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sheshe2

(91,508 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:44 PM Wednesday

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

DENVERPOPS

(11,848 posts)
23. Pretty much
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 01:21 AM
Yesterday

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

Ocelot II

(124,340 posts)
2. They're all terrible.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:48 PM
Wednesday

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

(91,508 posts)
6. To name a few..
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:58 PM
Wednesday

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

etc etc

LudwigPastorius

(12,262 posts)
15. Yeah, that begs the question,...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:21 PM
Wednesday

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

sheshe2

(91,508 posts)
17. The worm is dead...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:42 PM
Wednesday

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

Wounded Bear

(61,774 posts)
4. Yeah, kinda gives pause to the whole wishing he would just die strategy...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:53 PM
Wednesday

Not a gem in the group.

mopinko

(72,308 posts)
9. it wont solve much.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:13 PM
Wednesday

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

sheshe2

(91,508 posts)
25. I'll start.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 02:23 AM
Yesterday
Trump is Governor Stillson. The Stand
"The missiles are flying"



Trump Supporters are Trashcan man.




Pretty sure that Noem is Carrie's mom.




greatauntoftriplets

(177,534 posts)
32. I have a confession.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 09:30 AM
Yesterday

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

Silent Type

(9,041 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, 11:14 PM
Wednesday

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

GaYellowDawg

(4,956 posts)
12. When you look at a list of that many names
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:19 PM
Wednesday

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

Jack Valentino

(1,877 posts)
14. Too many sociopaths and criminals...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:20 PM
Wednesday

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


RockRaven

(17,165 posts)
16. Outside of a Tom Clancy novel or similar, the order of succession largely doesn't matter
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:30 PM
Wednesday

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

markodochartaigh

(2,703 posts)
28. Remember when President Reagan was shot
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 02:45 AM
Yesterday

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

(34,749 posts)
18. trump has to go. I don't care who's next.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:45 PM
Wednesday

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

(5,298 posts)
20. Glad noem is last
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:22 AM
Yesterday

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

(8,720 posts)
21. Yep, another part of the system that is fucked up crazy- which created a never ending MESS
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:31 AM
Yesterday

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

(2,703 posts)
26. Given the current quality of the script writing for our reality;
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 02:33 AM
Yesterday

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

markodochartaigh

(2,703 posts)
29. I think that Pickled Pete gets a bad rap.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 02:47 AM
Yesterday

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

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