CNN's Michael Smerconish has dismissed calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against President Donald Trump, stating that his erratic behavior was part of his process. He argued that if Trump were truly a candidate for removal, there would be signs of instability throughout his life that indicated he was incapable of doing his job. These comments were made in response to claims that the president's social media posts, such as "open the f*ckin' strait" and prediction that "a whole civilization will die tonight," had been cited as evidence that he was erratic and out of control. However, SmerConish explained that the deliberative and lengthy process by which Trump came to the decision to launch "Operation Epic Fury," detailed in a recent New York Times report was anything but erratic.