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struggle4progress

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2. "Not Joking" About 3rd Presidential Term
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:39 PM
Mar 2025

Trump has made vague allusions to seeking a third one but addressed it directly on Sunday in a telephone interview with NBC News.
Reuters
World News
Mar 31, 2025 07:03 am IST

Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, barred by the US Constitution ...

US presidents are limited to two four-year terms, consecutive or not, according to the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution. A proposal to overturn a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 50 US states.

Some Trump allies have floated the idea of keeping Trump in the White House beyond 2028, and the president has also brought up the idea on a number of occasions in a manner that seemed to poke at his political opponents ...

Longtime Trump adviser Steve Bannon said in a March 19 interview with NewsNation that he believes Trump will run again in 2028. Bannon said he and others are looking into ways to make that happen, including examining the definition of a term limit ...

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-not-joking-about-3rd-presidential-term-there-are-methods-he-says-8048944

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He won't make it that far. roamer65 Mar 2025 #1
Agreed SheltieLover Mar 2025 #4
Back at ya. roamer65 Mar 2025 #10
"Not Joking" About 3rd Presidential Term struggle4progress Mar 2025 #2
Setting the stage BOSSHOG Mar 2025 #3
Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #5
I am considering ways to prevent that. Jack Valentino Mar 2025 #6
Battle Cry of Freedom struggle4progress Mar 2025 #8
General Sherman and his brigands never marched through Florida... Jack Valentino Mar 2025 #9
*SNORT* Skittles Mar 2025 #11
Another shiny object whilst they empty our pockets n/t Cheezoholic Mar 2025 #7
It is a distraction from #SignalGate. Captain Zero Mar 2025 #12
I see the wording says "elected" no more than twice. He will seek to be appointed, or Trust_Reality Mar 2025 #13
Because that's what traitors do. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #14
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