’t believe now is the moment to pull the trigger on the 25th Amendment.
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Dozens of congressional Democrats are demanding that Republicans remove President Donald Trump for his latest threat against Iran.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“I’m getting a lot of traffic about the 25th Amendment after Trump’s mad rants,” Whitehouse said on X. “The president is facing serious mental decline; I’m with you on that.”
“But unfortunately, invoking the 25th is not realistic right now, given his oddball Cabinet of sycophants and eccentrics, and Republican ‘spines of foam,’” he continued. “We’re going to have to buckle down and win this the old-fashioned way.”
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But Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., doesn’t believe now is the moment to pull the trigger on the 25th Amendment.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Doing so would require Vice President JD Vance and a majority of Trump’s Cabinet to agree to remove him. They would then send a declaration to Congress, which Trump would likely dispute, requiring a two-thirds vote in both chambers to officially remove him from office.
It’s a much higher bar than impeachment and conviction — and a move that has never been used to remove a sitting president.
While the measure has been used a handful of times since its ratification in the 1960s — either for brief transfers of power during medical procedures requiring anesthesia or to fill vacancies in the vice presidency — it has never been used to involuntarily remove a president.
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Vice President JD Vance laughs at the sound of President Donald Trump calling in as he was delivering remarks at a Day of Friendship event with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at MTK Sportpark in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026.(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Congressional Republicans similarly called for invoking the 25th Amendment against former President Joe Biden toward the end of his presidency, particularly after his debate performance against Trump in the summer of 2024.
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Still, Democrats are seeking recourse over Trump’s Easter comments and his latest post Tuesday.
“If I were in Trump’s Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said on X. “This is completely, utterly unhinged. He’s already killed thousands. He’s going to kill thousands more.”
Others are accusing Trump of being on the cusp of committing war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure.
When asked if she believed that the administration would be carrying out a war crime by targeting power supply and bridges, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said, “No.”
“It’s an ongoing operation, and if he needs leverage, he’s using that leverage,” Ernst said.
Many Republicans have remained silent on Trump’s post.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment and has not yet received a reply.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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