So, if the president dies, the procedure is that the vice president would then become president for the remainder of the term.
But what would happen if some extremist group somehow kidnapped the president (any sitting president, so this isn’t targeted towards trump specifically, although I guess for the next 4 years it would be).
Like, lets say every Monday at noon, this extremist group did a live stream somehow, showing that the president is still alive, still coherent, but ballgagged so they can’t just blurt out where they are.
And lets say that nobody is able to figure out where they’re broadcasting from. For years.
Would that president remain president? Or would they treat them as dead, even though they’re shown to be alive, and vice president becomes president for the remainder of the term?
The same thing as if he were sick or otherwise “incapacitated.” Being locked up by kidnappers incapacitates you. The VP would step up. However impractical terms the VP would absolutely downplay this, always trying to give the impression that the president will be rescued any minute now and everything will go back to normal.
President of what?
My Fellow Earthicans
Given Trump mention, presumably the US.
I think it’s some kind of fan club???
They would send some Bad Dudes to save him.
President of what country?
The land of the red, white and blue
(France, obviously)
I mean, if someone doesn’t mention country, its 99% USA. Americans tend to forget the internet isn’t only Americans (I’m guilty of this sometimes too 😅)
Totally not fbi, but will he be in that live stream this monday?
We don’t negotiate with terrorists/kidnappers. VP stays. VP motivated to organize this, maybe.
It’s the same situation as if the president became ill or incapacitated in some way.
This has already happened
34 times; once for Reagan, twice for GW Bush, and once for Biden (see comment below). In these cases it was quite brief.Since that is a slightly older article, it also happened under Joe Biden.
It also should have happened under Trump’s first term, but he’s a whiny bitch so it didn’t.
For fun the most common cause of “incapacitated” in these cases is for a colonoscopy.
It’s also worth clarifying that the 25th Amendment in these cases isn’t automatic. The President essentially drafts a letter and then power is returned to them after.
However in the case of the President being kidnapped, the Cabinet & Vice President could also declare incapacity and the VP would take over.
Thanks, correction added!
Snake Plissken gets called into action.
And a busty sidekick
put him in a gimp suit and cuff him to a lamp pole outside a Log Cabin Republican meeting. Just to see what happens.
Seriously, though, I suspect our would-be-kidnappers would be dead before they ever reached the prez. but the VP becomes the acting president whenever the president is incapacitated or otherwise unable to fulfill his duties, so it really doesn’t matter. The VP steps up, and takes over until the president comes back. this includes for things like surgeries and such, too.
You get a sick Metal Gear game
They would have an “acting” president to make decisions but if the hostage pres was freed they would be put back in charge
And welcome to the watchlist btw
I believe that if the president is incapacitated in any way the Vice President becomes Acting President. I guess they could stay in that role until the end of the term but if expect they’d use their new power in some fashion to make it more permanent.
I had no idea Andre the Giant played the violin! Wow! Princess Brides actor, pro-wrestler, astronaut, man who drank 96 beers a night. Slept with 20 women a night, and now violin player! What an interesting guy.
Gerard Butler heroically jumps into action, rushing against the abducters, and fails, and then he hears over a radio, the voice of a dying Secret Service Agent yelling “OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN!!!”, before a deafening gunshot is heard.
Then the people cheers as Morgan Freeman becomes President! (well… acting president ¯_(ツ)_/¯)
Edit: Btw, Y’all should really watch those “… Has Fallen” movies, they are very ridiculous in plot, but treat it as a comedy and its so fucking funny.
Olympus Has Fallen Spoilers
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Because the North Koreans somehow flew a plane into DC without getting shot down like 12 miles from land. 🤣🤣🤣
If I flew a drone in DC, I’m going to jail. There’s no fucking way. Its so bad, its actually hillarious.
Seriously, watch it, is a great comedy show!
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Olympus Has Fallen was kind of about this in a way.
They would temporarily swear in the next in chain of command because the president is unable to perform duties. That’d be VP and then I think Speaker of the House.
