The NBC News interview had President Trump refusing to say whether he would consider a third presidential term but he mentioned the potential methods to overcome the constitutional two-term limit.
Mr. Trump informed NBC News host Kristen Welker that numerous individuals desired him for a third time based on a “Meet the Press” broadcast transcript issued by the network.
Several hundreds of Americans always asked him to run for a third term in office according to Trump.
In my view the country needs much more time before thinking about a third presidential term. I’m focused on the current.”
The 22nd Amendment starts with its prohibition on presidential elections above two terms with these exact words: “No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”
The White House stated after the broadcast release of Mr. Trump’s interview said that he was committed to his present term before declaring another term too premature at this stage.
White House communications director Steven Cheung issued a statement announcing that Americans greatly support President Trump as well as his America First principles.
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According to the source Mr. Trump’s focus on “undo all the hurt” of the Biden administration while pursuing his goal of “making America great again.”
The idea of running for a third term appears frequently in Mr. Trump’s political campaigns to please his supporters although he sometimes presents it as humorous.
During his interview Mr. Trump demonstrated for the first time he was taking the concept seriously.
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Neither self-kingship, nor his predisposition for authoritarian leadership, nor his governance tactics, which experts regard to as autocratic behaviors, exist solely in interviews, but are clearly obvious in his activities previous to this proclamation.
Mr. His supporters have strengthened the possibility of Trump seeking another presidential term.
Three days after Mr. Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee initiated to amend the Constitution, so Mr. Trump could run for a third presidential term when Trump took his oath for the second time.
The pathway for implementing such change becomes extremely difficult since Congress needs approval from two-thirds of its members then three-fourths of states need to pass it.
Democrats at Congress have presented a resolution to stop possible anomalies to the two-term limit because they fear such legislative measures may be enacted.
During the interview Ms. Welker spoke about several occasions when she heard Mr. Trump was joking about running for a third term. Mr. Trump openly expressed that he looked seriously running the nation for a third term.
He adamantly denied the joke when asked “I’m not joking.”
Mr. Trump stated during the interview with Ms. Welker that he had not received plans but argued “there are methods which you could do it.”
The interview pointed out that JD Vance could serve first as presidential candidate in 2028 before swapping his position for Donald Trump in the White House. Mr. Trump clearly mentioned that this situation as a valid approach to achieving it.
He added more strategies apart from that one. “There are others.” During the interview Mr. Trump refused to specify any potential candidates.
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Derek T. The 22nd Amendment covers the resistance from expert Muller who teaches law at the University of Notre Dame since it states “electing” as its requirement but fails to talk about presidential succession.
A third term presidential candidacy faces challenges because the 12th Amendment stands as an obstacle according to Mr. Muller.
According to him the 12th Amendment prevents any person who doesn’t have the presidential eligibility from running for vice-president of the United States.
According to Mr. Muller this course of events would not create the conditions for Mr. Trump to pursue a third presidential term.
According to him it would require many inch-perfect conditions to make this plan somewhat workable on top of its complicated legal framework.