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MineralMan

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6. He would still be President, unless the 25th Amendment

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 02:30 PM

Dec 2020

is invoked. However, if everyone left, there would be nobody to form a majority of the Cabinet for that.

The President is the President, constitutionally, unless he resigns or is removed. Neither fits the description in the OP. Even in Russian, he would be the President until January 20.

The Constitution is quite clear on that subject. I really suggest a thorough, close reading of the document, at least once a year, by anyone who wants to make pronouncement that involve the Constitution.

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If Dumpster wanted to create real havoc, he would leave 2 - 3 weeks early [View all] Coleman Dec 2020 OP

That's pretty funny matt819 Dec 2020 #1

Amusing, but no chaos would ensue. Jirel Dec 2020 #2

But they have not resigned, they all just went on vacation without telling anybody. Coleman Dec 2020 #4

He would still be President, unless he actually resigns the office. MineralMan Dec 2020 #3

He goes to Russia Coleman Dec 2020 #5

He would still be President, unless the 25th Amendment MineralMan Dec 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #7

Nothing at all would be an improvement. relayerbob Dec 2020 #8

Spread that rumor around maybe we will have doc03 Dec 2020 #9