Donald Trump will be one of only two presidents to serve two non-consecutive terms after his US election win this week; the other was Grover Cleveland in the 1800s.
They won, it’s already a historic win – but in the past, the president, Mr. Trump hinted at a third term.
Section of the Constitution of the United States of America, lays down that no person shall serve for more than two terms.
But what has the incoming president said, how likely is he to run for a third term in 2028 (can trump run again in 2028)– and if so is it legal?
Has a third term been done before?
Franklin Roosevelt served the president of the USA four times between 1933 and 1945 because the US constitution had nothing that prescribed the number of terms a president could serve.
But later theTwenty-second amendment to the United States Constitution- prohibited presidents from being elected more than twice even though may not be in a successive order.
The 22nd Amendment was adopted two years after Roosevelt’s death in 1951 it applied from the 1952 election which Eisenhower, the republican won from Stevenson, the democrat.
Since then no one has been able to stand and work for more than two terms.
What has Trump said?
He first began to talk openly about running for a third time in the lead-up to the 2020 elections that Mr Trump eventually lost to Mr Biden.
Speaking to an audience in August of 2020, he assured his fans that he would triumph in the next election and possibly “run for four more years” owing to They spied on my campaign “ he aluded to fabled remarks from Barack Obama that wire tapped him before he began his four-year term in 2016.
Forbes revealed that Mr Trump spoke to another rally that if he was to be elected in the 2020 election, he would “negotiate” for a third term saying “they were probably due me another four [years] for the way we were treated.
But in an interview last year with Sky News’ US partner NBC News, Mr Trump was asked if there was any scenario in which he would seek a third term should he win the presidency next year, to which he responded: “No.”
And in April 2024 he said that he “wouldn’t be in favour” of an extended term – but two comments he made this year, which are not even precise, fuel speculation that he could attempt it.
The first was during the National Rifle Association event where he posed his question, whether he was three times or two times an elected president – this only seems to refer to his lies of being the rightful winner and that it was fraudulently taken from him in 2020.
Another came in July when he said at a conservative Christian gathering that the Americans wouldn’t have to vote anymore should he clinch the 2024 presidency as per CBS News.
After repeatedly telling them to vote “just this time”, he added: For four years, you do not have to vote again. We’ll have it so fixed as you are not going to have to vote for it you know.
Why Trump could soon rule it out
I respect their belief…It was being politically sidelined Some critics areoccurring from a Christian event from Mr.Trump’s campaign John Fortier of the American Enterprise Institute said the comments made from the event were misconstrued and that Mr Trump was merely seeking to “remind the sometimes apathetic Christian block to turn out and vote in this election”.
Conclusion
Self-proclaimed negotiations wit and pounder extraordinaire Donald Trump lacks a constitutional right to run for President of the United States for the third time according to the 22nd Amendment. That said, his statements about the prospect of a third term have raised quite a lot of debate, yet can be viewed for the most part as his usual rhetoric, desire to maintain the motivation of his supporters, his idiosyncrasies, and moreover: legal impossibility.
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