A growing number of Democrats are sounding the alarm after a bombshell report suggested even his own aides don’t trust him to handle high-stakes military decisions.
“Trump is not well,” Rep. Dan Goldman wrote on X, urging members of the administration to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution “before something really bad happens on U.S. soil.”
His comments came in response to a report from The Wall Street Journal detailing a chaotic scene inside the White House during a military operation to rescue downed U.S. airmen in Iran. According to the report, Trump allegedly screamed at aides for hours—behavior so erratic that officials made the extraordinary decision to keep him out of the command room during critical moments.
“The commander-in-chief was excluded from commanding a military operation because he was acting so crazy,” Goldman wrote. “Think about that.”
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlines a process allowing the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to carry out the duties of the office. If invoked, the vice president—currently JD Vance—would assume power as acting president, unless Congress intervenes.
Goldman isn’t alone in raising alarm bells.
Sen. Chris Murphy suggested Trump’s behavior has become dangerously erratic, saying Cabinet officials should be consulting constitutional lawyers about invoking the amendment.
“If I were in Trump’s Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment,” he wrote on X. “This is completely, utterly unhinged. He’s already killed thousands. He’s going to kill thousands more.”
His remarks followed one of Trump’s threats against Iran, where he warned the country could end up “living in hell.”
Earlier this year, Sen. Ed Markey made a similar call after Trump issued aggressive threats toward Greenland, urging Vice President Vance and the Cabinet to take action. Rep. Yassamin Ansari also weighed in, adding Trump was “extremely mentally ill.”
The latest report has only intensified those concerns—raising a stark question now echoing across Washington: if a president’s own aides feel the need to sideline him during a military crisis, what happens next?
