Breaking: Congress Calls for 25th Amendment as Republicans Break and End Trump's Policies

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Parnas Perspective

Episode: Breaking: Congress Calls for 25th Amendment as Republicans Break and End Trump's Policies

Host: Aaron Parnas
Date: June 5, 2026

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Overview

In this urgent and rapidly developing episode, Aaron Parnas breaks down a historic morning in American politics, where Congress is openly calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office. The discussion dives into a flurry of overnight legislative actions, including a Republican revolt to end Trump-backed policy, new revelations about a disturbing administration plan targeting millions, and major developments relating to Trump’s business entanglements and growing international protests against the Trump family. With a tone of immediacy and insider knowledge, Aaron details how the events signal major fractures within the Republican party and raise profound questions about the fitness and intentions of the Trump administration.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Congress Moves to Invoke the 25th Amendment

[01:00 – 03:22]

• Context: President Trump was found asleep multiple times in the Oval Office; medical professionals suggest a sleeping disorder.
• Congressional Reaction: Multiple members, including Congresswoman Yassim Ansari, publicly call for Trump’s removal on grounds of incapacity.
• Skepticism on the White House Narrative: The administration claims videos of Trump dozing are merely him "blinking".
• Transparency Concern: The White House refuses to disclose Trump’s medications and details of his frequent hospital visits.
  • “Congresswoman Yassim Ansari says this is a national security crisis. She is calling for the 25th Amendment, along with other members of Congress, saying Donald Trump is unwell and must be removed from office.” (Aaron Parnas, [02:00])

2. Major Republican Divisions & Legislative Breakdown

[03:23 – 06:23]

• Ukraine Support Act:

  • Passed via rare discharge petition, overriding Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump’s objections.
  • 18 Republicans and former Representative Kevin Kiley break party lines.
  • “The legislation advanced with bipartisan support as 18 Republicans and former Republican Representative Kevin Kiley broke with House leadership to vote in favor…” (Aaron, [04:08])

• The Death of the SAVE Act:

  • Trump-backed voting overhaul fails as 4 key Republican Senators defect: Thom Tillis, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins.
  • The act would have mandated new voting restrictions, but is now declared dead.
  • “Now, what did pass overnight while you were asleep was massive amounts—billions and billions of dollars in funding for ICE and for CBP. That legislation successfully passed.” (Aaron, [05:18])

3. Whistleblower Revelations: The “Dead List” Scheme

[06:24 – 07:30]

• Disturbing Plan Unveiled:
  • Whistleblower Jeremiah Schofield exposes a Trump administration strategy to mark 2.7 million living people (including U.S. citizens and legal residents) as “dead” in government databases.
  • Aim: Cut targets off from wages, banking, benefits—essentially erasing them from U.S. society, pressuring them to self-deport.
  • “What they wanted to do is essentially scare immigrants, make them so miserable that they would self-deport… But the issue is, it’s illegal to mark people who are living as dead.” (Aaron, [06:54])

4. International Fallout: Albania & the Trump Family

[07:31 – 07:54]

• Massive Protests in Albania:
  • Widespread demonstrations against Trump/Kushner real estate developments.
  • Hundreds of thousands in the streets; events still unfolding.

5. Corruption Concerns: Trump’s White House Ballroom Project

[07:55 – 08:36]

• Pay-to-Play Allegations:
  • Over half of the identified donors to Trump’s extravagant $400 million White House Ballroom project reportedly secured or expanded federal contracts totaling $50 billion in just six months.
  • Companies often faced federal enforcement action, frequently suspended during Trump’s term.
  • “It’s simple. Give money to Trump’s ballroom and get more money in your pockets.” (Aaron, [08:24])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• National Security Alarm:
  • “Yassim Ansari says this is a national security crisis…Donald Trump is unwell and must be removed from office.” ([02:00])
• On Republican Division:
  • “The vote represents a significant rebuke to Republican leadership and highlights growing divisions right now within the Republican Party over continued support for Ukraine.” ([04:22])
• On the “Dead List”:
  • “Jeremiah Schofield… said he refused to implement the plan after agency lawyers warned that falsely making living people as dead could violate federal law.” ([07:10])
• Summary of Corruption:
  • “It’s simple. Give money to Trump’s ballroom and get more money in your pockets.” ([08:24])

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Important Timestamps

• [01:00] – Congressional calls for the 25th Amendment begin
• [03:23] – Republican break from leadership: Ukraine bill passes, SAVE Act fails
• [06:24] – Whistleblower exposes “dead list” plan
• [07:31] – Albanian protests against Trump family development
• [07:55] – Report on federal contracts and Trump’s White House Ballroom donors

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Tone & Style

Aaron Parnas maintains a fast-paced, pressing, and insider-driven tone throughout, conveying the urgency and gravity of the morning’s unprecedented political developments. He weaves legal and political analysis, whistleblower revelations, and breaking news fluidly, offering listeners quick clarity on complex and fast-evolving stories.

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For more updates, Aaron announces he will be on the ground at the Kennedy Center for coverage of Trump’s name removal, underscoring the episode’s immediacy and continued news flow.

