Former President Donald Trump vowed to change the 25th Amendment to allow for the removal of the vice president if they hide the “incapacity of the president.”

During a Saturday rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, Trump offered a new proposal to modify the 25th Amendment. Trump and his supporters have often attacked Joe Biden by alleging he is mentally unfit to serve as president while claiming Kamala Harris has hid this fact from the public.

The 25th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution is designed to set up a line of succession if the president dies or becomes incapacitated. It allows the vice president to become president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment.

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    At this point, we’re watching Trump disintegrate day by day and virtually minute by minute.

    I’m not sure if he’s even going to make it to the election. It’s really starting to look like he’s going to come apart at the seams before that.

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      I would like to believe that but there is way too much energy behind this guy. He would have to implode horrifically.

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        No - I mean Trump personally. Not the Trump campaign, which is a separate thing.

        Yeah - the campaign, between the cultish rank and file and the cynically power-hungry donors and operatives - still has a lot of energy.

        But Trump the person is visibly coming apart at the seams.

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          Trump the person came apart at the seams a long time ago. Trump as a “thing” still seems very strong.