{"id":47000,"date":"2026-03-03T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47000"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:12:22","slug":"call-grows-to-impeach-trump-the-most-dangerous-man-on-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/call-grows-to-impeach-trump-the-most-dangerous-man-on-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Grows to Impeach Trump, \u2018The Most Dangerous Man on the Planet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Protestors stand on an image depicting US President Donald Trump during a gathering to protest against the US and Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the Supreme leader in front of the US Embassy in Ankara on March 1, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by Adem Altan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s illegal war on Iran and the rule of law,\u201d said one pair of campaigners, \u201cestablish an intolerable pattern of egregious abuses of power, directly threatening our constitutional order, our safety, and our way of life.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar 02, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the unprovoked bombing of Iran over the weekend by the United States<\/a> and Israel\u2014strikes that included the unlawful assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei\u2014the call for US President Donald Trump<\/a> to be impeached and removed from office has grown as the straightest path to hold the US leader to account for the attacks which policy and human rights<\/a> experts have condemned as a serious war crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a regional war in the Middle East that was already boiling from Gaza<\/a> to Lebanon<\/a> and from Syria<\/a> to Yemen<\/a> now exploding in the wake of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, Globe and Mail<\/em> columnist Debra Thompson on Sunday called Trump \u201cthe most dangerous man on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Trump Marches US Toward Iran War, Critics Ask: Where\u2019s the \u2018Pushback\u2019 From Dems and Media?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRather than ending wars,\u201d Thompson notes, \u201cTrump has initiated military action eight times, carrying out attacks in seven countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria<\/a>, Yemen, Somalia<\/a>, and Venezuela<\/a>) in 2025.\u201d Such a pattern of violence and warmongering should make clear that failure to restrain Trump has only emboldened him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe recurring danger in this latest presidential aggression is that there are no guardrails, no constraints, and no post-hoc justification,\u201d writes Thomson, \u201cother than that Mr. Trump is the President of the United States and can do whatever he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But American presidents cannot simply do whatever they want. According to<\/a> a Reuters\/Ipsos poll out Sunday, less than 25% support the president\u2019s aggression against Iran. In the first wave of the US military<\/a> attack, an Iranian school for girls was bombed<\/a>, killing over 108 civilians, mostly children<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some congressional lawmakers are pushing for a vote this week on a War Powers Resolution to curtail US military operations against Iran, others are demanding more robust action from Congress to bring Trump\u2019s war-making to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnder Article I, Section 8 of the\u00a0U.S. Constitution<\/a>, only Congress has the power to declare war, as well as to raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, and fund and regulate the military,\u201d declared novelist and political activists Stephen King on Saturday. \u201cImpeach the SOB.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Hersh and Alan Minsky, respectively the communications director and executive director of the Progressive Democrats of America<\/a>, argued in a Sunday op-ed<\/a> for Common Dreams <\/em>that \u201cTrump\u2019s illegal, unconstitutional war on Iran is not only a moral and humanitarian disaster, but also a profound constitutional crisis<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Hersh and Minsky:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump\u2019s illegal war on Iran and the rule of law<\/a> establish an intolerable pattern of egregious abuses of power, directly threatening our constitutional order, our safety, and our way of life. These intertwined crises cry out for an immediate, decisive response by the Congress and the US public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, PDA demands that all members of Congress, Democrats, Republicans<\/a>, and Independents alike, uphold their oath of office to defend our constitutional republic. The Constitution offers one and only one remedy when President a repeatedly breaks the law and arrogantly refuses to abide by the limits on the power clearly laid out in the Constitution. That remedy is impeachment<\/a>, followed by removal from office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Matt Duss, executive vice president for the Center for International Policy, said that US lawmakers, as well as the American people they represent, \u201cmust also be ready to hold the president and his administration accountable for this breach of US and international law<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe failure to hold past presidents liable for\u00a0war crimes<\/a>\u00a0and related violations of our own laws has helped lead to this dangerous moment, with a seemingly unrestrained president endangering millions of lives with impunity,\u201d warned Duss. \u201cThe forever wars and the imperial presidency must finally come to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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