Demand the Impeachment and Removal of Donald J. Trump from Office
The Issue
I am a deeply concerned citizen, witnessing how Donald J. Trump's actions have been affecting not just myself, but countless others in various sectors. His decisions have targeted my community - from churches to businesses, particularly the Smithsonian institutions that I hold dear. These institutions are significantly being negatively impacted.
His actions have gone beyond politics - they are endangering people's lives and welfare, causing irrevocable damage and possibly leading to loss of lives. Trump has been, undeniably and effectively, ruining the very essence of many livelihoods.
Such leadership that condones harm to citizens of its own nation is not what our great nation deserves. The United States of America is founded on liberty, justice, and pursuit of happiness - ideals that have been undermined during Benjamin Franklin's presidency.
I implore you all, in the name of justice and dignity, to sign this petition. Let us demand the impeachment and removal of Donald J. Trump from office. Let us protect our rights, our lives, and our future. Sign today for a safer society, for our loved ones, and for the fundamental principles that this great nation stands upon.and Health in the Trump Era has just come out with an assessment of Donald Trump’s impact on the health of Americans while he was U.S. President. And, spoiler alert, it wasn’t positive.
That’s assuming that you find many more deaths to be a negative health impact. According to the report, Trump’s policies or lack thereof contributed to the deaths of around 461,000 Americans in 2018. In 2019, about 22,000 deaths resulted from Trump’s dismantling of environmental protection measures alone, based on the Commission’s analyses. And of course, there was 2020, when the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic hit. Many have written about the Trump administration’s failure to mount a scientifically appropriate response to the pandemic. The Commission determined that 40% of Covid-19-related deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented had the U.S. only had the same Covid-19 death rates as those of other Group of Seven (G7) nations, namely Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.Of course, these numbers are not exact. It’s not as if the Commission members used a time machine made out of a DeLorean or the quantum realm to jump back in time, installed something else in Trump’s place as U.S. President such as a cinder block, and then observed what happened in an alternate reality. Time travel is not a thing yet. Plus, it would have been difficult to fit all 33 members of the Commission into a DeLorean. Moreover, The Lancet probably didn’t have those suits that the Avengers wore for each of the clinical medicine, public health, epidemiology, health policy, community medicine, economics, nutrition, law, and political experts from the U.S., U.K., and Canada who comprised the Commission.Instead, the Commission, which was formed in April 2017, determined how many fewer deaths the U.S. would have had if the U.S. had had death rates comparable to those of other G7 countries. This graphic from The Lancet illustrates the growing gap between the U.S. and the rest of the G7 over the past four decades:
Yes, you heard that correctly: over the past four decades. Now Trump was U.S. President for only four years, which is about 146 Scaramuccis, although it may have felt longer. So, you may be wondering whether this story is not just about Trump. But more on that later.The Commission also catalogued the Trump Administration’s many actions that could have affected human health, ranging from a trillion-dollar tax cut for corporations and high-income individuals followed by cuts in food subsidy and health care programs to repealing environmental regulations to actions that left 2.3 million fewer people in the U.S. insured. Here’s a graphic from The Lancet that depicts how the percentage of uninsured Americans has changed over the past four decades and before:There’s that “four decades” mention again. Could this story possibly be about more than Trump? As they say in cliffhangers and bagpipe playing, stay tuned.
Trump certainly did plenty to affect health during his term in office. For example, his Administration repeatedly subverted and weakened many science and health initiatives, including the federal governments pandemic preparedness capabilities before ding-ding-ding the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Oh, and then there was that whole putting kids in cages thing.
The Commission identified how different changes under Trump may have led to more deaths. Some cause-and-effective relationships may be more straightforward such as leaving people uninsured. Other relationships are more complex, such as the reverberating effects of Trump’s stoking racism and xenophobia. Remember how Trump kept referring to the Covid-19 coronavirus as the “kung-flu” and the “China virus,” as I have covered for Forbes? Well, as I have described previously for Forbes and the Milken Institute, 2020 saw a jump in hate incidents against Asian Americans. Who knows what that will subsequently lead to over time. And what will be the full impact of Trump referring to African countries as bleep-hole countries where bleep is a word that rhymes with hypocrite? Or what about his tweeting that Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) should “go back” to their countries even though they are Americans? Well, stand back and stand by, because portraying persons of color as bleep hole and not true Americans can just make the already bad racism in the U.S. even worse.
