In Trump's administration, here's the full line of succession. How does THAT strike ya?

[NurseJackie]

In Trump's administration, here's the full line of succession. How does THAT strike ya? Pretty scary stuff!

Vice President Mike Pence
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
Senate President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin
Secretary of Defense James Mattis
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin
Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly

(Presented for reference purposes and general information only, and to ask Susan Sarandon AGAIN if she still thinks that Hillary Clinton would have been worse that Trump!)

[SummerSnow]

1. All of them sux

[Hekate]

2. All of them rotten to the core

[pbmus]

3. Rogues gallery list...

[jalan48]

4. VP Agnew was forced to leave before Nixon then Gerald Ford was appointed Vice President. Then,

Nixon resigned, Ford became President and pardoned Nixon. It's how the system operates.

[bobbieinok]

5. Why Senate President Pro Tempore? How is that person chosen?

[SeattleVet]

8. Selected and voted on by the entire Senate.

It's *usually* the most senior Senator in the majority party.

Good info on Wikipedia:

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

[bobbieinok]

14. Thanks for info

Kept seeing Hatch high in line of succession. Only remembered cabinet members in line from yrs ago in school.

[bobbieinok]

6. Where is this list in Constitution? My only source for document the internet

[marylandblue]

9. Presidential Succession Act n/t

[Vinca]

7. OMG - Dancing With the Stars Rick might be the best of the lot!

Or Half Asleep Ben. What a nightmare.

[lindysalsagal]

10. Was just thinking: Perry sounds pretty good, right now.

[Sedona]

11. This is outdated

Tom Price resigned in September

[NurseJackie]

16. You're correct. Sorry.

[egduj]

12. I don't see Kiefer Sutherland on there.

[Sedona]

13. Stephanie Miller's wet dream from earlier this week

Dems take the house in 2018, Trump & Pence are simultaneously removed, Speaker Pelosi ascends to POTUS, appoints Hillary as VPOTUS and promptly resigns!

[meow2u3]

15. I don't think Elaine Chao is eligible for the Presidency

Per Wikipedia, she was born in Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao

[NurseJackie]

17. Interesting.