How realistic are calls among his political followers for a third term in office for President Donald Trump?
The 22nd Amendment stands as the most obvious impediment to a third
Trump term. The operative language of the 22nd Amendment is as follows:
““No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than
twice, and no person who has held the office of
President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to
which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the
office of the President more than once.”
Only one U.S. chief executive has held the office for more than two
terms. Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the
United States in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. Before FDR’s 1940 election, a
“tradition” had been established, albeit one
without the force of law, that presidents typically served only two
terms in office.
The tradition traced back to the nation’s first president – General
George Washington, who famously feared the establishment of a king in
the U.S. rather than elected citizen leadership. But no law prohibited a
U.S. president from seeking a third term and several
did including U.S. Grant in 1880, Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, Woodrow
Wilson in 1920, and for a brief time, Harry S. Truman.
FDR’s unprecedented four terms in office – punctuated by the Great
Depression and World War II – enabled him to become not the first
president to seek election to a third term, but he was decidedly the
first to be able to win a third and later fourth term in
the White House as American voters valued a steady, experienced leader
in times of global crisis.
But concern was evident during FDR’s third and fourth terms over his
accumulation of power and whether multiple terms past two four-year
terms was good for democracy.
After Roosevelt died in 1945, the nation’s political wheels began to
turn in earnest for a constitutional bar to a president seeking more
than two terms. The 22nd Amendment was the vehicle used to enact
presidential term limits, approved by Congress in 1947
and ratified by the states in 1952. (As the sitting president, Truman
was exempt from the amendment in the 1952 Democratic presidential
primary, which he lost.)
Earlier this year, Trump told NBC News that he did not rule out a bid
for a third presidential term and that there were methods for doing so.
“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said. “But, I mean, I
basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early
in the administration.”
One theory being offered by Trump allies is an arrangement in which
current Vice President J.D. Vance could seek the presidency and then
step aside for Trump to assume the office. Such a gambit would bring a
protracted legal challenge and is considered far-fetched
– particularly in light of the language of the 12th Amendment, which
holds: “But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of
President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President.”
Another method would be a more straightforward effort at repealing the
22nd Amendment. That would require that two-thirds of both houses of
Congress and three-quarters of all U.S. states must vote to abolish the
22nd Amendment. That scenario strains credulity,
given the outcome of the 2024 election.
Two-thirds of the states could, theoretically, call for a constitutional
convention to propose a new amendment, but 38 of 50 states would have
to ratify any new amendment. Again, that’s unlikely in the extreme.
While the realistic chances for a third Trump term are very slim, the
very discussion of the attempt is a whopping distraction that benefits
the Trump Administration particularly during the early years of his
second term – when the pace of unprecedented changes
in the operations and policies of the federal government has the
legislative and judicial branches of the federal government back on
their heels as Trump and his allies forge ahead,
Even the very discussion of it is a powerful distraction. One House
member is putting forth a measure to enable Trump in this fight: Rep.
Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is introducing a resolution to amend the 22nd
Amendment. Ogles' amendment would allow any president
to serve a third term if their first two terms were non-consecutive.
Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at sidsalter@sidsalter.com.
47 comments:
Trump deserves a third term since everyone on the planet knows that the media, big tech, and USAID funded deep state stole the 2020 election. That same big tech is bending the knee and kissing the ring right now because they know Trump has the power to break them up and dismantle their power.
If JD Vance keeps up the good work, I believe he will be the next president. He can then ask Donald Jr. or Eric Trump to be his running mate. But honestly, I wish he would ask Thomas Massey. I really like Massey’s ideas like forcing politicians members of the deep state with dual citizenship to reveal that dual loyalty to the people.
Even the very discussion of it is a powerful distraction.
[and] Sid Salter rose to the bait.
I have long since found that I have no interest in Sid's editorial take
It's his equivalent of "hey, look at the bird." The lefty loonies fall for it everytime.
The citizens with Trump Derangement Syndrome have no idea Trump is trolling them. The poor things, bless their heart.
The yield today on 10 year Greek government bond: 3.498%
The yield today on 10 year US Treasury bond: 4.379%
If you know, you know.
We are witnessing the development of a road map for later presidential administrations in taking advantage of the public's lack of attention span and the rapidity of the news cycle. Flood the Zone.
Very good idea. Even as fast as Trump is working it might take him longer than his term to straighten the U.S. up from the downhill slide it has been on for many years. Why look for someone else when you have the best man for the job already working on the problem. If the democrats would not have elected a fake president who had 4 years to try to destroy the U.S. Trump probably would not need another term.
No worries. Trump will destroy America before his current term expires. There won't be anything left for him to reign over except crime, debt, starvation, lack of medical care, rampant disease and ongoing climate disaster. It will be bigly! MAGAs won't have to stroke over which bathroom a child is using or libraries containing books that they don't want to read.
So, you actually believe that there will be an election in 2028 where the citizens of the United States will be able to vote? That is laughable! The first internment camp has already been established in El Salvador. It is just going to get worse from here. There is no way there will be free and lawful elections for the foreseeable future.
No, bless your heart. You are the one who has been trolled by Trump.
Actually for Mr. Trump and his disciples the constitution is a distraction. Just a bump in the road.
For a president to discuss or consider a plan to defeat the clear mandate of the constitution while he is president would be .....
gulp! .....treason? Trump would never do that. Would he?
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The broad selloff in U.S. stocks and bonds, and the continuing decline in the dollar, represents a "simultaneous collapse in the price of all U.S. assets," analysts at Deutsche Bank said Wednesday. They warned that "unchartered territory" lies ahead." https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-09-25/card/dollar-confidence-crisis-is-here-deutsche-bank-warns-OS3izqVU0PPvpBGqOC2k
Many people in this thread have mistaken tribal loyalty for identity and called it principle. You've turned politics into cosplay warfare and then wonder why nothing gets better.
