Scott McConnell, co-founder of The American Conservative, is calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove Donald Trump from office.

Donald Trump has faced criticism since the conflict with Iran began. After his return to the White House, his comeback has been anything but calm, and much has happened.

Trump has taken several decisions that have divided opinion, and the coordinated airstrikes with Israel against Iran sparked strong reactions. The conflict in the Middle East has had devastating consequences, and tensions continue to grow. More than 3,000 people have been reported killed, including over 1,000 civilians.

Now, a conservative commentator is urging Vice President JD Vance to take the extraordinary step of removing President Donald Trump from office.

“Announce your support of 25th amendment transition”

Scott McConnell, co-founder of The American Conservative, suggested in a series of posts on X that Vice President JD Vance should consider invoking the 25th Amendment.

It is a rarely discussed constitutional option that allows a president to be removed from office under certain circumstances.

According to VT, he wrote: “My advice to Vance: Announce your support of 25th amendment transition,” before outlining what he described as a possible path forward.

McConnell continued: “Say Chris Murphy or similar will be veep. Announce you will NOT be a candidate in 2028. Use your position, access to the media to explain why this is necessary. Don’t resign.”

He went on to explain that he believes Democratic Senator Chris Murphy is a suitable choice, describing him as someone who is anti-war and “smart and not super woke.”

He wants Trump removed from office

Although McConnell did not explicitly mention Trump’s decision to strike Iran in that particular post, he has previously been critical of U.S. military involvement in the region.

He has also suggested that Senator Marco Rubio could be a part of solving the issue, writing that he could join the effort, “keep his job, negotiate a ceasefire and be the GOP frontrunner,” according to VT.

McConnell later returned to the platform with even sharper criticism of the administration, writing: “So Netanyahu fed Trump BS intelligence.

“Trump, ignoring his own intelligence agencies, lapped it up.

“Now because things didn’t work out like the BS intelligence claimed, wants to commit genocide in our name. OK.”

President Trump has recently stated that there are “strong” ongoing talks with Iran about a possible ceasefire. However, Iranian officials have since rejected those claims.

US Presidential Election Betting Odds: Will Vance Replace Trump in the Oval Office?

U.S. Vice President and presumptive Republican presidential candidate J.D. Vance leads odds to win the next presidential election.

Vance has a 30.8% implied probability to replace his boss, President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office, according to bet365’s odds. California Gov. Gavin Newsom leads all possible Democratic nominees with a 21.1% implied chance.

President Trump and several of his affiliates have also entertained the idea of trying to get him back into the White House for years 9-12 of his service. However, bet365 does not have him on its odds board.

2028 US Election odds

Odds courtesy of bet365 as of Feb. 17, 2026. Implied probability in betting is the likelihood of an event occurring as inferred from the odds offered by a sportsbook or the market.

Vance has been the favorite to replace Trump practically since the president took office for the second time. His odds fell ever so slightly since late last year, though he only went from having a 33.3% implied probability last November to 30.8% at the time of writing.

Trump’s numerous flirtations with a third term have not swayed bet365’s oddsmakers. The Trump with the best chance of being back in office is thought to be Donald Trump Jr., who is listed at +2,500 (3.9%), level with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

Aside from Vance and Newsom, two individuals have better odds to win the 2028 Presidential Election than Trump Jr. (and Shapiro): Marco Rubio and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, made a deep run in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election but eventually dropped out after Trump won Rubio’s home state of Florida.

Ocasio-Cortez, a 36-year-old U.S. Representative from New York, did not meet the minimum age requirement for previous election races. At +1,200, she has a 7.7% implied chance.

One of the biggest losers of the last few months was Ivanka Trump. Previously +1,800 and fourth in odds, she’s down to +5,000, or a 2% implied chance.

Celebrities and notable figures

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is level with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Kentucky Gov. Andrew Beshear at +4,000 odds to become the next U.S. President. That gives him a 2.4% implied chance.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is listed at +5,000; real estate mogul and businessman Grant Cardone is +6,600; Vivek Ramswamy, the youngest candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election, is +8,000; and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith is +10,000.

2028 US Election Winning Party Odds

US presidential election winners

Only three U.S. Presidents have received 60% or more of the popular vote since the metric was recorded. They include Warren G. Harding in 1920 (60.3), Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 (60.2), and Richard Nixon in 1972 (60.7).

US presidential election trends

• Only 38% of presidents have won consecutive elections since 1900.

• The average age of the president at inauguration is 55.

• A candidate has won the popular vote but lost the election five times in U.S. presidential election history.

• James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president.

Betting on the election in the United States

U.S. states do not allow for election betting in an effort to protect election integrity and the democratic process. Legal betting sites in the United States don’t offer election odds to Americans.

Betting on the US election from Canada

Canadians have plenty of options when it comes to placing wagers on the U.S. election. The top political betting sites on our list are permitted to offer election odds within the regulated Ontario sports betting marketplace, along with all other Canadian provinces. Additionally, bettors in other countries can bet on the U.S. election.

In Ontario, there are multiple legal options to place bets including:

BetMGM: The sportsbook best known for its flagship US brand has expanded in Europe and is among the market leaders in Canadian gambling

bet365: Maybe the biggest name in global sports betting, bet365 allows bets on not only the winning president but also the winner in most states

DraftKings: One of America’s leading sportsbooks also allows punters to try their luck on presidential betting in Ontario

Trump Knows He Can’t Run Again. But He’s Got Another Problem.

Somehow, Vance is the best that the party’s got—as of right now. No other GOP figure, including longtime presidential wannabes State Secretary Marco Rubio and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, eclipsed five percent in the CNN poll.

The largest group of respondents—some 64 percent of those polled—said they had “no one specific in mind” to top the 2028 ticket, suggesting an open playing field in which just about anyone could step in to win the Republican nomination.

Still, several of Trump’s most ardent supporters—including his first term chief strategist Steve Bannon—have advocated that the president should attempt to seek a third term. Vance, Bannon claimed in August, is simply “not tough enough” for the job.