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sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:44 PM Apr 2025

Current order of succession 😱

1 Vice President JD Vance Republican
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson Republican
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Chuck Grassley Republican
4 Secretary of State Marco Rubio Republican
5 Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Republican
6 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Republican
7 Attorney General Pam Bondi Republican
8 Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum Republican
9 Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Republican
10 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick Republican
11 Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer Republican
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner Republican
14 Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Republican
15 Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Republican
16 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Republican
17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Republican
18 Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

They are all pretty frightening.

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Current order of succession 😱 (Original Post) sheshe2 Apr 2025 OP
they are ALL disgusting Skittles Apr 2025 #1
Evil, every last one is evil. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #13
Pretty much DENVERPOPS Apr 2025 #23
They're all terrible. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #2
To name a few.. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #6
Yeah, that begs the question,... LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #15
The worm is dead... sheshe2 Apr 2025 #17
Incompetence bdamomma Apr 2025 #3
Yeah, kinda gives pause to the whole wishing he would just die strategy... Wounded Bear Apr 2025 #4
it wont solve much. mopinko Apr 2025 #9
They're scarier than a Stephen King novel. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2025 #5
He had a vision and wrote about them. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #8
I'll start. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #25
I have a confession. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2025 #32
Ha... I have read most of them. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #33
We've got work to do to change this .. gotta get em off the couch n vote 🗳️ Deuxcents Apr 2025 #7
Damn. All losers, but I'm not sure they can be worse than trump (though they are close). As much as I despise them, Silent Type Apr 2025 #10
Scott Bessent seems amazing Polybius Apr 2025 #11
When you look at a list of that many names GaYellowDawg Apr 2025 #12
Too many sociopaths and criminals... Jack Valentino Apr 2025 #14
Whack-a-mole. dchill Apr 2025 #22
Outside of a Tom Clancy novel or similar, the order of succession largely doesn't matter RockRaven Apr 2025 #16
Remember when President Reagan was shot markodochartaigh Apr 2025 #28
trump has to go. I don't care who's next. ecstatic Apr 2025 #18
that is a list of idiots peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #19
Glad noem is last Figarosmom Apr 2025 #20
Yep, another part of the system that is fucked up crazy- which created a never ending MESS Meowmee Apr 2025 #21
I didn't see Kiefer Sutherland? What happened? LT Barclay Apr 2025 #24
Given the current quality of the script writing for our reality; markodochartaigh Apr 2025 #26
I doubt that Whiskey Pete will last that long. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #27
I think that Pickled Pete gets a bad rap. markodochartaigh Apr 2025 #29
You made me laugh! sheshe2 Apr 2025 #30
Change 2 and 3 in '26. Rhiagel Apr 2025 #31

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
23. Pretty much
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:21 AM
Apr 2025

a stacked deck, with the world's greatest Crime Syndicate, the Republicans in charge.......

Ocelot II

(128,827 posts)
2. They're all terrible.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:48 PM
Apr 2025

Probably the least terrible one of the bunch is Chuck Grasshole, and that's a pretty low bar. But at least ol' Chuck wasn't a Trump appointee.

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
6. To name a few..
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:58 PM
Apr 2025

Hogsbreath is an alcoholic.
Noem can't even secure her own pocketbook.
Kennedy has a brain worm.

etc etc

LudwigPastorius

(14,047 posts)
15. Yeah, that begs the question,...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:21 PM
Apr 2025

if Bob became the president, would the presidential brain worm be elevated to a Cabinet-level position?

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
17. The worm is dead...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:42 PM
Apr 2025

though he/it may be a shoe in for Sec.of Defense since Hegseth is dead drunk all the time.

Wounded Bear

(63,767 posts)
4. Yeah, kinda gives pause to the whole wishing he would just die strategy...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:53 PM
Apr 2025

Not a gem in the group.

mopinko

(73,247 posts)
9. it wont solve much.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:13 PM
Apr 2025

he’s just the face of the fascist oligarchs. he’s too stupid/demented to engineer all this.

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
25. I'll start.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:23 AM
Apr 2025
Trump is Governor Stillson. The Stand
"The missiles are flying"



Trump Supporters are Trashcan man.




Pretty sure that Noem is Carrie's mom.




greatauntoftriplets

(178,590 posts)
32. I have a confession.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 08:30 AM
Apr 2025

I find his books too scary to read, and the only movie I saw was "The Shining". It creeped me out.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
10. Damn. All losers, but I'm not sure they can be worse than trump (though they are close). As much as I despise them,
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:14 PM
Apr 2025

I think Rubio, maybe Grassley, would be best of that bunch, but not saying much. Think they’d go for a different Cabinet.

GaYellowDawg

(5,071 posts)
12. When you look at a list of that many names
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:19 PM
Apr 2025

and Marco Rubio stands out as the best available option, then we're at the bottom of the septic tank.

Jack Valentino

(4,251 posts)
14. Too many sociopaths and criminals...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:20 PM
Apr 2025

It would be like that game where you hit the groundhog on the head with a hammer,
but another one pops right up....


RockRaven

(18,623 posts)
16. Outside of a Tom Clancy novel or similar, the order of succession largely doesn't matter
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:30 PM
Apr 2025

because any vacancy from VP down would be filled very very quickly.

markodochartaigh

(4,901 posts)
28. Remember when President Reagan was shot
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:45 AM
Apr 2025

and Al Haig gave a press conference and said that he was in charge? I shudder to think of the scramble for power that would occur in the current line of succession should the presidency be in flux. And then you have to add Elon too.

ecstatic

(35,003 posts)
18. trump has to go. I don't care who's next.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:45 PM
Apr 2025

We made the mistake last time of worrying about the order of succession. There is absolutely nobody more reckless and more stupid than trump. He has to go... like yesterday. Millions, potentially even billions of lives are at stake.

Figarosmom

(9,642 posts)
20. Glad noem is last
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:22 PM
Apr 2025

So if the ever is an event that would wipe out the line, we have to hope they are all in the same place. Could happen since trump never follows norms so the norm that 1 of them would be in a safe location would be ignored.

During the State of the Union did they have one guy put safly away? I can't see them doing it.

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
21. Yep, another part of the system that is fucked up crazy- which created a never ending MESS
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:31 PM
Apr 2025

There should be another election soon after if someone is impeached probably. I think that any of those choices is still better than psycho and hopefully they would be a lame duck of some sort.

markodochartaigh

(4,901 posts)
26. Given the current quality of the script writing for our reality;
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:33 AM
Apr 2025

I'm betting that Whisky Pete is president by Thanksgiving and he pardons the Wild Turkey.

markodochartaigh

(4,901 posts)
29. I think that Pickled Pete gets a bad rap.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:47 AM
Apr 2025

I think much of the blame goes to his assistants Jim Beam, Jack Daniel, and Johnnie Walker.

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