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Who are next in line in case Trump fails to continue the presidency? 

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03 October, 2020, 12:25 pm
Last modified: 03 October, 2020, 01:56 pm

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Who are next in line in case Trump fails to continue the presidency? 

Here is the list of the probable candidates who might get a chance to sit on the throne if Trump proves to be unfit to continue his responsibilities

TBS Report
03 October, 2020, 12:25 pm
Last modified: 03 October, 2020, 01:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

After President Donald Trump and the first lady identified Covid-19 positive, one of the more pressing issue is roaming around - who can be next on the line if President Donald Trump were ever unable to perform the duties of the US president?

As a 74-year-old man who qualifies as medically obese, Trump is at a particularly high risk of experiencing serious complications from Covid-19.

The US has created policies and protocols for a long line of succession to ensure the peaceful transfer of power under all circumstances, like if a president resigns, gets impeached and removed from office, dies in office, or is otherwise incapable of serving.

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The Presidential Succession Act, first enacted in 1792 and most recently amended in 1947 at the dawn of the nuclear age, stipulates that the presidential line of succession goes down heads of Congress and then the president's cabinet, reports Business Insider. 

What happens to the US presidential election if a candidate dies or becomes incapacitated?

Under Trump, the line of succession includes Vice President Mike Pence, two members of Congress, and 14 cabinet officials. Of them, 15 are men and three are women, though one woman, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, is a naturalized citizen who is included but ineligible to serve as president because she was born outside of the United States to non-American parents. 

While turnover in the role of US president remains extremely rare, the line provides political stability and military-grade redundancy should anything ever happen to the commander in chief. 

Here is the list of the probable candidates who might get a chance to sit on the throne if Trump proves to be unfit to continue his responsibilities after all - 

Vice President Mike Pence

His style, however, is much different from that of his boss. He is calm rather than volcanic, and deeply religious Photo: Reuters
His style, however, is much different from that of his boss. He is calm rather than volcanic, and deeply religious Photo: Reuters

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters

Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) answers a reporter's question at a Republican press conference inside the Capitol.

REX/Shutterstock
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) answers a reporter's question at a Republican press conference inside the Capitol. REX/Shutterstock

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a press conference in the garden of Marienborg Castle north of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a press conference in the garden of Marienborg Castle north of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin

FILE PHOTO: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

FILE PHOTO: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State of Defence Ben Wallace after their meeting at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State of Defence Ben Wallace after their meeting at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

Attorney General Bill Barr

FILE PHOTO: US Attorney General William Barr announces the findings of the criminal investigation into the Dec. 6, 2019, shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, US, January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
FILE PHOTO: US Attorney General William Barr announces the findings of the criminal investigation into the Dec. 6, 2019, shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, US, January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt

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