Senior officials have discussed removing Trump under the 25th Amendment. Here's how that could work. Tim Elfrink, The Washington Post Jan. 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Vice President Mike Pence.Washington Post photo by Melina Mara. Hours after a pro-Trump mob incited by the president stormed the Capitol, dozens of Democrats demanded that he be removed under the 25th Amendment - an unprecedented option being seriously discussed late Wednesday by senior administration officials alarmed at Trump's conduct. The amendment, which can remove a president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," has only been used briefly for medical events, as when President Ronald Reagan underwent colon surgery.