The EU foreign policy chief has declared that “the free world needs a new leader”, as European leaders threw their support behind Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the stunning White House confrontation between him and Donald Trump.
Leaders from across Europe expressed their solidarity with the Ukrainian leader after the fractious exchange with JD Vance, the US vice-president, and Trump, who claimed he was not “ready for peace” and accused him of “gambling with world war three”.
Although in general, the European leaders did not name the US president, their comments late on Friday laid bare the gaping rift between the US and its traditional allies in Europe over the war in Ukraine.
In a social media post, Kaja Kallas, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, wrote: “Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the aggressor.
“Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”
Yes, in terms of any official political mechanisms to remove him. Its not pathetic, it’s how our constitution works! He would need to be betrayed by about 1/3 of the hundreds of party members who just worked to install him. These representatives aren’t from locations people want to see massive protests at, those cities are already blue.
My elected representatives are not republicans, am I supposed to move to another state to protest on their behalf? Are we gonna get millions of people waving their picket signs in the potato fields of Idaho? There aren’t even mechanisms to remove their representatives before their term is up. The GOP can just skip the angry town halls and vacation at Mar-a-Lago until the coup is done.
This is the exact type holier than thou bullshit I’m sick of. These are the mechanisms baked into our constitution; the voting population has made their vote. Any removal from office would happen by red state electors acting in good faith to protect the rule of law, and they’ve spent multiple decades proving they want to do the opposite.
You have just as much power to fly to any random red US state and protest somebody who doesn’t represent you and can’t be legally removed from office. What the fuck is your excuse?
Edit: all of that official removal process would only work under the assumption that Trump would concede to them. The SCOTUS ruled last year he could have the traitors locked up or executed for treason, so long as his stack of personally appointed judges approved. (There are no constitutional mechanisms for us to remove these judges BTW, they aren’t even elected)