# If Trump does go to prison, what would it be like?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [October 27, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554 "2019-10-27T17:02:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554/121 "2024-02-26T22:11:39Z")

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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> I am already looking forward to the congressional hearings to confirm his candidates.

No hearings. His cabinet will be filled with “acting” secretaries.

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554/122 "2024-02-26T22:26:31Z")

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Won’t he at least have to pretend to seek for Congress approval of his candidates, can he go straight to “acting” without them being rejected first? How disappointing! Why haven’t all presidents done it always that way?

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554/123 "2024-02-26T22:44:06Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> If he’s in prison when he takes office, the most important qualification he’ll have for a cabinet post is, “Will they refuse to use the 25th amendment?”

What happens if 100% of his cabinet appointees are perfectly willing to use the 25th amendment, but there’s not a peep out of a VP?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554/124 "2024-02-27T00:42:29Z")

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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> Why haven’t all presidents done it always that way?

Every president up until trump was normal and behaved more or less responsibly and knew how to adult. And, afaik, trump is the only president who said out loud that he didn’t care about how history judged him.

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