Trump is Open to A Third Term

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22nd Amendment…no person may be elected (elected to, not served in) to the office of President more than twice or, if he served (PAST TENSE) more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected President, more than once.

The 12th Amendment then bars anyone from running for VP who is constitutionally ineligible for President.

The 22nd amendment was written in PAST TENSE…the loophole some are exploring is whether the “not more than once” clause applies if the events happen in a different order (i.e. a person is elected President twice…is he now ineligible to SERVE as President by ascending to the office in ways other than election?)

Believe it or not, some constitutional scholars think this is a gray area, since it’s a scenario the Founders didn’t envision ever happening.

Their argument…if the spirit of the law is to max out the number of years a President can serve at ten, why didn’t they just write it that way?

Even if this is the sprint of the law, could Trump serve two years of a future term to which someone else was elected President?

The law is a funny thing.

Me personally? I think this loophole doesn’t exist.

BUT, it’s never been tested, so I wouldn’t make any bets on it.

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Like I said I don’t think he has the balls to try and pull something like that. That’s some straight up De Gaulle or Napoleon III ■■■■ and he is not those men.

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I don’t think it will happen either.

But I wouldn’t bet money against it happening.

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I think you are being niave.

Ignoring the courts on immigration, suspending due process for immigrants, imprisoning them indefinitely without charges or a trial, abducting students, ignoring courts to transfer them out of state, holding them against the provisions of the statute thinly used to excuse the imprisonment, all without due process…that’s just the immigration stuff…

Dismantling congressionally approved departments, refusing to honor contracts fulfilled, firing people under false pretenses, empowering unelected, unconfirmed, unchecked billionaire allies…

All these things are the nose of the camel. To get him in up to the shoulder, they want a few of these unconstitutional acts up to the supreme court…the court that empowered them with their decision on presidential immunity, which allows Trump to take these outrageous actions, like ignoring court orders, without fear of personal repercussion.

Once the court rules to allow a few of these actions, that gives the camel a little more momentum…and in he comes…

And you might say, there is no way the SC will allow Trump to ingomre court orders, a condone imprisoning people with charges or a trial… or any of this other nonsense…but of course they will. This project 2025 stuff - you know, the plan that Trump said he didn’t know anything about that also lines up perfectly with his for 90 days of action - is EXCACTLY what Thomas and Alito’s billionaire benefactors want. It’s EXACTLY why they are buying these justices.

This isn’t froth, or hyperbole.

We’re watching the plan unfold, and sitting around sucking on straw, thinking this is business as usual.

It’s not.

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What trump just told us is, he expects to be back in power after this term. Not that he will run for president again.

Like the whole Speaker of the House doesn’t have to be a congress person. Or like Putin, make up a new position…

He just let us know he’s working on this. Because his vanity makes him the worst criminal ever. And we, as a country keep rewarding him for this…

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So you think he wants to become Napoleon III? He doesn’t have anywhere to that level of public support. Half the country hates his guts. Such an action would lead to secession and he has to know that.

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I think it’s safe to prepare for all eventualities.

I’m with you…I don’t expect anything to come of it.

I will say, if anyone was to try it, it would be Trump.

He has the vanity AND, more importantly, he’s got some powerful people in his corner at the moment.

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Yes he is.

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Dude, he was found liable for sexual assault, he’s a convicted felon. It’s obvious he knows nothing about government. Doesn’t understand tariffs. He openly loves Putin and Kim.

And he has 3 or 4 entire networks devoted to fluffing him 24/7, has the entire GOP doing his bidding, and won re-election easily.

What affect do you think that has on his ego?

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credibly accused. it needs to be done. don’t support democrats allowing things to get this horrible next time you want to wrap yourself in the flag.

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I don’t think he has the balls. Those men were willing to throw France into a civil war for power. I don’t think Trump has that mindset. Not to that same extent.

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Context
Obama jokingly delivered this answer during an interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” in which the former commander-in-chief had laughed and smiled prior to and during his remarks.

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I’m sure it inflated it a good bit.

But think about what Napoleon III was willing to risk. He gambled on something very few men would be willing to gamble on. If his intuition had been wrong, it would have drug France into a Civil War. That takes something I don’t think Trump has. That willingness to be history’s villain if you fail.

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Due process needs to be applied though. They’ve been skipping that step.

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The open borders policy of you woke dems was the effort to destroy the Republic.

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<<<re-reads twice, looking for hints of sarcasm>>>

His tariff plan is crashing the market as we gird ourselves for rampant, across the board inflation.

His DOGE dog ■■■■ is leading to huge service inadequacies, and the destruction of some of the most liked aspects of american government.

He has destroyed our relationship with Europe, Canada and the Netherlands.

What more proof do you need that he will do anything for power?

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“Credibly accused”.

I see someone hasn’t seen the totally awesome “assessment form” ICE has been using to make those “credible accusations” that someone from the ACLU got and released on the weekend.

Wait who am I kidding? Even if the form had one line “they’re gang members because Trump said so”, you’d defend that as a “credible accusation”.

:rofl:

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And without any of those non verbal cues that one can use to determine if someone might be joking… Trump supporters are so in tune with Trumps mind that they know he is trolling or joking just by telepathy. No matter how serious Trump says he is…

It’s sad really

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