What If the Potus Tests Positive?

摘要

The news that President Trump's valet and Vice President Pence's press secretary had both contracted Covid-19 sent a scare through the White House. While officials said both leaders subsequently tested negative, the episode raised a worrisome possibility: What happens if Trump or Pence is stricken-or, worse, if both become ill at the same time? The result could be anything from a temporary disruption to a full-blown constitutional crisis with competing claims on the presidency. What's critical, experts say, is that the identity of the commander-in-chief be clear in any situation. At least one scenario could arise where it wouldn't be.