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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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[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

“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 ineligible 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.

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Well he and President Xi of China would have something in common then

[–] MMEnterprises@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] lengau@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nah, that just legitimizes it for no real benefit.

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[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (2 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.

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[–] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I really wish the CIA would do it's job right about now..

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can't go further away from communism than this, so they're.. doing their job?

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[–] MdRuckus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe it is time to revisit state secession

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

And you thought Alex Garland's Civil War movie was fiction.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week 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.

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] iridebikes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Just heard an interview on BBC radio this morning with an American explaining that there are avenues for Trump to do this by abusing the line of succession. It sounds like they want to appoint him as Speaker of the House and then have the president and vice president abdicate.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reminds me of when there was a Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev who I think was just a puppet until Putin decided there was no point in pretending.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If the Republicans manage to get someone other than Trump in office for the first time in over 20 years I really don't see them choosing to hand power back to him.

W was a fluke in both 2000 (Florida shenanigans) and 2004 (9/11). It could be argued that they haven't legitimately gotten someone other than Trump in office since Bush Sr. in 1988.

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[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] TripleIris@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 week ago

There's not even going to be an election. He's just going to declare himself president, because literally who would stop him?

[–] mexicanmamba@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Obama has entered the chat

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