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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Republicans silent as Democrats call on US cabinet to oust Trump over Iran

a person holds a sign that reads 'invoke 25'
A protest outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on 7 January 2021 a day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

As Donald Trump unleashes curse-filled threats against Iran, Democrats are raising alarm over his mental stability and calling for his removal from office – while Republicans remain conspicuously silent.

Democrats are escalating their rebukes as the 79-year-old president delivers rambling, incoherent speeches, hurls puerile insults at US allies and brazenly threatens to commit war crimes. He used an Easter Sunday social media post to warn Iran to “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell”.

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