Since I wouldn’t know how long the switch would last, I’d try to transfer as much of his wealth into my own accounts as fast as I could. And then indulge in high dollar call girls until the novelty wore off.
The switch lasts as long as you’re president. And how long you remain president depends on whether you want to stay, and whether you can win reelection.
Does this switcheroo come with a handy handbook explaining all of this?
(As well as things that Trump should know, which I wouldn’t)
On Tuesday.
Honestly, I would be freaking out. I do not have the decisive confidence that would be necessary to be president, and have no idea where to start. Trump at least had a passing knowledge of who his advisors actually were and what they did, (even if they were largely incompetent and he ignored what they said). I would be at a total loss, not even knowing which button launched the nuclear missiles vs which one ordered a diet coke.
Its probably a bit of a dodge as far as what the OP is asking but I think would try to schedule a clandestine top secret closed door meeting with Obama and Nancy Pelosi as soon as possible, where I would lay the whole thing out in front of them and do whatever they recommended. Then look forward to four years of uninterrupted sheer panic.
I’ll fight the hypothetical just a little. The scenario is a lot more fun if it takes place the morning of Inauguration Day rather than the next day. Given that change, one of the first things I’d do is to speak with Obama at the inauguration ceremony. I’d invite him back to the WH to speak with me in private, and then let him know what’s going on, and ask him to give me advice on all the practical aspects of being POTUS. Things like introducing me to who’s who in the secret service, who I need to speak with if I want to kick other people out of the WH, starting with all the family except Melania and Baron, the advisors, and so on. After taking care of practical matters like that, I’d renominate Merrick Garland to the SCOTUS. I’d also ask Obama how to go about things like nominating cabinet secretaries, how to draw up and sign executive orders, and so on. I’d proceed to govern in a way that would basically be a third Obama term. Oh yeah, I’d call up Xi Jinping and warn him to have the Chinese authorities to keep a VERY close eye on any suspicious diseases that might crop up in Wuhan around the end of 2019, and to be ready to lock down the area at a moments notice.
Apologies for the double post. I wouldn’t have to worry about cabinet appointments, at least not initially. I’d just keep all of Obama’s cabinet. Presumably they (unlike the cabinet Trump actually selected) wouldn’t go for a 25th amendment solution once they knew what was going on. The only one I’d have to worry about is Pence. I’d fire him and nominate Biden to remain as VP.
I’m pretty sure incoming president-elects are briefed on that stuff long before Inauguration Day itself and TrumpFlikTheBlue wouldn’t need Obama to tell him how things work. And you can’t fire Pence; the president has no authority to fire a veep.
As for warning China in advance that there will be a bio-outbreak in Wuhan near the end of 2019 - still nearly three years away - there would be almost no way to do that without it coming across as, “We’re going to deliberately bio-attack you in that region and at that time, but for some weird reason are tipping you off in advance.”
Right, but it would have been Trump being briefed, not me. All that information would be residing with Trump, wherever he might be, presumably in my body? That would, of course, be another separate issue. And didn’t Nixon fire Spiro Agnew?