US media: Trump’s so-called “standing retaliation order” against Iran cannot automatically take effect after his death

Mars Finance news: On July 13, according to an Associated Press report, in response to Trump’s recent claim that he has issued instructions to the U.S. military that if he were assassinated by Iran, it would carry out a large-scale strike against Iran, there is no “death switch” mechanism in U.S. law that automatically triggers military retaliation after the president dies. Under the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment and the Presidential Succession Act, if the president dies, Vice President JD Vance will immediately assume the presidency and serve as commander in chief of the armed forces; military command authority will be transferred in parallel to the successor president, who will then decide whether to execute, modify, or cancel the previous president’s related orders. Experts said that although the United States has government continuity measures and nuclear emergency plans, it has never allowed the military to automatically carry out retaliatory actions based on pre-set orders after a president’s death.
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