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patricia92243

(12,971 posts)
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:00 AM Oct 25

Question: If Trump dies in office

If Trump dies in office, VP Vance would then be Prez. Would he get to pick an all new Cabinet, or would he be stuck with Trumps weird picks.

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no_hypocrisy

(54,152 posts)
1. What worries me about this prospect:
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:06 AM
Oct 25

Vance keeps Bannon, Vought, and Miller as well as Musk and Thiel as "advisors".

Lovie777

(21,603 posts)
2. His fascination with bigly yuge crowds will materialize...................
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:09 AM
Oct 25

with fire crackers, bigly yuge celebrations in the streets coupled with a sigh of relief.

But alas there is Vance.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
3. He can pick a new cabinet, but they have to be approved, so thus some incentive to keep some of tRump's. . . . nt
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:15 AM
Oct 25

OC375

(405 posts)
6. Not Needed
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:54 AM
Oct 25

He can fire everyone, appoint temps, and then do whatever ChatGPT or Copilot tells him to do, if that’s what he wants.

allegorical oracle

(6,141 posts)
7. Suspect that he would keep Rump's key strategists like Miller, Voight, Willis and
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:06 AM
Oct 25

for good measure, Rubio, and Bondi. Bannon would attempt to direct Vance.

Wish daily that Dems can take over majorities in both Houses of Congress.

JI7

(93,121 posts)
9. Would Vance continue with the ballroom ?
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:53 AM
Oct 25

Vance is unlikable and he would bore the idiots entertained by Trump.

More people might suddenly start to pay attention to issues .

Fiendish Thingy

(21,891 posts)
11. He could pick a new cabinet
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 09:04 AM
Oct 25

But anyone not previously confirmed by the senate would have to be confirmed before serving.

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