Barred from running for a third term, Trump keeps talking about it
Barred from running for a third term, Trump keeps talking about it
Trump raised the topic of another term Thursday during a Black History Month event at the White House and during a speech to Republican governors.
Summary
Despite the 22nd Amendment barring a third term (“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”), Trump continues to suggest he could run again, raising the idea at a Black History Month event and with Republican governors.
Legal experts say the Constitution is clear that he cannot run, though some supporters, including Rep. Andy Ogles and Steve Bannon, are pushing for a constitutional amendment or a 2028 campaign.
Meanwhile, Trump has expanded executive authority in his second term, drawing criticism for undermining congressional checks.
To be fair he wasn't supposed to run for a second term as a convicted felon, but he managed that.
I'd like to say I'd be surprised if he could win another election as his popularity plummets, but the US voters have proven themselves to be stupid and/or lazy.
The Constitution barred him from running again after he incited a riot on the capitol. Yet here we are.
Forgive me if my faith in the Constitution is waning a bit.
Yeah well, the Constitution says a lot of things. However, it’s fairly clear a large segment of the American population doesn’t care what the Constitution says as long as it’s their team in power.
Who's gonna stop him from running for or taking office for a third time? The Democrats? Are they gonna write a strongly worded letter? The Supreme Court? Do they have anyone with guns who will listen to them?
I have to say, it would be extremely funny if they changed the constitution and then Trump lost to Obama
It says elected. He has no intention of having another election.
Criminals aren't allowed to run for president either. Here we are.
Any time Trump jokes, it's the camel's nose under the tent.
Barred? By whom? Really, when will the states wake up and figure out there is no "adult" in the wings that will enforce norms.
There is absolutely nothing barring Trump from running for a third term.
The Supreme Court literally just hand-waved away another Constitutional amendment that should have barred Trump from running for a 2nd term, let alone a third. And they basically did it on the legal precedent of "because fuck you, that's why." All 3 branches of government have completely ignored the blatant constitutional violations he's committed since taking office. There's absolutely nothing stopping the Supreme Court from just striking down another constitutional amendment because hey why not and letting the guy run as often as he wants.
And remember, we even had one state legislator asking why we even have elections instead of just handing the votes to Trump......
It says, elected more than twice. Who says there's going to be an election?
The Republican Third Term Project is pushing this hard. They're at CPAC drumming up support. I think the language is only specific to Trump though, so no other past president would be able to run again. It's something like a president that has not served 2 consecutive terms.
Also, Trump doesn't care about the constitution and neither do just about every GOP in office. They may say publicly that he can't do it or whatever, but if it comes down to it, they would vote for it.
He really is sort of pathetic.
It's weird and oddly discouraging. It seems like the individual most responsible for the oncoming collapse of the United States should be some sort of supervillain, but he's really just a desperately insecure and over-compensating wad of hair, bronzer and congealed fat with the emotional maturity of a spoiled three-year-old.
And meanwhile, his wannabe Rasputin sidekick is a desperately insecure and over-compensating middle-aged chuunibyou who's still trying, and pathetically failing, to be the edgiest 13-year-old, and to not think about the fact that everyone who knows him thinks he's an asshole.
As if it's not already bad enough to watch as the US is systematically destroyed, we have to watch as it's systematically destroyed by people who are so pathetic and creepy.
It is unlikely that the constitution will be amended. Democrats still (and will always) hold roughly 50% of seats in the Congress. So any proposal to amendment will not pass. However, there is a possibility of coup if Trump does not want to step down.
The US is right in a coup. Who knows what will be legal or illegal after that.
On November 2028, he'll be older than Joe Biden is now.
But yeah, I can see him enter the 2028 GOP primaries, win the nomination, maybe beat Harris again, and serve as acting President while SCOTUS allows it.
I'd be shocked if he's actually in good enough physical health to run again.
Sadly, I think Vance and his ilk might actually be a graver threat and Trump leaving the picture affords them an opportunity to rise up. The corporate cyberpunk dystopias they're dreaming of are terrifying.
Statistically he would have died of natural causes or heart disease or something by then, right? He’s old as fuck and eats like shit.
They might stir up a war for a third term.
I'm expanding my second term indefinitely! I wasn't elected to a third term, my second term just won't end--so therefore it's all constitutional!
MMW.
He'll just run again and it'll be up to congress to stop him, which I don't know if they will.
Actions are illegal only if their prohibition is enforced.
Why do news stations make these stupid short clips with music and pictures? Just show the clip
As if ‘barred’ or ‘legal’ or any words of the sort still matter.
this last election nearly killed him both in the tired old man running around the world way and also the long range ballistic way. i would love to see him try to do another campaign in 4 years when he is already barely able to speak complete sentences right now