JD Vance has said he is ready to take on the presidency “If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens” to Donald Trump.
In a wide-ranging interview with USA TODAY, the vice president said he was “confident” President Trump would see out the rest of his term, but added he has had a lot of “on-the-job training”.
He also insisted to White House Correspondent Francesca Chambers Trump was in “incredibly good health”, despite recent questions about the president’s physical wellbeing.
He was specifically asked about the President’s health in an interview, and gave a bog standard answer any Veep would say.
People are reading too much into this. Trump’s health certainly isn’t good, but he’s not likely to pop off this week.
It’ll be nice if I’m wrong.
A competent politician would redirect into confirming the health and longevity of the president, and not talk about the scenario of his death at all.
“That’s what the constitution would ask of me, so yes, obviously. I don’t understand why you’d even ask me this.”