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The Lawyer Common has some ideas concerning the president’s plans to overstay his welcome.
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In between Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and the implosion of Elon Musk’s reign, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the president lately floated plans for a 3rd presidential time period.
In a traditional administration, these plans alone can be sufficient to gas never-ending commentary and numerous headlines, however since Trump appears hell-bent on delivering missteps at a breakneck tempo, his want to occupy the White Home for a 3rd time period has flown considerably underneath the radar. In case you missed it, Trump stated final month that there are “strategies” by means of which he can circumvent the constitutional restrict that stops a president from serving greater than two phrases. “There are strategies which you may do it,” Trump stated throughout an interview on NBC.
Donald Trump tells NBC Information that he’s ‘not joking’ about the potential for working for a 3rd time period:
“Lots of people need me to do it. I principally inform them we have now an extended solution to go, , it’s very early within the administration. I’m targeted on the present. I’m not joking…… pic.twitter.com/N873ZyChgk
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 30, 2025
He then responded to the widespread concept that he may serve a 3rd time period within the occasion that he turns into one other candidate’s working mate, then assumes the presidency after they instantly resign. “Nicely, that’s one [way],” Trump stated when offered with that loophole, “however there are others too.” Naturally, since he fancies himself as a literal King, Trump’s admission despatched shockwaves all through the nation, solely amplified when he later clarified that he was “not joking” about his plans for a 3rd presidential time period.
Fortunately, nonetheless, the thought has since been rebuffed by considered one of Trump’s fiercest allies, who appeared sceptical concerning the plans in a current interview. Pam Bondi, who’s presently serving as Lawyer Common and whose loyalty to Trump has remained unquestioned, addressed the president’s feedback throughout an look on Fox Information. Whereas Bondi stated she “want[es] we may have [Trump] for 20 years as our president,” even she appeared hesitant concerning the concept. “I feel he’s going to be completed, most likely, after this time period,” Bondi added, saying that the constitutional loophole Trump speaks of “can be a heavy carry.”
BREAM: Do you imagine there is a methodology by which Trump may search a 3rd time period?
BONDI: I want we may have him for 20 years as our president, however I feel he is gonna be completed most likely after this time period
BREAM: Most likely?
BONDI: We would have to take a look at the Structure pic.twitter.com/6Pdx63IMEp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025
Whereas Bondi appeared to stroll again Trump’s feedback, she nonetheless didn’t completely rule out the thought of a 3rd presidential time period, regardless of the twenty second modification of the structure outright declaring that “no particular person shall be elected to the workplace of the president greater than twice.” The “heavy carry” Bondi talked about would require a two-thirds vote from each chambers of Congress to vary the wording of the structure to permit for a 3rd presidential time period. In any case, it’s little matter for an administration that treats the structure as extra of a light-weight suggestion, as evidenced by Trump’s a number of unconstitutional manoeuvres in current months.
“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”
–President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/IMr4tq0sMB— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) February 19, 2025
Simply final week, Trump was sued by a number of states in response to an govt order about voting rights which officers declare was unconstitutional, and earlier than that, the president was known as out for his equally unconstitutional pause in mortgage grants simply days into his second presidency. Trump circling the thought of a 3rd presidency, in step with his earlier rhetoric about being a “King”, is a trigger for concern, however given the sheer quantity of head-scratching headlines popping out of the White Home of late, it hopefully gained’t be lengthy earlier than Trump’s mind is occupied by one other weird concept (simply ask Greenland).
