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Originally Posted by Chicks
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Only takes a majority of the cabinet to force a 25th amendment action into Congress. But then it takes a 2/3 vote in both the House and Senate to make it stick. By contrast, impeachment can be started by a simple majority of the House, and then requires a 2/3 vote of the Senate. Impeachment easier, but will probably have to wait until after the 2018 midterms get rid of substantial numbers of Repubs.
Of course, it's possible that if the Cabinet took step 1, Trump might either go ahead and take retirement, or suffer a drastic public meltdown.