So what if Trump refuses to go...?

 

Ava Alexis sent me this little animation for my blog – if only we knew the genius who authored it to credit them. 

It made me wonder what would happen if Trump didn’t leave the White House when his term ends.  In our parliamentary system it’s more or less impossible for a failed Prime Minister to cling on in Number 10.  For one thing the structure of Cabinet Government would mean that if he did he’d be chairing a cabinet in which he was a minority of one.  For another he wouldn’t be paid.  For yet another power clearly flows from the Queen as Head of State who is the person who actually appoints the Prime Minister.  Although the last time the Queen partially exercised this power was the controversial appointment of Alexander Douglas-Home in 1963 when the Conservative party couldn’t decide on its leader.

So what would happen if Trump refuses to leave?  Well, I suppose come January 20^th … He’d be sat in the White House and officials would have to stop following his instructions once Joe Biden is sworn in.  Would they physically evict him?  Well, surely it would come to a point where there wouldn’t be any point in being in there?  The point of living there is the power.  Without the power it is just a house.  According to the Toronto Star the Presidential Succession Act says that if both Joe and Donald turned up to be sworn in then the Presidential Succession Act the 20^th Amendment says that Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House as the 3^rd in line to become President could also claim the Presidency …

Hopefully it won’t come to that… but as the Justice Department starts to investigate...

At the end of the line if he could find a legal loophole to stay on he'd still require the support of the Senate or face impeachment again...?