NCS Berman and Democrat Meeks ©(Screenshot/NCS/Rumble)
NCS host John Berman pressed Democratic New York Rep. Gregory Meeks Thursday on whether or not his celebration plans to question President Donald Trump over his warning to destroy a civilization in Iran.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats mentioned in a post on X that Trump is “unfit for office” for his menace to wipe out “a whole civilization” if his deadline for Iran to conform to U.S. phrases was not met. Meeks, the rating Democrat on the committee, initially appeared hesitant to reply as Berman pressed the impeachment query on “NCS News Central” Thursday, however did notice that Republicans would by no means be on board with such a plan.
“Now, there are Democrats who have called for either impeachment or trying to invoke the 25th Amendment,” Berman mentioned after displaying the X submit shared by Meeks. “How do you feel about those efforts? Do you support those efforts?”
“Well, here’s what I feel. I feel that Donald Trump is trying to bankrupt America right now,” Meeks replied. “When you talk about the cost of his war of choice, that’s already cost the American people over twenty-five, thirty billion dollars, costing us a billion dollars a day. If you look at what he’s done with reference to tariffs and other things, and the cost of living and how he’s asking now for another 200 billion, might be reducing that. So, you know, I think he’s taking America down the path that he’s taken several of his business previously. I know them in New York, he bankrupted them. So is he an incompetent as president? Yes. He’s an incompetent president.”
“So, yes or no, is it worth the effort to either impeach him or evoke the 25th Amendment?” Berman pressed once more. (RELATED: Karoline Leavitt Asked About JD Vance’s Role In Iran Ceasefire)
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“Look, I don’t think, if I’m going to be honest with you, John, and I will — you know, you’ve got to be able to count in this business, and this business, whether he’s competent, I can talk on that,” Meeks mentioned. “But to do those things, you have to have the votes.”
Meeks appeared to point impeachment isn’t on the desk, with out saying it outright.
“When I see that we have Republicans who won’t even have hearings in regards to oversight, so there’s no oversight by Republicans. And they control the House, they control the Senate, they have the presidency,” he mentioned. “So realistically, I don’t have the time. I want to, I’m worried about the country, the country’s economy, the American people, and that’s where my efforts are going to be moving forward.”
Berman rapidly wrapped up the section after that response.
Trump on Tuesday warned {that a} “whole civilization [would] die” if Iran failed to succeed in an settlement on ending the warfare and reopening the Strait of Hormuz by the 8 p.m. deadline that evening. Iran agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire earlier than the deadline, which led Trump to postpone a deliberate assault on nation.
Israel launched lethal assaults on Lebanon which threatened the truce between the U.S. and Iran.
Democrats have launched articles of impeachment in opposition to Trump a number of occasions throughout his second time period, together with Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar, who unsuccessfully tried to impeach Trump in April 2025. Thanedar cited the Supreme Court’s decision from April 10, 2025, that the administration should facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an MS-13 member deported to El Salvador.
Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green forced the House to vote on whether or not to question Trump in December, which was overwhelmingly tabled in a 237 to 140 vote. The congressman cited Trump’s name for Democratic lawmakers who known as on navy members to refuse unlawful orders to face arrest or trial that could possibly be “punishable by death.”
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