Overview
- Sebastian Gorka said on Wednesday that a sealed letter for Vice President J.D. Vance is kept in the Resolute Desk for a crisis involving the president.
- He told the New York Post’s Pod Force One that succession plans exist and that he could not discuss their details.
- Gorka also said he expects no foreign attempt on Trump’s life during the Beijing visit and called the president very safe.
- Asked to verify the remark, a White House spokesperson steered reporters to Trump’s January vow of very firm instructions for retaliation against Iran.
- The disclosure follows several recent attempts on Trump’s life, including the April 25 Washington Hilton case, and it underscores that the vice president is first in the constitutional line of succession.