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CNN\u2019s Michael Smerconish laid waste to calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against President Donald Trump \u2014 based on claims that President Donald Trump was erratic and out of control \u2014 saying that the \u201cmadness\u201d was simply part of his process.<\/p>\n
Smerconish argued that if Trump were truly a candidate for removal via the 25th Amendment \u2014 reserved for a president who is incapacitated or rendered incapable of doing his job \u2014 there would be signs that permeated the rest of his life outside his bombastic social media posts.<\/p>\n
WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8NEW: CNN\u2019s Michael Smerconish *OBLITERATES* calls to remove Trump from office\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d expect the guy that posts about a whole civilization dying would be simultaneously busting up the White House furniture \u2014 but there\u2019s NEVER been ANY reporting of Trump like that behind\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/gA2bnbRcnj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jason Cohen \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JasonJournoDC) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cA crazy person doesn\u2019t live in the White House. A person who plays a crazy person a lot on TV lives there,\u201d Smerconish began, attributing the statement to comedian and HBO host Bill Maher.<\/p>\n The CNN host went on to lay out some of the president\u2019s recent social media posts directed at Iran \u2014 specifically his demand that they \u201copen the f*ckin\u2019 strait\u201d and his later prediction stating \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d \u2014 which Democrats had cited as evidence that Trump was too erratic to be president. They quickly ramped up calls to either invoke the 25th Amendment against him or impeach him for a third time.<\/p>\n But as Smerconish then explained, the deliberative and lengthy process by which Trump came to the decision to launch Operation Epic Fury \u2014 detailed in a recent New York Times report<\/a> \u2014 was anything but erratic. The decision was reached only after days of meetings, both with the Israelis and without them, that took into account potential strategies and logistics.<\/p>\n \u201cIn contrast to those offensive and intemperate Truth Social posts, which were intended for Tehran, this window into pre-war decision making was for the Americans,\u201d he said. \u201cIt shows airing of competing views, some open to dissent, reliance on legal counsel, and a deliberative process \u2014 not the impulsivity with which Trump is so often associated. There\u2019s nothing in the Times\u2019 behind-closed-doors account of an unstable Trump at the same time that he was playing the madman card in public.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d expect the guy that posts about a whole civilization dying would be simultaneously busting up the White House furniture \u2014 but there\u2019s NEVER been ANY reporting of Trump like that behind closed doors,\u201d Smerconish observed, arguing that someone who was truly unhinged would necessary exhibit that in other areas of his life. \u201cIn other words, it\u2019s not that there\u2019s a method to his madness \u2014 it\u2019s that the madness IS his method.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTrump is capable of EXACTLY what his critics say he isn\u2019t: patience, process and genuine deliberation,\u201d he added. \u201c90 minutes before his own deadline, a ceasefire materialized. That\u2019s NOT nothing. \u2026 It\u2019s certainly not the behavior of someone who needs the 25th Amendment invoked or warrants impeaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n