Trump is "phoning it in" and is no longer an acting president

 Donald Trump is no longer even doing his job as president. He spends 20% of his time golfing. He holds fundraisers for himself, using his official position to reward acolytes. He skips most of the daily intelligence briefings to keep him informed [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/trump-intelligence-briefing-frequency-00338946]. When asked questions about what his administration is doing he either says he doesn't know, or refers the questioner to another official. For instance, when asked whether he planned to send migrants to Libya, he responded “I don't know. You'll have to ask the Department of Homeland Security.” Even when asked about the most important aspect of being president, “[D]on’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” Once again, Trump answered, “I don’t know.” [https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/-dont-know-problem-trump-leaning-new-favorite-phrase-rcna205546]

 Trump generally skips the daily intelligence briefing.  Apparently he can't afford the time or brain power needed.

When the need arises to fill an important vacancy in his administration, he does not take the time to find the most qualified person. Instead he searches in his head through people he already knows and decides which one of them will best fit the slot. This is laziness and dangerous for the country.

This is called dereliction of duty. It means we do not really have a president. We have a golfing self-promoter disguising himself as president.

Dereliction of duty is defined as “a person’s purposeful or accidental failure to perform an obligation without a valid excuse, especially an obligation attached to their job. In the 1991 U.S. Court of Military Appeals case , U.S. v. Powell , the Court stated that a person is guilty of the offense of dereliction of duty when he or she willingly or negligently fails to perform his or her duties or by performing such duties in a culpably inefficient manner.” [https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/dereliction]

Trump is about to turn 79 years old. It may be that his age is catching up with him and he has trouble maintaining a knowledge of what is going on in his administration. In this case, it would not be dereliction but inability. In either case it is a danger to the country and must be remedied immediately. Congress has the ability to impeach and remove the president, though with a Republican majority at this time that is highly unlikely. There is also section 4 of article 25 of the Constitution, which allows “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. “

Whether Trump is deliberately failing to act as president or he is becoming mentally feeble, there are remedies, and they must be acted upon. Our country demands a president who is capable, competent, and willing to perform his duties.