Chris Spyrou

The nuclear football goes back into a safe, and Dan Glickman –

remembers that it all happened so quickly in his case that he was standing outside trying to hail a taxi in the rain by the end of dinner.

Wow.

There might be some people listening who might recall those famous images of JFK's vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, being sworn in just hours after his assassination.

Jackie Kennedy standing there in her bloodstained clothes.

That was historic for a number of reasons.

If something similar were to happen at one of these events, and let's just say the Secret Service does not fulfill their role as planned, would we be seeing something similar happen where JD Vance would be sworn in that immediately?

I know you mentioned that he's the next one in the line of succession.

Would that be happening so quickly today?

Absolutely.

I mean, what you would sort of imagine is that that would take place probably at the White House as quickly as possible.

We have had actually a fair number of U.S.

presidents die from one cause or another across U.S.

history.

In every instance, power has transferred to the vice president and they have taken those oaths of office sort of wherever they happened to be at the time.

Socially, what are the implications of that?

I mean, in Australia, we vote for the party, not the prime minister, whereas in the States, you know, Donald Trump and J.D.

Vance's names are on the ticket when people go to vote.

If someone other than President Donald Trump or J.D.

Vance were to step into this role in the event of something catastrophic happening, what do you think the social implications of that would be given the fragile state of things and democracy in the States at the moment?