美農業部長擔任“指定倖存者”

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has been named the "designated survivor" during the State of the Union speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Each year, one member of the president's Cabinet is whisked away to an undisclosed location during the address in case a catastrophic event occurs and wipes out the line of presidential succession.

The tradition harkens back to the dawn of the Cold War, amid fears of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.

After the vice president, the speaker of the House, and the president pro tempore of the Senate, the line of succession goes to Cabinet secretaries in the order they were created, beginning with the Secretary of State and ending with the Secretary of Homeland Security.

One member of Trump's Cabinet cannot serve as a designated survivor: Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, who was born in Taiwan and does not meet the constitutional requirements to serve as president.

The designated survivor will take over duties as the acting commander-in-chief is case of a catastrophic event.美國農業部長珀杜是川普總統發表國情諮文期間的“指定倖存者”。

每年總統發表國情諮文時，爲了避免災難事件發生造成總統繼任者無一倖免的情況發生，內閣中總會有一名部長擔任 “指定倖存者”，被送到一個不向外界披露的地點。

這項傳統始於冷戰初期，當時人們擔心與蘇聯爆發核戰爭。

根據美國法律，如果總統發生意外，繼任總統的順序爲副總統、衆議院議長、參議院議長，然後是內閣部長。內閣部長中的順序按照各部成立時間，第一位是國務卿，最後一位是國土安全部長。

川普總統內閣中有一名部長不能做“指定倖存者”。按照美國憲法，在臺灣出生的運輸部長趙小蘭沒有擔任總統的資格。

如若總統發表國情諮文期間發生災難事件，“指定倖存者”將作爲代總統接管一切權力。