When Yeltsin was too ill/drunk to be seen in public, the official explanation was: "The president is working with documents." Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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  1. We will know immediately that’s not true and something is wrong. He doesn’t read anything and wouldn’t know what a government document even was/is.

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  2. I may or may not go to church tomorrow for the first time in 3 years to pray. It’s kind of like “calling your representatives” on a bit higher level.

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  3. Johnny Carson said in one of his monologues about how the Soviets did it.

    "The President has stepped away from his desk." or "The President has a slight cold."

    After a week, "The President has passed away and Comrade <...> has taken over as General Secretary of the Party."

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  4. That's also what the Trumps did with Fred when he was in the grips of dementia, keep handing him "documents" for his signature.

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  5. Don’t they have to say something if he is in the hospital or dead? And wouldn’t the have to transfer his power to Vance?

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