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The Issue
I am a deeply concerned citizen, witnessing how Donald J. Trump's actions have been affecting not just myself, but countless others in various sectors. His decisions have targeted my community - from churches to businesses, particularly the Smithsonian institutions that I hold dear. These institutions are significantly being negatively impacted.
His actions have gone beyond politics - they are endangering people's lives and welfare, causing irrevocable damage and possibly leading to loss of lives. Trump has been, undeniably and effectively, ruining the very essence of many livelihoods.
Such leadership that condones harm to citizens of its own nation is not what our great nation deserves. The United States of America is founded on liberty, justice, and pursuit of happiness - ideals that have been undermined during Benjamin Franklin's presidency.
I implore you all, in the name of justice and dignity, to sign this petition. Let us demand the impeachment and removal of Donald J. Trump from office. Let us protect our rights, our lives, and our future. Sign today for a safer society, for our loved ones, and for the fundamental principles that this great nation stands upon.and Health in the Trump Era has just come out with an assessment of Donald Trump’s impact on the health of Americans while he was U.S. President. And, spoiler alert, it wasn’t positive.
That’s assuming that you find many more deaths to be a negative health impact. According to the report, Trump’s policies or lack thereof contributed to the deaths of around 461,000 Americans in 2018. In 2019, about 22,000 deaths resulted from Trump’s dismantling of environmental protection measures alone, based on the Commission’s analyses. And of course, there was 2020, when the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic hit. Many have written about the Trump administration’s failure to mount a scientifically appropriate response to the pandemic. The Commission determined that 40% of Covid-19-related deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented had the U.S. only had the same Covid-19 death rates as those of other Group of Seven (G7) nations, namely Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.Of course, these numbers are not exact. It’s not as if the Commission members used a time machine made out of a DeLorean or the quantum realm to jump back in time, installed something else in Trump’s place as U.S. President such as a cinder block, and then observed what happened in an alternate reality. Time travel is not a thing yet. Plus, it would have been difficult to fit all 33 members of the Commission into a DeLorean. Moreover, The Lancet probably didn’t have those suits that the Avengers wore for each of the clinical medicine, public health, epidemiology, health policy, community medicine, economics, nutrition, law, and political experts from the U.S., U.K., and Canada who comprised the Commission.Instead, the Commission, which was formed in April 2017, determined how many fewer deaths the U.S. would have had if the U.S. had had death rates comparable to those of other G7 countries. This graphic from The Lancet illustrates the growing gap between the U.S. and the rest of the G7 over the past four decades:
Yes, you heard that correctly: over the past four decades. Now Trump was U.S. President for only four years, which is about 146 Scaramuccis, although it may have felt longer. So, you may be wondering whether this story is not just about Trump. But more on that later.The Commission also catalogued the Trump Administration’s many actions that could have affected human health, ranging from a trillion-dollar tax cut for corporations and high-income individuals followed by cuts in food subsidy and health care programs to repealing environmental regulations to actions that left 2.3 million fewer people in the U.S. insured. Here’s a graphic from The Lancet that depicts how the percentage of uninsured Americans has changed over the past four decades and before:There’s that “four decades” mention again. Could this story possibly be about more than Trump? As they say in cliffhangers and bagpipe playing, stay tuned.
Trump certainly did plenty to affect health during his term in office. For example, his Administration repeatedly subverted and weakened many science and health initiatives, including the federal governments pandemic preparedness capabilities before ding-ding-ding the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Oh, and then there was that whole putting kids in cages thing.
The Commission identified how different changes under Trump may have led to more deaths. Some cause-and-effective relationships may be more straightforward such as leaving people uninsured. Other relationships are more complex, such as the reverberating effects of Trump’s stoking racism and xenophobia. Remember how Trump kept referring to the Covid-19 coronavirus as the “kung-flu” and the “China virus,” as I have covered for Forbes? Well, as I have described previously for Forbes and the Milken Institute, 2020 saw a jump in hate incidents against Asian Americans. Who knows what that will subsequently lead to over time. And what will be the full impact of Trump referring to African countries as bleep-hole countries where bleep is a word that rhymes with hypocrite? Or what about his tweeting that Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) should “go back” to their countries even though they are Americans? Well, stand back and stand by, because portraying persons of color as bleep hole and not true Americans can just make the already bad racism in the U.S. even worse.
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Petition created on April 3, 2025