Calls for the 25th Amendment have surged in the United States after President Donald Trump issued a profanity‑laden social media post threatening Iran. Trump's post on Truth Social reignited debate over presidential incapacity and constitutional safeguards.
The 25th Amendment is the key constitutional mechanism that governs presidential succession and incapacity, and while its provisions have been used historically for medical transfers of power, no president has ever been removed involuntarily under its most contested section.
