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Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 4 days agoThe situation with Trump is that he would be running as the VP and the presidential candidate would concede the presidency to Trump. So all that would really need to be done is to have Obama as the VP, this doesn’t mean he will take the presidency in the same way and likely wouldn’t. It would just be there to show the magats how dumb of an idea this all is and of course get some good clips of Obama directly debating trump on the news in a tan suit.
nickhammes@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Doesn’t the 12th amendment prevent that? Because having served two terms makes Trump constitutionally ineligible for the office of President after his term ends, the 12th should make him consequently ineligible for the office of the vice presidency.
Now getting him into the line of succession, and having a few people above him resign, it’s convoluted, but probably isn’t expressly illegal.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
It’s a legal grey area. He can’t run for presidency but he can run for VP. It’s unclear legally what happens if for instance a two term president becomes VP and then the current president steps down or dies. The law of succession dictates he would become president but the 12th amendment dictates that he can’t be president. It’s a legal grey area.