People often criticise the Democrats for being overly cautious and never getting anything done. But this week they’ve surprised us all by unveiling concepts of a plan for getting Donald Trump out of the White House.

On Tuesday House Democrats introduced legislation that would create a commission to assess whether Trump is unfit to serve and should be removed under the 25th amendment. I don’t need to tell you what precipitated this: Trump is growingly increasingly erratic, threatening genocide one minute and posting pictures of himself as Jesus Christ the next.

Don’t get your hopes up, the bill is a long shot in a Republican-controlled Congress. Nevertheless, it’s still a positive development and demonstrates a growing appetite in Congress to talk about the president’s mental acuity. Or lack thereof.

While the legislation is a good start, I think it could go further. Why not require cognitive and psychological tests for everyone in government? Because it’s not just Trump who seems to be a little bit off his rocker, is it? The US is being run by a bunch of people with some very interesting ideas. And I use “interesting” in the British sense of the word.

Take, for example, Gregg Phillips, a top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema). Phillips has espoused election fraud conspiracy theories and said that “bitch” Joe Biden deserves to die, which isn’t particularly surprising for a Trump official. What is unusual, however, are his claims that he once involuntarily teleported to a Waffle House in Rome, Atlanta.

How exactly did that happen? He’s not sure. But Phillips did........

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