26th of December incident (2032: Collapse)

* Trump removed from office via the 25th Amendment
* Mike Pence becomes 46th President of the United States
* Democratic Party
* Republican Party (anti-Trump factions)
* United States Cabinet
* Republican Party (pro-Trump factions)

On the evening of December 25 and into the morning of December 26, 2020, the Cabinet of the United States, led by Vice President of the United States Mike Pence led a non-violent ousting of President Donald Trump under the reasoning of the 25th Amendment, declaring Trump mentally inept to lead the country and stating that he was "an active threat to American democracy" in what was an unprecedented move in American history up to that point. Tensions between Pence and Trump had been growing since the 2020 United States presidential election which saw Democratic nominee and former vice president Joe Biden elected president over Trump, and Trump claim voter fraud and a plot against him in response. Pence had disagreed with Trump on the matter from the beginning, with several White House documents indicating that Pence had attempted to get Trump to concede peacefully and without force prior to the events of Christmas and Boxing Day, however Trump remained resilient, even reportedly threatening to dismiss Pence from his post. As tensions continued to grow into late December of 2020, fears of a possible military coup or civil war began to emerge within government as Trump continued to imply that he would be willing to use military force to remain in power.

It is likely that Pence's decision to oust Trump came after a phone call on the morning of December 22 failed to de-escalate tensions, and the earliest known period where such a ousting was definitely being planned was on the afternoon of December 23 in a phone call between Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with Pence winning over Pelosi's support for the action. Pence later contacted Biden on the early morning of December 24, assuring Biden that the election results would be respected by Pence and the presidential cabinet. David Bernhardt and Alex Azar soon assured Pence of their support for his plan, although they faced opposition especially from Mike Pompeo and Mark Meadows, the latter of whom attempted to warn Trump of the plan on the morning of December 25. As more members of the cabinet gradually switched to Pence's side, however, Pompeo would abruptly defect at the onset of the plan on the evening of December 25, supporting Pence and the pro-ousting faction. At the same time, Azar, who was to become vice president upon Trump's ousting, called James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, requesting him to get the combatant command to stage forces around strategic points in the country in the event that Trump attempted to "go out with a bang".

After several hours of deliberation, the Cabinet voted in favor of invoking the 25th Amendment and ousting Trump from office early on the morning of December 26, with Pence informing the world of the decision from a Boeing C-32 acting as Air Force Two, then taking the oath of office and becoming the 46th President of the United States upon landing at Joint Base Andrews several hours later. However, Trump refused to vacate the White House, threatening Pence and other officials on a call with Fox News with "great retaliation for this betrayal" and appointing Meadows as vice president while dissolving the presidential cabinet. However, with it becoming obvious that Trump had lost all support by that afternoon, he declared his resignation as president and fled the country for Russia in secret that evening. Meadows would thereafter claim to be the legitimate president for several more hours before his own resignation and shortly thereafter arrest early on the morning of December 27. The actions of Pence and the presidential cabinet were applauded by organizations opposed to Trump, while several key Trump supporters such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Lindell and others claimed that the ousting was a "unconstitutional coup" and called on Trump supporters to protest the action by "marching on DC". This would eventually lead to Trump supporters organizing outside of the United States Capitol building on the evening of January 5, 2021, prompting Pence to request military forces into DC in order to maintain public order. However, when some Trump supporters began to violently attack the military and police blocking them from entering the Capitol Building, the military responded by opening fire, with several people on both sides being killed. However, Trump and his supporters would fail to prevent the House of Representatives from certifying Joe Biden's electoral college victory, something that was done on January 7, 2021, and Pence would leave just 25 days after assuming office on January 20, 2021.