At least 13 presidential successors attended the WHCD
President Trump and many of the officials designated to succeed him in the event he is incapacitated were at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday when a shooting occurred.
The president and at least 13 members of the presidential line of succession were present at the WHCD
President Donald Trump
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Chuck Grassley was the highest-ranking possible successor not present
1. Vice President JD Vance
2. Rep. Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House
3. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Senate president pro tempore
4. Marco Rubio
Secretary of state
5. Scott Bessent
Secretary of the treasury
6. Pete Hegseth
Secretary of defense
7. Todd Blanche*
Acting attorney general
8. Doug Burgum
Secretary of the interior
9. Brooke Rollins
Secretary of agriculture
10. Howard Lutnick
Secretary of commerce
11. Keith Sonderling*
Acting secretary of labor
12. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of health and human services
13. Scott Turner
Secretary of housing and urban development
14. Sean Duffy
Secretary of transportation
15. Chris Wright
Secretary of energy
16. Linda McMahon
Secretary of education
17. Doug Collins**
Secretary of veteran affairs
18. Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of homeland security
The president and at least 13 members of the presidential line of succession were present at the WHCD
President Donald Trump
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Chuck Grassley was the highest-ranking possible successor not present
1. Vice President JD Vance
2. Rep. Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House
3. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Senate president pro tempore
4. Marco Rubio
Secretary of state
5. Scott Bessent
Secretary of the treasury
6. Pete Hegseth
Secretary of defense
7. Todd Blanche*
Acting attorney general
8. Doug Burgum
Secretary of the interior
9. Brooke Rollins
Secretary of agriculture
10. Howard Lutnick
Secretary of commerce
11. Keith Sonderling*
Acting secretary of labor
12. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of health and human Services
13. Scott Turner
Secretary of housing and urban development
14. Sean Duffy
Secretary of transportation
15. Chris Wright
Secretary of energy
16. Linda McMahon
Secretary of education
17. Doug Collins**
Secretary of veteran affairs
18. Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of homeland security
The president and at least 13 members of the presidential line of succession were present at the WHCD
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President Donald Trump
Chuck Grassley was the highest-ranking possible successor not present
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13. Scott Turner
7. Todd Blanche*
1. Vice president JD Vance
Secretary of housing and urban development
Acting attorney general
14. Sean Duffy
8. Doug Burgum
2. Rep. Mike Johnson
Secretary of transportation
Speaker of the House
Secretary of the interior
3. Sen. Chuck Grassley
15. Chris Wright
9. Brooke Rollins
Senate president pro tempore
Secretary of agriculture
Secretary of energy
4. Marco Rubio
10. Howard Lutnick
16. Linda McMahon
Secretary of state
Secretary of commerce
Secretary of education
5. Scott Bessent
11. Keith Sonderling*
17. Doug Collins**
Secretary of the treasury
Acting secretary of labor
Secretary of veteran affairs
6. Pete Hegseth
12. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
18. Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of defense
Secretary of health and human services
Secretary of homeland security
