Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Who’s 3rd In Line For Presidency — A Citizenship Exam Question

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-25th-amendment-2669360862/

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  1. As per [original article](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-25th-amendment-2669360862/) 📰:

    – Donald Trump inadvertently admitted that he doesn’t know the presidential line of succession, which is among the questions on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration test required of all people attempting to become Americans.

    There are 100 possible questions listed by USCIS’s practice test, and any of them could appear on the citizenship exam.

    Speaking to far-right firebrand Ben Shapiro in a recorded phone interview that aired Tuesday, the host asked Trump if he thinks the 25th Amendment should be implemented against President Joe Biden. The amendment removes the president due to incapacitation, death or resignation, and Vice President Kamala Harris would become president.

    After claiming Harris has “a very low IQ,” Trump said, “Actually, now that you’re mentioning it, I think they should do a double 25th Amendment. Get ‘em both out.”

    “Who’s third on line?” he asked, meaning to say “in line.”

    “Because, heh, it’s just terrible,” Trump continued.

    Shapiro was forced to tell him House Speaker Mike Johnson is third in line to the presidency. Only a president’s Cabinet can trigger the 25th Amendment.

    Members of Trump’s own Cabinet discussed the matter after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, former White House staffers testified to the House Select Committee investigating the attack. A senior official told authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser that within months of taking office some members of Trump’s Cabinet considered invoking the amendment.

    Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) [also confessed his fear that the](https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-mccarthy-25-amendment/) 25th Amendment would be invoked on Trump.

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  2. Of course he doesn’t. He couldn’t pass a 3rd grade civics class if he tried. He can’t read! He has been failing upwards since the 80s when Putin got film of him getting pissed on. 

  3. to the surprise of *anybody*? dude has no idea how government works. only knows how to run private businesses into the ground and come away with more money (pretty much all built on debt manipulation and real estate). which, props…but also, not an ideal business model for a world power.

  4. I’m gonna be honest, if you asked me who was 3rd in line, I would tell you I wasn’t sure. semantically, if the president is around, then 1st in line is VP. 2nd in line is house speaker. I guess that makes 3rd in line president pro tempore.

  5. im going to be honest the average american would not be able to answer the questions on the citizenship test.

    however he’s a presidential candidate, theres no excuse for anyone seeking any kind of office to not know this.

  6. 3rdCoastLiberal on

    That’s like a middle school civics question.

    I thought he knew the speaker was 3rd in line, since it’s Nancy Pelosi’s fault she didn’t call the National Guard and January 6th happened. /s