Who would rule the world if Joe Biden dropped dead tomorrow (of natural causes)?

Who would run the US empire until the new President is elected and sworn in?

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14 Comments

Short answer, Kamala Harris. Long answer, United States presidential line of succession.

Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 36 pts · 2y (4 replies)

"Leader of thu free wuuuurld" is insulting as fuck to the actually free countries.

Assuming the American president rules thu wuuuurld is insulting as fuck. You mean that piss-reeking cunt Trump actually thought he ruled the world without being able to string two sentences together

😂 Fuck me

SLfgb@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Note I would never call it "the free world". That is a cold-war era propaganda term.

Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

So is "third world" but that's what we call the US now lol

SLfgb@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 2y

Trump's not the only one. Biden also thinks he rules the world. He said so unironically in that recent interview he did...

queermunist@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 2y

The American president does rule the world.

As a wicked despot.

MagicShel@programming.dev · 18 pts · 2y

Kamala by nature of being the Vice President.

milkisklim@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y

In case you have any other questions.

And if VPOTUS is unable, then the US will follow the Presidential Succession Act of 1947

List of those people here

Vanth@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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MagicShel@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y

Cynical take, but not without an element of truth.

Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

Accurate.

random_character_a@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Accurate. Shadow governments aside, everyone has to buy the keys to power and be in debt to some group of people. Nobody rules alone.

deadcatbounce@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 2y

Same people who are ruling it now.

xiao@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

The same team that run it now.

xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

Same person who does today. James Pinstrade of 21 Old Brumby Street Scunthrope UK