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Donald Trump has reportedly implemented some additional precautions in the White House, including asking staffers to start wearing masks. Now he says that he and Vice President Mike Pence will take extra care not to catch the virus, after seeing a tweet explaining that Nancy Pelosi would be third in line to serve as President in the event that COVID-19 (or anything else) forced a succession.A Just The News piece tweeted Monday afternoon garnered a response from President Trump. The article lays out the lines of presidential succession under current law. In short, if Trump and Pence were both rendered unable to serve, the next person in line to fill the role until a new election would be Nancy Pelosi. Trump is no fan of Pelosi, who he has called crazy and nervous, saying theres something wrong with her upstairs, accusing her of staging impeachment as a hoax, and generally implying shes anti-American, incompetent, and engaging in dirty politics.
A tweet of the article explaining how presidential succession works must have caught Trumps eye Tuesday morning, because he retweeted it, along with a response promising to protect his health to avoid an eventuality in which Pelosi held presidential power.
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The amount of activity at the White House makes transmission a high risk, if precautions arent being taken. Though everyone who comes into contact with Trump is tested for SARS-CoV-2, the rapid tests that give results in minutes instead of days have a high rate of false negatives. With implementation of masks, Trump appears to be taking more care regarding the health of White House occupants. With Nancy Pelosis hypothetical occupation of the White House dangled before him, though, hes now offered a public promise to be very careful indeed.
Read More: https://hillreporter.com/donald-trump-promises-caution-his-pences-health-so-nancy-pelosi-doesnt-serve-as-president-67584
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Methinks the Donald is scared 'spitless'. He's scared!
Nancy!
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Dear COVID-19,
As you ransack our planet and our nation doing your big replication injection dance, I would just like to ask you one, little favor, if it would not be too much trouble...
Vogon_Glory
(9,113 posts)could be so dangerous?
When the invisible hand starts writing Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin on the walls of Mar a Lago, then Individual One really needs to start worrying.
smb
(3,471 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)He is going mad with his own obsessive thoughts.
Solly Mack
(90,761 posts)LMAO
Scared, stupid, and orange.
I hope he has nightmares of Pelosi hiding under his bed. Pelosi snickers. Trump cringes. Every so often Pelosi pulls the covers causing Trump to scream.
Vogon_Glory
(9,113 posts)As a silent, invisible ghost knowing that both he and his Veep were dead, then watching in horror as President Nancy Pelosi strides into the West Wing to take over.
To quote the Mistress of the Dark:
Unpleasant Dreams!
Solly Mack
(90,761 posts)captain queeg
(10,131 posts)Solly Mack
(90,761 posts)team Ivanred.
RockRaven
(14,950 posts)if there's the tiniest chance he'll be photographed, which there always is. So he's NOT "taking extra care." He's underperforming out of laziness and wildly misplaced vanity. Business as usual in Dotardville.
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)We was mask-less and probably contaminated the whole facility.
RockRaven
(14,950 posts)Understand how letting a dope who has CERTAINLY been recently exposed blunder around your factory isn't fatal to your business. If you'll do that, your quality standards don't mean shit. Nobody should buy your products. They are worse than nothing -- because they still cost something but are useless.
PJMcK
(22,022 posts)Trump, who is the president of the United States, didn't know the line of succession?! Seriously?
The fool has never once read the Constitution and its Amendments. That's remarkable.
Trump needed a tweet to understand American civics. A tweet!
How fucked up is that?
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)Of course, you KNEW he hadnt read the Constitution and therefore had no idea The Speaker of the House was 2 heart attacks or plane crashes away from being president.
It is both amazing and very telling that Trumpy just stumbled across this information.
He is so utterly incompetent and in over his head it isnt even funny anymore, as if it ever was funny.
It will take decades to recover from this nutcase, of that I am convinced.
tavernier
(12,374 posts)but you said it best!!
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)implying shes anti-American, incompetent, and engaging in dirty politics
The projection is strong with this one....
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)mahina
(17,637 posts)hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)They talk about the order of succession under current law. It's in the Constitution.
babylonsister
(171,042 posts)That just says so much. He had no clue who was 3rd in line until he saw a tweet??