By Donald A. Collins | 17 April 2026
Church and State

As Trump has proved, it is so easy to start a war, but now the war with Iran is no longer one he can stop since Iran is in the driver’s seat, despite his illegal promise to bomb Iran’s power plants and other nonmilitary targets “into the Stone Age”.
But Tuesday, April 6, when Trump decided at the 11th hour not to begin to destroy a nation of 91 million people, he had finally run out of his string of horrendous crimes beginning with the January 6, 2021, attempt at a coup at our Capitol!
This exposed his mad, feckless dementia as his ranting has been escalated daily!!!
Trump is reportedly negotiating a deal which would stop Iran from producing a nuclear weapon in exchange for $20 Billion in Iranian assets being unfrozen.
Note that The Iranian Nuclear agreement (JCPOA) that Obama signed, that Trump tore up, did the same thing. It halted their…
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 17, 2026
Our TV news since the war started has been full of experts who described the downsides of this war. Now, the big switch of April 6th has seen comments to expel Trump now have come from former staunch Trump supporters such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson on Fox News, who have suddenly come fully out against Trump and are calling for his ouster. The number of Democratic leaders calling for his ouster is truly impressive!
Iran and particularly Russia have benefited hugely from this war since the price of oil has boomed, and Trump, of course, took the sanctions off the purchase of Russian oil, which puts more pressure on the Ukrainians.
Trump now is truly a proven loser, something that he finds totally unacceptable, but he has been able to get away without getting nailed for years. But now he is truly nailed. As I punned in an earlier opinion piece, Trump is now Straitened out!!
Trump is now a dangerous outcast in his own country and certainly among our allies, with whom he has despoiled our relationship to the point that we will not get our honor back very quickly.
Speaking of outcasts, we can describe the entire GOP as not only completely out of touch with reality—these sad excuses for Senators and members of the House who claim they’re talking to the Democrats about how horrible Trump is but behind closed doors.
🎶 Iran-linked accounts are circulating a new LEGO-style propaganda video portraying U.S. and Israeli leaders as corrupt elites tied to the “Epstein files,” part of a broader online campaign aimed at undermining support for the war.
The animation depicts President Donald Trump… pic.twitter.com/PdjcJGrjuy
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) April 9, 2026
The Congress of the United States should immediately act to impeach indict and oust this villainous completely gaga president before he does any further damage.
The completely disgraced GOP leaders in Congress may take a few days or even weeks to wake up to the huge groundswell that will arise all over the country by people that realize they’ve been snookered for a long time particularly Trump’s strongest constituency, the MAGAs.
Imagine! These Sycophants are more worried about their salaries and perks offered and their fear of the adverse reaction of the Great Poohbah than the democracy he is trying to steal and that they took oaths to save. GOP elected traitors you are truly disgusting!
One highly favorable thing now is that the chances that we will be putting U.S. troops on the ground in Iran has now vanished. This is because our military generals that he has used to exercise their superb skills so far in the Iran war and previously in Venezuela can now after this two week waiting period can strongly refuse to act on an unlawful order.
Trump’s eviction will suggest to the world that US is coming back as responsible and trustworthy nation.
Continuing under Trump would be so dangerous as he would push the gutless GOP toward a broader conflict, with many nations armed with nuclear weapons.
Small events can lead to major wars—World War I erupted after Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination in 1914.
You can read that full sad story here.
Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum to Serbia Ignites the July Crisis
1/ On this day in 1914, Austria-Hungary issued a stern ultimatum to Serbia following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This “July Crisis” document lit the fuse for World War I, dragging Europe into… pic.twitter.com/HJrmy8WBQB
— Manifest History (@ManifestHistory) July 23, 2025
Another example: US war planes-initiated hostilities over the Tonkin Gulf, starting the Vietnam War. Similarly, escalating tensions in the Middle East would cause conditions for broader conflict with no clear resolutions.
Ousting Trump cuts that chance immensely.
The absence of the courage in the GOP Congress to bring this convicted traitor down allows Trump to make further insane moves. If they now act he won’t get to try to take over Cuba.
Now clear that his actions in Venezuela, and now in instigating his attack on Iran offers further indication that Trump is still trying to keep further releases of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
With fired Attorney General Pam Bondi now gone Congress may force her successor to release the rest of those overly redacted documents. Bondi was following Trump’s direct orders for a slow release of those files. Trump should’ve appreciated her obeisance but apparently not enough
At this point, my readers could claim that I am acting like the little shepherd boy who cried wolf in that children’s story who thought it was amusing to frighten people by crying wolf when there was no wolf. Then the wolf came and ate all his sheep.
Yes, I have written so many opinion pieces in which I have called for Trump’s impeachment, indictment and conviction. So many times, when his deeds seemed to me impossible to not require the Congress to take such an action, they didn’t even acknowledge these iniquities. Of course, the 25th amendment could also be utilized if half his cabinet would agree. Now I think it’s realistic to expect my prediction to come true.
Former US Navy officer, banker and venture capitalist, Donald A. Collins, a free lance writer living in Los Angeles, CA, has spent over 60 years working for women’s reproductive health as a board member and/or officer of numerous family planning organizations including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Guttmacher Institute, Family Health International and Ipas. Yale under graduate, NYU MBA. He is the author of 15 books: “From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013”, “Trump Becoming Macbeth: Will our democracy survive?”, “We Humans Overwhelm Our Earth: 11 or 2 Billion by 2100?”, “What Can Be Done Now to Save Habitable Life on Planet Earth?”, “Vote”, “Can Homo Sapiens Survive?”, “Will Choice and Democracy Win?”, “Can Our U.S. Survive 8 Plus Billion of Us”, “Economic Growth: A Cancer on all Earthly Life”, “On the Precipice of Political Disaster in 2024”, “Democracy at Red State Risk”, “Does Trump Go to Jail or to The Oval Office?”, “Trump: Pardon or Punish?: The Nixon Precedence Was Not A Trump Coup Denied!”, “Common Sense: When will Trump be Impeached, Indicted, and Exited?”, “Trump–unrestrained dangerous liar!”, “Our Ethnic Mix May Save Us!” and “Trump will be gone before November 3, 2026!”.“What Can Be Done Now to Save Habitable Life on Planet Earth?”: https://t.co/fHuh0CG6JD
“We Humans Overwhelm Our Earth: 11 or 2 Billion by 2100?”: https://t.co/TA4j7cp1tE
“From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013”: https://t.co/lkC2t3E1A9 pic.twitter.com/bQsL2mLBcO— Church and State (@ChurchAndStateN) November 1, 2021
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I don’t think you’re wrong. Decent analysis. But my god you need an editor. I had to stop reading around the third time you got lost in a sentence that didn’t resolve in a way that would have supported the beginning or it’s subject.
Like this:
“This is because our military generals that he has used to exercise their superb skills so far in the Iran war and previously in Venezuela can now after this two week waiting period can strongly refuse to act on an unlawful order.”
Seriously?
Not a chance. It’s desirable, but the 25th Amendment requires a veto-proof majority of the Congress or the VP and majority of the cabinet holding strong to both throw Trump out AND after he protests and rejects their request. This, from the same toadies that have refused to do anything but support him until now. It’s more likely Trump will die of natural causes than any Constitutional mechanism will remove him. I appreciate the sentiment. Won’t happen.