{"id":126355,"date":"2026-04-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/invoke-the-25th-remove-trump-now\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:00:00","slug":"invoke-the-25th-remove-trump-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/invoke-the-25th-remove-trump-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Invoke the 25th, remove Trump now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft naviga-size-small\" data-naviga-align=\"left\" data-naviga-size=\"small\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3ba4ce41-a358-5d9b-b360-ebd942a1f4df&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3ba4ce41-a358-5d9b-b360-ebd942a1f4df&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3ba4ce41-a358-5d9b-b360-ebd942a1f4df&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3ba4ce41-a358-5d9b-b360-ebd942a1f4df&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"1680\" height=\"958\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The strain on cherished friendships over the present president of the United States has been so profound in my life that it\u2019s caused a pain and angst I\u2019ve never experienced before. His recent depiction of himself as Jesus left me cold. The pledge to eliminate an entire race and culture is just another footnote in his nonstop regurgitation of pure insanity, as he claims a mandate from the people of America.<\/p>\n<p>Enough. The 25th Amendment must be invoked to remove him from the presidency. \u201cTrump derangement syndrome?\u201d If that means I can\u2019t stand this man and that I have deep hatred for everything he represents, then I have \u201cTDS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I am disappointed with the many friends who allowed him to assume this precious office, born 250 years ago. Let JD Vance complete the term as provided in our Constitution. Maybe we can endure three years of Vance as president, but not one day more of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>No one will seek my forgiveness for their vote. But it was \u2013 and is \u2013 too dire a mistake for me to forget who brought him here. Enough. America has had enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Riker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-0719ad284933d468f4bb206372f6e847\">Mancos<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>strain on cherished friendships over the present president of the United States has been so profound in my life that it\u2019s caused a pain and angst I\u2019ve never experienced before. His recent depiction of himself as Jesus left me cold. The pledge to eliminate an entire race and culture is just another footnote in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6413,6414],"tags":[125],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-126355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor-2","category-letters-to-the-editor-2-opinion","tag-newsletter-opinion"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126355"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=126355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}