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Imagine the following scenario: On the 9th of January 2024 in the morning we wake up to news that President of the USA Joe Biden suffered a stroke and died in White House. The administration confirms that the death was entirely natural and no third party contributed to it. Even before the news reach all TV stations another one breaks: Former president of the USA Donald Trump has suffered a cardiac arrest and died in his residence in Mar a Lago. Early reports claim that the site was secure and no malicious actor could reasonably reach Mr. Trump so the death is most likely natural.

What happens then?

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[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Neoliberalism would live on…

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

if Trump died tomorrow, there would be zero impact anywhere.. it would be like a fart passing by and then nothing..

[-] girl@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

At minimum there would be mass celebration across the country, and some worldwide

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

if people want to celebrate a fart

[-] loobkoob@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

"Trump" is synonymous with "fart" in British English. Plenty of Americans already did celebrate and vote for a fart.

[-] nullPointer@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

some people are happy, some are sad. then we all get on with our miserable lives

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Green party sweeps

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It would probably be Nikki Haley vs Gavin Newsom. Would Kamala stay in the VP spot? Maybe.

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Would Harris run against Newsom? Id bet.

[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago

Sanely, the vice president takes over for the duration of the term and the primary goes as usual, just missing the two previous top picks. That being said we live in a society with a disturbing amount of violent conspiracy theorists so no telling what the aftermath of that one would be.

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 1 points 10 months ago

The conspiracy theories would be insufferable

[-] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

If Trump and Biden died today, the FBI would see this thread and you'd have some difficult questions to answer.

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

It's already 11th Jan why'd you write Jan 9

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