"All this is to say that, while the news that Trump has tested positive and is showing symptoms of Covid-19 is worrisome, true fear about the future of the Republic shouldn't settle in until either the vice president falls ill or the vice president takes over. Both these scenarios could lead to potential power struggles and fraught questions about whom military and government officials should be listening to."
Garrett M. Graff at Politico writes that "[t]he U.S. government knows how to handle an incapacitated commander in chief, but has no idea how to deal with a very sick vice president."
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