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Chris Traux, a conservative appellate lawyer and former GOP campaign official, warned on Friday that Trump\u2019s \u201cdeteriorating\u201d health was serious enough to be considered an \u201cemergency,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

and pitched what he called a “politically achievable\u201d path forward to addressing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident\u00a0Trump\u00a0appears to be deteriorating by the day. He is confabulating. He is demonstrating poor judgment,\u201d Traux wrote in an\u00a0op-ed<\/u>\u00a0published Friday in The Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven before he began threatening to commit genocide against\u00a0Iran\u00a0and posted a picture of himself as Jesus, he had been exhibiting poor impulse control. He has also begun speaking like a six-year-old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He talks about \u2018nuclear dust\u2019 and says things like, \u2018They\u2019ve dropped a couple of water mines. \u2026 We\u2019ve defeated all of their water boats, too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commentary on Trump\u2019s allegedly declining health is not new, and many critics have\u00a0suggested<\/u>\u00a0invoking the 25th Amendment to have the president forcibly removed from office on the grounds that he no longer had the mental capacity to serve as commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traux dismissed invoking the 25th Amendment as a realistic path forward, and instead offered an alternative plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to put aside fantasies about impeachment and the 25th Amendment and focus on fixes we can actually implement,\u201d Traux wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo let\u2019s have Congress pass a bill that gives the Gang of Eight immediate and unredacted access to all of Trump\u2019s medical records. Unlike calls to invoke the 25th Amendment, this reform is politically achievable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It doesn\u2019t require Republicans to choose sides, either. You can both support Trump and believe presidents and their closest loyal aides should not be able to cover up presidential infirmity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traux likened this approach to the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), and argued that such a proposal would be easier for Republicans to support, much as they had with the EFTA. More than anything, however, Traux urged lawmakers to act swiftly before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one knows what the future may bring,\u201d Traux wrote. \u201cBut even if you genuinely believe that Trump is fine now, at almost 80 years of age, his mental fitness is not going to improve over the next two years, eight months and 27 days. Something must be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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