Sunday, 10 January 2021 (YJC)_ Amid calls for his ouster President Trump plans to resume some official duties this week.
Amid calls for his ouster and rumblings of invoking the 25th Amendment over the assault on the U.S. Capitol, President Trump plans to resume some official duties this week, including diplomatic outreach, transition activities and a planned trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, a senior administration official confirms to CBS News.
As of Saturday, the plan remained for the administration to "ride out" the remaining 10 days left of Mr. Trump's tumultuous presidency. Three administration sources tell CBS News that Mr. Trump does not plan to resign, nor does he feel any pressure to do so. No plan to invoke the 25th Amendment has been formally presented to Vice President Mike Pence by the Cabinet, and removal through impeachment is not considered a viable option.
However, the prospect of a second impeachment is frustrating to the president who, according to sources, has been talking to allies outside the White House about it in recent days.
In the wake of the attack, Mr. Trump has given the silent treatment to his most deferential of allies: Pence.
It has been nearly four days since Pence fled to a bunker Wednesday inside the Capitol to protect him from a pro-Trump mob, some of whom chanted "hang Mike Pence."
While Pence was sheltering in that bunker, the president did not call the vice president to check on his or his family's safety, according to a source close to the vice president. The two have not spoken since Wednesday. The president has said nothing in public to take the target off of Pence's back, a silence that is stinging to even the most loyal of Trump allies.
Sources tell CBS News that Mr. Trump has privately acknowledged that the vice president got a "bad deal.
A number of close Trump advisers are lobbying the president to make some public remarks in the days ahead. The substance of what he might say is unclear.
Source: CBS
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