WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 7, 2026) — As another perilous threat to the people of Iran looms from behind White House gates, Greenpeace USA activists took a banner to the White House calling for the immediate removal of President Donald Trump for war crimes. NO WAR calls are coming from across the nation while Trump schemes up more ways to steal oil under the guise of a senseless war that would not only put American’s lives at risk, but is already threatening the livelihood of all.
Photos of the bannering can be found in the Greenpeace media library here.
Reinforcing our resolute objection to the war on Iran and threats of genocide, John Hocevar, Greenpeace USA Program Director, said, “President Trump threatened ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran does not meet his deadline — an obvious threat to commit an illegal attack on civilians. This is a moment where the Vice President and presidential cabinet must intervene to invoke the 25th Amendment and declare Trump unfit for office. All of us have a responsibility to ensure our members of congress understand that their constituents expect them to back this action and prevent millions of deaths from happening in our name.
“The American people understand that this war is about the financial interests of the dozen or so billionaires that seem to run this administration and will not make anyone safer. When U.S. companies are set to pocket upwards of $60 billion in windfall profits from this greed-driven disaster, Trump cannot look the truth in the face and lie to the American people who see it clearly written through the impact at the gas pump, in our travel plans, and the supplies of goods and merchandise millions rely on.
“Our name is not just a brand, it’s the truth we’ve leveraged since the very day this organization was founded more than 50 years ago. We cannot have a green, just world without peace – and that is what we are calling for today.”
Greenpeace USA will always choose peace over war — and the path there is clear: The Vice President must invoke the 25th amendment before any of these threats can be carried out. At the same time we must make plans to tax Big Oil’s windfall profits, reinvest that money in the American public, and pass the bold renewable energy policy that finally ends our dependence on volatile fossil fuels.
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