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Expert reveals the top official likely to seize power from declining Trump

alternet.org · 11hShare

As President Donald Trump's declining health becomes more and more unavoidable, one top political analyst told The Daily Beast that there is one official most likely to seize power, and it is not one most might expect. Political analyst and commentator David Rothkopf appeared as a guest on the latest episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, where he presented his argument about the top aide he believes is set to seize power from Trump amid his evident decline . Instead of the obvious candidate, Vice President JD Vance , Rothkopf suggested that it will be one of the president's most controversial and staunchly loyal aides: Stephen Miller. “This is an 80-year-old guy who is obviously not physically or mentally healthy or up to the job he’s got,” Rothkopf said. “Trump’s schedule is so micromanaged these days, and he does a couple of hours a day, he doesn’t appear on TV, he does fewer of these open press things than he used to do, and it’s because people are sort of easing him away. This happen

First report: Ailing Donald Trump Could Cede Power to Stephen Miller: David Rothkopf — thedailybeast.com, 1d