US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has argued that the clock has paused on a deadline for the Trump administration to seek approval from Congress for the US-Israeli war with Iran. Hegseth was responding to questions from members of the Senate, or upper chamber, on Thursday. Friday is the 60th day since Trump formally notified Congress of the strikes against Iran on 2 March. US law requires a president to “terminate any use of United States Armed Forces” within 60 days of such a notification - unless Congress allows a continuation. A senior administration official said hostilities with Iran had “terminated”, emphasising that a ceasefire had been in effect since early April. Despite the ceasefire, the two sides have not yet reached a longer-term deal via talks, though efforts to end the stalemate appear to be underway.
One really cool thing to imagine is if they do decide to impeach and remove Trump (they won’t, the GOP are worthless assholes to their bonemarrow) then they would also not consider Vance for POTUS because he already went to negotiate in person and came back empty handed.
It doesn’t matter what they might or might not “consider”, if they impeach Trump them Vance becomes President, unless they do a twofer and impeach them both.
If they ever have the votes to impeach Trump, they would likely have the votes to impeach both of them. But, they may think it’s political suicide to do so, especially since then a (presumably Democratic) House Speaker would become President, and not by being elected, which would trigger all sorts of folks on the
ReichRightPretty sure that via impeachment process the Speaker of the House chooses the replacement president, but idk for sure because no sitting president has ever actually been removed.
Nope… The VP becomes president. The Speaker is next inline, so I am assuming they become VP.
Nope, that is incorrect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States
If a Presidential impeachment succeeds, that person immediately leaves office. The Constitution says that if the President were ever to leave office, the VP takes over. But if there is also no VP, what happens next depends on the Presidential Succession Act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act
Which says that the Speaker of the House becomes Acting President.
Its still a matter of debate what exactly an “acting President” can do in this context. Does the House Speaker resign from Congress and move into the White House? That is the plainest reading of it all, after all.