Every time someone calls out the cult, you shriek "other side!" because it's easier than addressing the criticism. You know the other side acts in bad faith, because your side does too.
Both sides are not arguing ideas. They are defending their team's brand. No one is thinking. They are filtering. You don't want truth. You want validation. The moment someone doesn't play along, they scramble to place someone in their stupid little football match cosplay war. Left or right. Donkey or elephant. Pick a jersey or shut up.
There is no team. There is no side. There is only you and the system you keep alive by feeding it your attention, your loyalty, and your misplaced faith.
I hope we restore our Republic from this virus that has infected our party system.
You leftie loonies need to turn off The View. Get your news from Straight Arrow News - very non-partisan.
Like the Roman empire before us we will find that a democratic republic will not last. To concede power to others whom we hate and hopelessly disagree will not work for long. Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk are simply paving the way. It was inevitable.
I am betting that the real panic starts on Friday.
I am so glad I sold of all of my investments when Trump won. I just followed Warren Buffett’s lead. Hopefully, there will be some sort of economy left to invest in by the time Trump and his cult are through.
It's a bull market. Time to buy.
You go ahead and load up on that Greek paper.
If you believe that Buffett sold all his investments then it is a good thing that you did, indeed, because you have no idea what in the hell you are doing.
@11:40 Why do so many of you magatards struggle to get the point? Nobody is saying that Greek bonds are better. The point is that American bonds are taking a hit
On a bible he swore ..."preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution..." Yet he will not rule out an effort to defeat it. His loyalty is to himself and eventually this country will pay for lifting him up. We must do better or else.
These tariffs were a total surprise to most of the serious investors. That's why the reaction has been so significant.
I just wonder if anyone was smart enough to bet ahead of the surprise? With leverage?
Actually, you wouldn't have needed to be smart, you just needed to have some good insider information and put your bets down in the futures markets.
Capisce?
I mean, even a guy Eric could win this bet!
Some of you act surprised that Trump is taking the actions that he is. That only proves you didn't listen to him while he was campaigning, because he is doing exactly what he said he would.
@12:01 - go back and watch the video. He didn’t actually put his hand on the Bible. Constitutionalists hate this one trick!
@8:05 - Trump deserves to be broke and in prison.
April 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM, judgmental much?
Trump is a New York shyster ….always has been and always will be
Not paying contractors, Trump University…bankruptcy many times, when the heat is directed at him, he goes look! a squirrel! Unfortunately , we didn’t have much of a choice in this election so he won as best of the worst!
I would fully support a constitutional convention to support infinite terms for Trump. I would also support allowing him to appoint his own successor and bypace the presidential election. We cant let the traitorous democrat part ever hold executive power again. I want JD Vance and Don Jr to hold office long enough for the true messiah ot ascend. That would be Barron Trump
April 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM, and Trump is still your president.
@3:45 - the judgement came from the jury that voted him guilty 34 times.
@4:12 PM - Who's your daddy? Trump is your daddy. Kamala, thanks for checking in.
@4:35 That was nothing more than lawfare practiced by a kangaroo court to try interfere in the election. It don’t work and Donald Trump is now victorious.
For all of you disciples of The View, the stock market surged today with some of the highest gains since WWII. Nasdaq surged 12% and S&P 500 surged 9.5%. I guess the world isn't ending afterall. Right?
8:28 AM is correct, while Trump is playing chess, idiot Democrats are playing checkers and are therefore always willing to take “the bait.” Let’s get some TRUMP 2024 stickers made for Sid Salter, et al.
9:56 AM, looks like Democrat controlled for decades Jackson, MS has already been destroyed. Why don’t we make this deal, all Democrat voters have to live in Democrat controlled cities without gates protecting them, and vice versa. No more hypocrite white liberal so-called progressives voting Democrat then living behind gates or in the Republican suburbs. Are you in???
6:10 PM, you think there might be some short sellers out there tonight that now understand “The Art of the Deal?” Looking forward to seeing the news tomorrow morning to learn how many trader suicides there were from jumping out of windows. Bwahahahahaha
How about Trump is playing chess and the dems are playing marbles, which they have lost?
@4:59 - do you feel the same about Eric Adams and Lumumba’s cases? Their only crimes are being disliked politically?
Make that “TRUMP 2028 & 2032” stickers to troll Sid and all of the other cry baby Democrats that are always in crisis mode.
Constitutional Crisis. Threat to Democracy. Insurrection. Oligarchs. Millionaires & Billionaires. Pronouns. DEI. BLM. Racist. Fascist. Nazi. MeToo. Perception of Crime. Radical. Liberal. Progressive. Educated.
Vance is really stepping up his insult game which is crucial to Republicans. Unfortunately for him, he’d have to get a divorce to be a serious contender.
Hey everybody, Trump erased 25% of your 401k’s value but since he was warned that he was about to plunge the global economy into a recession he graciously gave you back 10% of it. What a genius!
Also, it was the largest rise for the S&P since 2008. Do you remember what was going on in 2008?
https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1pix-2025-04-09/
Russia and China play the long game while Trump and the Trumpublicans play the brain fart game.
April 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM, it must suck to hate Trump like you do, and have to watch Trump exercise the power to take away, and the power to give back. Trump is still your president.
Maybe you can get sleepy Joe to run again, or maybe Kamala.
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM, in a whisper voice I say, he's still your president.
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