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captain queeg

(10,208 posts)
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:46 PM Dec 2019

What really happens when the Orange One finally has a stroke or heart attack?

I doubt we’d be lucky enough that he’d just kick the bucket. Most likely he’d have on the spot medical care that would keep him alive. How long would they wait to let Pence take over? Historically incapacitated presidents don’t usually relinquish their power do they? Who will run the shadow government in the mean time?

Once Pence steps up, does he designate a VP or does Nancy step in? Pence won’t be worshipped anything like Big Baby is. I expect as long as they could keep Trump from flat lining they keep him under wraps and whoever Putin anoints will be pulling the strings.

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What really happens when the Orange One finally has a stroke or heart attack? (Original Post) captain queeg Dec 2019 OP
The 25th Amendment, probably. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #1
He can be replaced by "deep fake" phantasms. Midnight Writer Dec 2019 #2
I am surprised his health has not deteriorated to the point of incapacitation. LonePirate Dec 2019 #3
He hasn't golfed since, October 26th.😳 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #10
He hasn't golfer in two full months??? hedda_foil Dec 2019 #21
No😳 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #22
Wasn't that about the time he had that unscheduled trip to the doctors? bearsfootball516 Dec 2019 #26
Actually that was on Saturday, November 16th. Which leads dewsgirl Dec 2019 #34
Somewhat not true Polybius Dec 2019 #39
I was checking through a Twitter search, I don't remember anyone dewsgirl Dec 2019 #41
I'm surprised as well PatSeg Dec 2019 #32
They'll waste $2 million trying to keep his fat ass alive... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #4
Answer: I break out the whiskey. Top shelf. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2019 #5
LOL Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #7
Turmoil, obviously. Too many possibilities and variables to make an educateded guess beyond that. Girard442 Dec 2019 #6
The Scrooge send off ? CentralMass Dec 2019 #8
No, thank you very much. saidsimplesimon Dec 2019 #28
Yez that is even better CentralMass Dec 2019 #44
You mean, after the crowds stop joyously dancing in the streets? Paladin Dec 2019 #9
Champagne corks popping coast to coast and over seas too. magicarpet Dec 2019 #11
After the Red Cap Society blames Obama, Hillary, Nancy, Schiff, Chuck... CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author yonder Dec 2019 #13
I wish him a long and healthy life. Bleacher Creature Dec 2019 #14
This times one billion Takket Dec 2019 #16
I kind of have mixed feelings on this. GoCubsGo Dec 2019 #23
The demonic spirits inhabiting his body will start rising from his head ooky Dec 2019 #15
Fox "news" will spew one conspiracy theory after another Binkie The Clown Dec 2019 #17
If he has a stroke it will be the first time he's honestly hits a golf ball. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2019 #18
He'll be replaced by a not-very-good robot DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 #19
He doesn't have a brain or a heart, hence nothing will happen LeftInTX Dec 2019 #20
Actually that's not totally true lunatica Dec 2019 #38
They cant keep you alive MFM008 Dec 2019 #24
Ivanka and Stephen Miller rusty fender Dec 2019 #25
With Pence and Haley waiting for saidsimplesimon Dec 2019 #29
Yes! rusty fender Dec 2019 #36
The same people running the government right now will continue. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2019 #27
The Repugs will probably say it never happened. Scoopster Dec 2019 #30
It's not going to happen. maxsolomon Dec 2019 #31
They're training the "Dave" replacement right now. CrispyQ Dec 2019 #33
Bunch of different things can happen Coleman Dec 2019 #35
Magats will blame the FBI and "deep state." Ilsa Dec 2019 #37
According to QAnon NewJeffCT Dec 2019 #40
Well remember the insanity that ensued when Scalia died? Initech Dec 2019 #42
Then we get that Xtian Mike Pence Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2019 #43
I think the republicans will do something like this: Poiuyt Dec 2019 #45

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
3. I am surprised his health has not deteriorated to the point of incapacitation.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 09:18 PM
Dec 2019

His “golfing” might be the only thing keeping him alive apart from the best medical care in the world.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
34. Actually that was on Saturday, November 16th. Which leads
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:41 PM
Dec 2019

me to believe whatever the medical issue is, it was not sudden. He never skipped golf on consecutive weekends before, rarely ever missed golf, and when he did it was almost always due to rain. Weird.

Polybius

(15,428 posts)
39. Somewhat not true
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 03:08 PM
Dec 2019

He's been there 6 times since then, including yesterday. But confirmed 100% playing on 11-30. The rest of his sightings it's unknown if he played or not.

https://trumpgolfcount.com/displayoutings

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
41. I was checking through a Twitter search, I don't remember anyone
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 04:48 PM
Dec 2019

discussing him golfing at all since his hospital trip, the press pool that usually travel with him, haven't mentioned it.

PatSeg

(47,496 posts)
32. I'm surprised as well
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:14 PM
Dec 2019

Between all the stress, anger, bad diet, no exercise, and little sleep, he should be on the verge of a heart attack or stroke.

