How 'Designated Survivor's' Netflix reboot gave us a newly charged election-themed show
The president of the United States can't catch a break.
His poll numbers for reelection are shaky. Members of Congress blast him as an "illegitimate president." His campaign manager pleads with him to focus more on getting reelected, even if it means playing dirty. And his smiling pose alongside a Saudi businessman and the tycoon's 14-year-old wife has sparked an uproar.
Troubles also confront the president's men and women. His chief of staff is preoccupied with his drug-addicted wife who has relapsed. His Latino vice-presidential pick is grappling with the sharp focus on his ethnic identity. And the president's transgender sister-in-law has been receiving death threats.
This is obviously not the White House of President Trump.
It is the White House of "accidental president" Tom Kirkman, played by Kiefer Sutherland in "Designated Survivor," back for a third season on Netflix after being canceled by ABC. The show has undergone