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Transcript

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busy morning to say the least. Wait till you hear this update. This morning members of Congress are calling For Donald Trump's 25th Amendment removal from office after once again he fell asleep inside the Oval Office, as even doctors are suggesting that he has a sleeping disorder. At the same time, overnight, Republicans rebuked the President killed the SAVE Act. The SAVE act is dead. It will not be passed. Also broke from the President and broke from Mike Johnson and passed additional support for Ukraine despite efforts from the White House and from House leadership to stop it. At the same time, Donald Trump discussed privately, according to a whistleblower, to move 2.7 million people in the United States of America to a dead list, to block them from financial institutions and encourage them essentially to leave the country and much more. I'm going to be in and around the Kennedy center between now and next Friday, but especially over the weekend to try to watch for the moment that Trump's name is taken down because it is coming down. Make sure to like Comment share to be the first to know and if you can subscribe to my substack link below to support my work and keep me caffeinated ahead of what is going to be a very long week and weekend. This morning members of Congress are saying it's time for the 25th Amendment. Donald Trump has fallen asleep multiple times in the Oval Office. Now the White House is upset about this, specifically over the fact that people are sharing images and videos of the president dozing off in the Oval Office. They say this is the president blinking. But Congresswoman Yassim Ansari says this is a national security crisis. She is calling for the 25th amendment along with other members of Congress, saying Donald Trump is unwell and must be removed from office. Another member of Congress says the president is not well. He can't stay awake at important White House events and Cabinet meetings. The White House needs to come clean about why Trump takes so many trips to the hospital and why doctors keep giving Trump cognitive tests. Now, mind you, the hospital, the White House is now under the impression that is no longer required to provide the public or members of Congress with information about which medications the president is taking. And so the public may very well now be in the dark over what the president's true well being and health is. It comes after an overnight boat, a Rama in which the House of Representatives passed the Ukraine Support act in a 226195 vote approving new military assistance for Ukraine and tougher sanctions on Russia after lawmakers successfully used a discharge petition to force the bill to the floor over objections of Speaker Mike Johnson and of the president. The legislation advanced with bipartisan support as 18 Republicans and former Republican Representative Kevin Kiley broke with House leadership to vote in favor of the measure. The vote represents a significant rebuke to Republican leadership and highlights growing divisions right now within the Republican Party over continued support for Ukraine. At the same time, a major Republican election overhaul bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the Senate after four Republican senators broke with Trump and joined Democrats to block the Save America Act. The four Republicans are Thom Tillis from North Carolina, Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, and Susan Collins from from Maine. The Save America act would have required proof of citizenship for voter registration, mandated photo ID for all voters and expanded federal oversight over state voter rolls. Trump had called the bill Congress's top priority and urged Republicans to pass it before passing any other legislation. But last night it failed and right now the SAVE act is dead. Now what did pass overnight while you were asleep was massive amounts billions and billions of dollars in funding for ICE and for cbp. That legislation successfully passed. Republicans got their House in order to pass such funding, but it was without with some major headaches along the way. And today we're learning that, according to a new whistleblower, the Trump administration had plans to classify 2.7 million living people, including US citizens, unlawful permanent residents, as dead as part of immigration enforcement efforts. According to a former Social Security executive who is now speaking out. The previously unreported plan, which the Social Security Administration said was not carried out, would have used one of the government's most consequential identity databases to effectively erase people from the financial system, potentially cutting them off from wages, banking benefits and other services. Jeremiah Schofield worked at Social Security for 25 years, helped lead the agency's IT modernization efforts before leaving in October. He said he refused to implement the plan after agency lawyers warned that falsely making living people as dead could violate federal law. Scofield said he realized the plan's possible intent to intimidate and worsen the finances of immigrants, as well as potentially unlawfulness after taking a sample of people from the 2.7 million and discovering that they were all alive. Some were US Citizens, others lawful permanent residents, teenagers, senior citizens, including one widow who was a legal permanent resident receiving survivor benefits. What they wanted to do is essentially scare. Scare immigrants, make them so miserable that they would self deport or go to Social Security offices for help where they could eventually be arrested. But the issue is it's illegal to mark people who are living as dead at the same time. This evening, or rather this morning and overnight, we are now into the fourth days of massive protests against the Trump family in Albania. They're protesting the Kushners and the Trump's development property in Albania, so we'll see what happens there as protests. Hundreds of thousands of people are now taking the streets in Albania. And it all comes as we're learning today, that more than half of the publicly identified donors to Donald Trump's White House Ballroom project have won new or expanded federal government contracts worth more than 50, $50 billion just during the last six months. That's according to a new report issued by Public Citizen 14 of the 27 known corporate donors to the $400 million project, which would replace the East Wing that demolished that was demolished by Trump in October, have seen their government businesses grow in that window. Most of the same companies have also faced federal enforcement actions over alleged wrongdoing or or have had such actions suspended by the Trump administration since the start of Trump's second term. It's simple. Give money to Trump's ballroom and get more money in your pockets. So a major weekend ahead, a major morning already. I'm going to have more updates for you soon and I'm going to head over to the Kennedy center to try to capture the moment they take Trump's name down for you. Make sure to like, comment, share and if you can subscribe to my substack link below to support my work and I'll have another update for you very soon.

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