The other two men who are supposed to run against Trump to be president from 2020-2024 are both also over seventy.
What if they all contracted the disease? What would the election look like if the three men who are supposed to run don’t make it to the election?
The two leading parties would have to scramble for candidates. There would be no time for the massive campaigns associated with US politics.
Writing this story would take a good bit of research on my part. Right now I don’t know enough about the election process to write this one but it would be interesting.
If the disease continued to spread, the new president would have a massive set of challenges ahead of them.
Does the country elect one of the youngest presidents ever, in hopes their youth keeps them alive?
Obama is a youthful 58. Does he come back with the country’s blessing?
There are many routes this story could take, but a political thriller, told from the point of a nobody, would be my go-to. Similar to House of Cards and how the main character rose through the ranks, gaining power over time, each book could outline how the main character climbed one rung of the ladder.
But I wouldn’t choose the politician who leads the country. It would be someone small, like the event coordinator for a local official, who helps their candidate rise through the ranks of the power vacuum left when those above the candidate left. For example, say the politician the hero of the story works for becomes governor when the governor becomes president. Then, in the second book, they get pegged to be the next vice president. In the third, the politician could become president, and all the while the story is about this young person thrust into a position of power and responsibility in a condensed timeframe because of the elimination of those at the top.
It would be fun to write, and a lot of former presidential biographies could be used to find the situations that led to this type of advancement.
This story idea came after reports the US president was in contact with two senators who have had contact with known victims of the coronavirus. The two senators are now in self-quarantine.
Coronavirus has increased lethality as the infected individual gets older. People over sixty are especially at risk.
The problem? President Trump is over seventy.
