The 47th President and the Post-Biden World 2.0

A while back there was talk about using section 4 of the 25th Ammendment to remove Trump from office on the grounds of mental instability.

Nothing came of it because of the balance in Congress.

Now the numbers have changed and Trump sounds more unhinged than ever.

Is that likely to feature now?

It would give Vance a chance to put in his own two years which is a major drawback.

Vance is vile, but he's not delusional, and he's a safer pair of hands.

However, I don't feel happy about giving Vance 2 years to set out his stall for 2028.

As far as I understand, the Cabinet would need to institute the process.

"(...) If the president is unable to fulfill his duties due to a medical issue or any other condition, the vice president and a majority of the cabinet can declare the president unfit for office and assume the role of acting president. (...) In recent years, there has been increasing discussion about the potential use of the 25th Amendment, particularly in relation to President Donald Trump. Some critics have argued that the president's behavior and statements suggest that he may be unfit for office, and have called for the amendment to be invoked." (source)

Here's the relevant passage:

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Maybe this would be possible – "or of such other body as Congress may by law provide" – but it's never been done and I don't know what the procedure would entail.