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Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.

Trump, who took office on January 20 for his second, non-consecutive White House term, has made vague allusions to seeking a third one but addressed it directly on Sunday in a telephone interview with NBC News.

"No, I'm not joking. I’m not joking," Trump said, but "it is far too early to think about it."

"There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know," he said. He declined to elaborate on any specific methods.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago
[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 10 points 4 hours ago

“There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know,”

Those methods are:

Serving as VP, followed by ascension - The 12th Amendment says no one eligible to be president can be VP, but the 22nd Amendment only bars election to a third term, not holding office. Trump could potentially be Vance's (or someone else's) VP, then that President resigns, making Trump president for a third term without being elected. This is legally untested and would be widely challenged. It doesn't seem like a route Trump would take.

Repealing the 22nd Amendment - This requires the proposal and ratification of a new amendment. This new amendment must be passed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress, or by a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures, followed by ratification from three-fourths of the states. This is an unlikely path for Trump to take. Even with massive cheating, he would never get the numbers in his favor.

Ignoring the 22nd Amendment - AKA the "what the fuck you gonna do" method, which the Trump regime has employed with great success in lots of other areas. This is almost certainly what he means.

Any other method to remain president, such as declaring martial law, declaring a national emergency, using the Insurrection Act, etc, would basically be a military coup that would spark a civil war and Balkanize the US.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago

He's the oldest president the States has ever had, hopefully he'll die before his term is over.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Trump running for a third term is basically the plot of Civil War (2024).

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

If you wanna read how prescient that movie really was, here's Matt Zoller Seitz's 4 star review of it.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/civil-war-movie-review-2024

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 14 hours ago

I mean, literally nobody on either side thought he was.

[–] wandrinstar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

until it's actually time for the next election, all of the third term bullshit is functionally serving only to distract from signalgate and dismantling the courts/gov etc. do not lose focus. (edit: typo fix)

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[–] MMEnterprises@lemm.ee 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If Trump runs for a third term, Obama should too.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, that just legitimizes it for no real benefit.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They don't care about legitimacy, they brew their own at home. Though I'm not too keen on Drone Strikes McGee coming back.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 15 hours ago

I'm okay trading legitimacy for a tangible gain, but there is none.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Trump says shit all day like a fire hose just to spread terror and keep everyone muddied. But he's old and will die sooner than later. The question is if MAGA manages to continue his style.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Sooner hopefully

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 24 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

The only thing keeping most people quiet is the idea that Trump is temporary. This will not bode well for stability.

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He doesn’t lie about what he wants to do.

He lies about his accomplishments.

It’s been like this since his first term. He’s not lying about invading Greenland or punishing Canada into being the 51st state. He absolutely wants to. Assuming (hopefully) that both these endeavors never materialize, he will claim that these threats accomplished some other goal that was made up on the spot. Which will be a lie.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Most states probably won't even let him register for presidential election.

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hasn't the Supreme Court already ruled on this when Colorado tried it? It was pretty clear then that he violated the 14th Amendment. So what's the 22nd to them this time? The deed will be done.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I believe they commented it was fine for colorado to enforce the 35 yrs old requirement because its clear cut and there's no process needed to make that determination. The 22nd amendment doesn't require any determination process, so its unlikely they'll be able to bar it without letting toddlers run for president

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He'll just threaten to stop all federal monetary transfers to those states and they'll cave.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Sure but you only need them to bar him long enough to keep him off the ballot. Imo it takes time to cave to monetary pressure.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's proven that he does not care about court orders or rules of law, so I doubt he'd be against ripping up the constitution. Not an American so forgive me if I seem ignorant on this, but I hope that there's failsafes against him getting a third term no matter what he does.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 19 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

There are not. Fascism has only ever been defeated in two ways: Ballot or Bullet. And wouldn't you know it, we're fresh out of Ballots.

[–] MdRuckus@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Well, if chump finds a way to run again, I hope Obama runs too.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

You Lemmy world people are hopeless. How is this a solution? You'll do anything but resist.

[–] Denixen@feddit.nu 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Or rather Michelle Obama running for her first term. She is ridiculously popular in polls amongst both democrats and independents. The only downside about her is the fact that she doesn't want the job, which really just makes her perfect for the job (:

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Much of the problems we're facing with rampant executive overreach, supreme courts packed with the worst people, and vulnerabilities in our rights being exploited have been direct products of Obama's inaction and compromise with Republicans.

He was a great "leader" in that he kept the country and world seemingly stable, but he wasn't the great president most people think. I would still take 30 Obamas over a half of a single Trump, but we wanna be very careful about idolatry in our political leaders.

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[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He doesn't care about court orders or rule of law. It is possible for him to try it. It is amazing he can say stuff like openly, no pushback from his base. He is pushing people to their limits something will have to give.

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[–] kiwii4k@lemmy.zip 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

if he and the republicans really want to play with fire, they will try to run trump a third time.

everyone is watching.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, that's all anyone is doing.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

If anything says "I don't give a shit about the constitution or laws" this is it. Unless he can use it against someone else, Trump has no time for legality of anything. He doesn't abide by it if it interferes with his wants.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah. The method involves suspending the constitution.

He needs to be driven out of office, like now.

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