At Donald Trump’s 2025 Inauguration, there was no designated survivor, a term that people widely know thanks to Kiefer Sutherland’s 2016 ABC drama.

one Cabinet member is selected by the White House to go to a secure location and sit out the speech and be ready to take over the presidency in case of such a disaster. The designated survivor is ...

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It's notable, then, that this year’s sprawling security footprint did not expressly include one key component considered fundamental to U.S. tradition: The naming of a designated survivor.

Since 1947, there has been a designated survivor from the presidential Cabinet that does not attend the inauguration and State of the Union ceremonies in case of a catastrophic attack. The designated ...