Trump har fått corona, medan Pence uppges vara frisk än så länge. Han har dock träffat Trump senaste dagarna. Om Trump skulle drabbas så illa att han dör av viruset kommer Mike Pence ta över. Men vem tar över om båda skulle dö?
Nancy Pelosi, demokraternas ledare i representanthuset tar då över och blir USA:s första kvinnliga president. Skulle hon också drabbas går det vidare till Chuck Grassley som är republikansk senator. Efter det kommer Mike Pompeo som i dag är utrikesminister.
Hela successionsordningen i USA ser ut som följande:
1 | Vice President | Mike Pence | Republican |
2 | Speaker of the House of Representatives | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic |
3 | President pro tempore of the Senate | Chuck Grassley | Republican |
4 | Secretary of State | Mike Pompeo | Republican |
5 | Secretary of the Treasury | Steven Mnuchin | Republican |
6 | Secretary of Defense | Mark Esper | Republican |
7 | Attorney General | William Barr | Republican |
8 | Secretary of the Interior | David Bernhardt | Republican |
9 | Secretary of Agriculture | Sonny Perdue | Republican |
10 | Secretary of Commerce | Wilbur Ross | Republican |
11 | Secretary of Labor | Eugene Scalia | Republican |
12 | Secretary of Health and Human Services | Alex Azar | Republican |
13 | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Ben Carson | Republican |
— | Secretary of Transportation | Elaine Chao[A] | Republican |
14 | Secretary of Energy | Dan Brouillette | Republican |
15 | Secretary of Education | Betsy DeVos | Republican |
16 | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Robert Wilkie | Republican |
17[B] | Secretary of Homeland Security | Chad Wolf | Republican |