President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was "not joking."
How about "Trump Threatens to Ignore Constitution, Pursue Illegal Third Term"? That headline might be more accurate.
-- Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Constitutional Expert Warns How Trump Really Could Get Third TermI'm sure we can count on Trump's SCOTUS to put an end to this nonsense ...
In an X post Monday, the Harvard Law professor wrote: "Anyone discounting a 3d Trump term per the 22d am + the 12th am is thinking magically: The 22d dsn't bar *serving* a 3d term, only being *elected* 3 times."
Tribe, who has been publicly critical of Trump over the years, is a trusted advisor to the Democratic Party. He represented former Vice President Al Gore in the landmark decision Bush v. Gore regarding a dispute over recounting votes in the 2000 election, and served in the Justice Department during former President Barack Obama's first term, the latter of which used to work for Tribe at Harvard Law.
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Welker pressed on the possibility that Vice President JD Vance could run for president in 2029 and hand over the title to Trump, who answered "that's one" method, "but there are others too."
www.thedailybeast.com
Only hope would be for Obama to do the same thing, although I could see Dem voters refusing to violate a Constitutional bar out of principle, while the GOP would not, handing the White House to Trump again, because Dems are idiots and get their panties into a wad at the slightest bump in the road.
Fortunately for America the Constitution rules it out.
#14 | Posted by donnerboy
It was my understanding that someone who was ineligible to run for POTUS was also ineligible to run as VP.
#16 | Posted by justagirl_idaho
Addressed in the linked article from #6:
Constitutional Expert Warns How Trump Really Could Get Third Term
www.thedailybeast.com
Basically, as with pretty much everything, it comes down to how Trump's SCOTUS wants to read it. Dollars to doughnuts on how at least four of the MAGATs there will vote.
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