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Congressional Democrats called for impeachment, invoking the 25th Amendment, and accused President Donald Trump of threatening genocide before and after the White House agreed to a two-week ceasefire with the Islamic Republic of Iran.<\/p>\n
The deal is contingent on the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a move that pushed down oil prices<\/a> and lifted stock futures early Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will be a double sided CEASEFIRE,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.<\/a> \u201cThe reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n Announced hours before his 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline, the ceasefire followed a morning threat that \u201ca whole civilization will die\u201d without an agreement, drawing outrage from Democrats who questioned the president\u2019s mental fitness and urged the U.S. military to ignore unlawful orders.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President\u2019s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted,\u201d Congresswoman Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) said.<\/p>\n \u201cTo every individual in the President\u2019s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat. This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President\u2019s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President\u2019s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President\u2019s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.<\/p>\n To every individual in the President\u2019s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat. https:\/\/t.co\/mTUddja5og<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n News of the ceasefire \u201cchanges nothing,\u201d AOC later said, arguing the president launched a war without congressional authorization and is leveraging the threat of genocide.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office. We are playing with the brink,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Rep. Melania Stansbury (D-NM) urged administration officials to invoke the 25th Amendment, which would allow the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unfit to serve.<\/p>\n \u201cJust because a President announces he\u2019s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment,\u201d Stansbury wrote.<\/p>\n Just because a President announces he\u2019s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@Rep_Stansbury) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n More than 85 House Democrats have called for President Trump\u2019s removal from office, according to Axios.<\/a><\/p>\n Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused Trump of \u201cthreatening mass death if he doesn\u2019t get his way.\u201d She urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to reconvene the chamber.<\/p>\n \u201cCongress needs to pull the emergency brake now,\u201d she said in a social media video. \u201cEvery Republican who votes to let this war continue bears a portion of the responsibility for what is happening in Trump\u2019s war.\u201d<\/p>\n We don\u2019t know what will happen tonight: if Trump will back down or commit war crimes.<\/p>\n But I do know that Congress has the power to stop this.<\/p>\n Republican Leader John Thune must call the Senate back into session immediately.<\/p>\n And Congress needs to vote to stop Trump\u2019s war NOW. pic.twitter.com\/LctRHZj4dm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For Republicans like Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), the Truth Social threat was part of a broader negotiating strategy.<\/p>\n It\u2019s called The Art of the Deal for a reason, panicans and leftists,\u201d Fine said. \u201cNobody does it like President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s called The Art of the Deal for a reason, panicans and leftists.<\/p>\n Nobody does it like President Trump. pic.twitter.com\/3uxC0lF8LA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n
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