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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 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Tl:dr; those methods are lying and cheating

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

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

[–] wandrinstar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago

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.

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

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

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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day 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.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The Paranoid Style in American Politics was published in 1964. They’ve been using it to great success for the past century, why stop now?

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Sooner hopefully

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Trump may be temporary , but his puppetmasters aren't.

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

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

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

Nah, that just legitimizes it for no real benefit.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day 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.

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

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

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days 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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days 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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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 47 points 2 days ago (5 children)

We know, he said so before the election. You’d have to be a fucking gigantic moron of an idiot to not understand that. And still Americans voted for him.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 237 points 3 days ago (8 children)
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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This man needs to stroke out and die. The fact he’s not already in prison is sickening

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[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Yeah. The method involves suspending the constitution.

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

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[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 143 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

The strategy is really simple, and I don't know why it isn't obvious to everyone. The Republican party will simply refuse to run a candidate in 2028. They will claim that the country is under hostile occupation by Marxists who are attempting to destroy the United States from within and Trump will just refuse to leave office after the mid-terms (if we even make it that far before he declares war & martial law).

They don't need to cancel, manipulate, or legally challenge anything. At that point, it doesn't fucking matter what happens with the election because there is no legal mechanism to enforce the removal of the regime. They are going to dare the courts, the police, and the military to try and forcibly remove them, which we all know will not happen. Then just rule by fiat forever.

The End.

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