Wounded Bear

(58,666 posts)
4. They'll waste $2 million trying to keep his fat ass alive...
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 09:26 PM
Dec 2019

Much like Cheney, they should just let him die.

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)
11. Champagne corks popping coast to coast and over seas too.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 09:47 PM
Dec 2019

The good stuff too,... not the Thunderbird champagne.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
12. After the Red Cap Society blames Obama, Hillary, Nancy, Schiff, Chuck...
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:16 PM
Dec 2019

everybody Orange Hitler ever had a problem with--but they won't blame the guy who fed the KFC and McDonald's to him--Trump himself.

For VP, Pence will have to pick someone more popular than he is within the GOP. I speculated Chris Christie the other day. Pence would never win NJ anyway.

Christie will have to teach himself how to do something more sinister than close a bridge if he wants to get along with this organized crime outfit.

Response to captain queeg (Original post)

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
14. I wish him a long and healthy life.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:43 PM
Dec 2019

He doesn't get to take the easy way out. I want him to live long enough to be held accountable for his actions. I want him to be lucid when he's finally brought to justice, and I want him to know when he's financially ruined.

Takket

(21,575 posts)
16. This times one billion
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:47 PM
Dec 2019

if the scumbag dies so does any hope of ever exposing him in court for what he really is. The country NEEDS him to be brought to justice.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
23. I kind of have mixed feelings on this.
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 08:50 AM
Dec 2019

I agree with what you are saying. I'd love to see him have a long life--in prison. And, I want him to see his disgusting, filthy-rotten children and scumbag son-in-law joining him there. But, I'd also prefer that he is prevented from doing any more damage to this country, the sooner, the better. If his own body takes him out, I would be okay with that, too.

ooky

(8,924 posts)
15. The demonic spirits inhabiting his body will start rising from his head
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:47 PM
Dec 2019

looking for another evil body to go into. Probably Mitch, if there's room.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
17. Fox "news" will spew one conspiracy theory after another
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:13 PM
Dec 2019

blaming the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the PTA, ASPCA, or who ever else they can think of. Just be sure they won't accept "natural causes".

LeftInTX

(25,369 posts)
20. He doesn't have a brain or a heart, hence nothing will happen
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 02:40 AM
Dec 2019

Seriously, he's a psychopath and they're less prone to these types of conditions that normal people. He doesn't have emotions like a normal person does.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
38. Actually that's not totally true
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 02:17 PM
Dec 2019

Psychopaths and Narcissists have all the emotions everyone else does but they’re all only about them and how they feel. They lack emotions for OTHER people. Including their children who only serve to make the Narcissist look good. They have great passions for themselves. Feeling aggrieved and self pity is quite the passion for them.


 

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)
25. Ivanka and Stephen Miller
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:00 PM
Dec 2019

will battle each other for control. As long as Daddy Trumpass is alive, the various Trumpass factions in the WH won’t relinquish power to Pence.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,492 posts)
27. The same people running the government right now will continue.
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:04 PM
Dec 2019

Why would you think he’s in control of the government? He doesn’t do any of the actual work.

Scoopster

(423 posts)
30. The Repugs will probably say it never happened.
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:11 PM
Dec 2019

I guarantee it'll be all over Fux Gnus that the very idea of Trump dying is "another libtard conspiracy"

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
31. It's not going to happen.
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:12 PM
Dec 2019

Rush Limbaugh is still alive.

DICK CHENEY is still alive.

Evil pickles your body and soul.

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
33. They're training the "Dave" replacement right now.
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:37 PM
Dec 2019

Problem is, no matter how much he practices, he never sounds as stupid as the Con.

Coleman

(853 posts)
35. Bunch of different things can happen
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 01:49 PM
Dec 2019

1. Trump still can communicate. He can voluntarily notify Congress that he exercising the 25th Amendment. Pence becomes acting president (with no VP) until Trump notifies Congress that he is ready to return.
a. No one challenges Trump, he returns to the Presidency and Pence goes back to VP.
b. Pench and majority of the cabinet challenges Trump. Congress can choose to reinstate or maintain the 25th Amendment

2. Trump is unable to communicate. Pence and majority of the cabinet can exercise the 25th Amendment. Pence becomes acting president. If/when Trump gets better, he can request reinstatement. If Pence and the cabinet agrees, Trump resumes Presidency. If they disagree it goes to Congress.

3. If he dies, Pence becomes President and can nominate a VP. The Senate then goes through a confirmation process to approve the VP.

The only way NP becomes president is if both Trump and Pence both go at a time when a replacement VP is not possible. Or during the 25th Amendment when there is no VP.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
37. Magats will blame the FBI and "deep state."
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 02:08 PM
Dec 2019

The FBI will be busy putting down all kinds of acts of violence.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
40. According to QAnon
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 03:13 PM
Dec 2019

Trump already died earlier this year and has been replaced by an actor with Pence acting as president in the meantime

Initech

(100,080 posts)
42. Well remember the insanity that ensued when Scalia died?
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 05:01 PM
Dec 2019

And Alex Jones tried to claim that he was the victim of a targeted heart attack gun? Well picture that amplified to ungodly proportions.

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