Alex Jones Calls for Trump's Removal Using 25th Amendment
Once among President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones is now calling for the president to be removed from office — and he is not alone.
Jones Breaks With Trump Over Iran War
During Monday's episode of The Alex Jones Show, Jones asked his guest, lawyer Robert Barnes, what it would take constitutionally to remove Trump from the Oval Office. The question came amid escalating U.S. tensions with Iran and growing concerns, including Jones's own, about the president's mental and physical health.
"How do we 25th Amendment his ass?" Jones asked Barnes on air.
Barnes, who previously represented Jones in a defamation case brought by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, cautioned that invoking the 25th Amendment is even harder than impeachment. His suggested workaround was startling: physically restrain the president, allow him to appear still in charge publicly, and let Vice President JD Vance quietly assume control.
"It literally needs to be something like that," Barnes said. "It's that bad."
Jones pushed back in disbelief: "I've known you for a long time. You've never called for an internal coup before."
"Ever, ever," Barnes replied. "But that's how dangerous this is."
What Triggered the Break
The breaking point for Jones appears to be Trump's increasingly extreme rhetoric surrounding the war with Iran. On Easter Sunday, Trump posted a profanity-laced message on Truth Social threatening to destroy Iranian infrastructure — including power plants and bridges — if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded, sending global oil prices surging.
"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran," Trump wrote. "Open the F--kin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell."
Barnes called it a threat of an "extinction-level event." Jones described it on X as "the definition of genocide," adding, "This IS NOT WHAT WE VOTED FOR."
Trump later escalated further, warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran did not meet his 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline. Tehran has said it will respond "in kind" to any attacks on its infrastructure.
Jones Also Cites Health Concerns
Jones's call for removal is not solely about the Iran war. In recent days, he has repeatedly raised alarm about Trump's physical and cognitive health. Last week, he tearfully urged MAGA supporters to stage an "intervention," saying Trump "is in free fall."
"When your ankles swell up three times the size they were before, that means heart failure," Jones said, comparing Trump's condition to that of his late grandfather, who he said "was dead a year before he physically died."
On Sunday, Jones described Trump's behavior as "way more erratic," adding that his speech "is not coherent a lot of the time."
What the 25th Amendment Actually Requires
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," at which point the vice president immediately assumes those powers as acting president. The amendment has never been invoked for involuntary removal in U.S. history.
Vance was traveling in Hungary on Tuesday and called Trump by phone while the president addressed a political rally — an exchange that did little to fuel speculation that removal proceedings were imminent.
A Growing, Unlikely Coalition
Jones is part of a broader, unlikely coalition calling for Trump's removal. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of Trump's staunchest allies, has also called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, writing that "we cannot kill an entire civilization." Commentator Candace Owens called Trump "a genocidal lunatic." Tucker Carlson, on his Monday podcast, said Trump was threatening "a war crime, a moral crime" and urged military officials to refuse any order to attack Iranian civilians.
More than 50 House Democrats have made similar calls, joined by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. The coalition spans the political spectrum — though experts note that without Cabinet support, the 25th Amendment remains out of reach.
Not everyone on the right is on board with the pushback. Trump loyalist Laura Loomer called Jones's comments "an incredible act of disloyalty," accusing him and others of "spewing the same talking points as the left."
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