One thing about Bessent
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Too lazy to look, but what is the line of presidential succession. VP --> speaker -->
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Succession is
VP
Speaker of house
Speaker pro tempore of senate
Sec state
Sec treasAfter that it’s cabinet secretaries in order of the departments creation, skipping anyone not born in the US (which is allowed for cabinet secretaries), or not senate confirmed (like they were selected but haven’t yet had their confirmation)
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Succession is
VP
Speaker of house
Speaker pro tempore of senate
Sec state
Sec treasAfter that it’s cabinet secretaries in order of the departments creation, skipping anyone not born in the US (which is allowed for cabinet secretaries), or not senate confirmed (like they were selected but haven’t yet had their confirmation)
@jon-nyc Thanks!
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I understand the today Bessent referred to Putin as a war criminal before the committee.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/52210
That remark should now make his days numbered in the Court of the Orange Tsar.