Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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But first, in America, fall out from the storming of the capital building on Wednesday has continued.

It was an act of sedition that was incited and encouraged by Donald Trump.

President Trump sought to overturn the results of an election. And of a fair election,

he saw the coup by misleading people with lies. Donald Trump may be in the Twitter penalty box,

but he still has access to the nuclear codes. Calls to remove President Trump from office began

before the siege even ended and have only intensified since. There is strong support in the Congress

for impeaching the President a second time. The House, if they come together and have a process,

I will definitely consider whatever articles they might move. What he did was wicked.

Today, Democratic lawmakers are planning to invoke the Constitution's 25th Amendment,

designed to transfer power if a President is unable to discharge the duties of office.

And if that doesn't work, they plan to pursue another option.

There are three possible ways that Donald Trump leaves office before his term is up on January

the 20th. John Prado is the economist's US editor and the host of checks and balance,

our sister show on American politics. The first way is the President Trump resigns. That seems

very unlikely. The second way is that Mike Pence, the Vice President, invokes the 25th Amendment,

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