'The View' co-host demands 25th Amendment be used against Trump, suggests Cabinet could do it after midterms

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin raised using the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as the ABC talk show returned from its summer break."My question is when do we really start, in earnest — and I mean this honestly — considering the 25th Amendment," Hostin said."I think when the Republicans lose the House, and they lose the Senate, they’re going to want to have some control over this person, this person that is in the office, and JD Vance would then be that replacement and I wonder if the Cabinet then looks at each other and says, okay, we’ve got to take control of this, 25th Amendment," she added.The 25th Amendment to the Constitution empowers a president’s Cabinet to remove him from office if he is unable to do the job.PUSH TO OUST TRUMP EXPOSES CRACKS AMONG DEMOCRATS ON STRATEGY, TIMINGCo-host Sunny Hostin speaks during ABC's "The View" on July 6, 2026.(ABC/TheView)Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back, saying she didn't think Trump's Cabinet would ever take such action. "I think if they didn’t do it after January 6, in that period before he left office [in 2021], it’s never going to happen," she said.The White House did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar have also called for the use of the 25th Amendment against Trump since he returned to office last year.JEN PSAKI SHUTS DOWN 25TH AMENDMENT TALK ABOUT TRUMP, DECLARES IT'S 'NOT GOING TO HAPPEN'While criticizing Trump's efforts to resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine in September 2025, Goldberg said, "He had an opportunity to do so much more than he offered them, and they don’t consider him to be serious anymore, and I’m worried.

What is the amendment, the 20-"The co-hosts took their guesses at which amendment Goldberg was referencing, making multiple attempts before Hostin eventually informed them that it was the 25th Amendment."They questioned Biden’s competence," Goldberg said at the time."If...