{"id":27573,"date":"2025-04-01T21:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=27573"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:52:16","slug":"trump-claims-loophole-could-allow-him-to-run-for-a-third-term-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=27573","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims \u2019loophole\u2019 could allow him to run for a third term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump isn\u2019t allowed to run for a third term \u2014 but now he\u2019s hinting that the idea might not be completely off the table.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201dA lot of people want me to do it. But I usually tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it\u2019s still early in the administration,\u201d Trump tells NBC News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re still early in President\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0second term, but speculation is already swirling about whether he could extend his time in office.<\/p>\n

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Despite the constitutional two-term limit, Trump has not completely dismissed the idea of a third term. In a recent interview, he hinted that there may be ways to make it happen.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with\u00a0NBC News<\/a>\u00a0on March 30, Trump addressed the idea of running for another term, saying, \u201dA lot of people want me to do it. But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it\u2019s very early in the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201dI\u2019m focused on the current.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the 22nd Amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice, it doesn\u2019t explicitly prevent someone from returning to the role through other means.\u00a0<\/strong>Although Republicans have often dismissed his past comments about serving beyond two terms as jokes, this time, he made his stance clear.<\/p>\n

\u201dI like working. I\u2019m not joking. But I\u2019m not \u2013 it is far too early to think about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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He also noted, \u201dthere are methods which you could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

NBC News then asked about the possibility of Vice President JD Vance running for office and then passing the role to Trump. Trump responded, \u201dThat\u2019s one\u201d way.<\/p>\n

\u201dBut there are others, too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

When asked for another example, Trump just said, \u201dNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Criticism from members of both parties<\/h2>\n

Donald Trump\u2019s suggestion that there may be a way around the U.S. Constitution\u2019s ban on a third term has been drawing criticism from members of both parties.<\/p>\n

Amending the Constitution to remove this restriction would be an extremely difficult process. According to NBC, such a change would require either a two-thirds majority in Congress or approval from two-thirds of U.S. states to call a constitutional convention. Even then, any proposed amendment would still need to be ratified by three-quarters of the states \u2014 a nearly impossible political hurdle.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced a resolution calling for the extension of presidential term limits, which would allow Trump to run for another term in office.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Trump ally Steve Bannon discussed the possibility in an interview with News Nation, stating that he believes Trump will \u201drun and win again in 2028.\u201d Bannon also mentioned that he thought \u201dwe\u2019ll have a couple of alternatives\u201d when it comes to figuring out how Trump could pursue a third term, despite the two-term limit on the presidency.<\/p>\n

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