Episode 166 | Trump Goes Nuts as His Term Crashes

About this episode

Asha and Renato discuss Trump's inflammatory social media posts and the implications of the 25th Amendment and the Presidential Records Act.

This week, Trump published some of his most inflammatory social posts ever, threatening that a “whole civilization will die” in Iran and prompting both Democrats and prominent right-wing voices to call for his removal under the 25th Amendment. Asha and Renato discuss how destroying civilian infrastructure or wiping out an entire country constitutes a war crime, and they explain how the 25th Amendment would work in practice. Plus, they discuss a recent DOJ Office of Legal Counsel opinion that claimed the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. Renato and Asha break down the nonsensical reasoning laid out in the memo and analyze why it’s trying to give cover to Trump’s handling of White House documents during his second term. Listen up! Asha’s Philippe Sands Interview: https://asharangappa.substack.com/p/freedom-academy-book-club-38-londres Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicated Follow Asha on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.social Follow Renato on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/renatomariotti.bsky.social Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow…

People in this episode

Hosts: Asha Rangappa, Renato Mariotti

Topics covered

• Trump
• 25th Amendment
• war crimes
• Presidential Records Act
• DOJ opinion
• civilian infrastructure

Keywords

• Trump
• 25th Amendment
• war crimes
• DOJ
• Presidential Records Act
• civilian infrastructure
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOJ Office of Legal Counsel, Presidential Records Act, Legal AF

Places: Iran

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