NY Post:
Trump jokes about running for third, fourth, fifth and sixth terms
Trump, who is limited by the Constitution to two terms, lost to Democrat Hillary Clinton by just 1.5 percent in Minnesota in 2016 and his campaign considers the state a pickup opportunity against Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
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The Atlantic:
What Would Happen If Trump Refused to Leave Office?
Trump himself has joked about staying in office beyond his term, and even for life. In December, Trump told a crowd at a Pennsylvania rally that he will leave office in “five years, nine years, 13 years, 17 years, 21 years, 25 years, 29 years …” He added that he was joking to drive the media “totally crazy.” Just a few days earlier, Trump had alluded to his critics in a speech, “A lot of them say, ‘You know he’s not leaving’ … So now we have to start thinking about that because it’s not a bad idea.” This is how propaganda works. Say something outrageous often enough and soon it no longer sounds shocking.
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WUSA9:
VERIFY: No, President Trump can not run for a third term after being acquitted by the Senate
Now that President Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate, does he really get the possibility to run for two more terms?
Answer:
No. According to constitutional experts, the claim is complete nonsense, and “a lie.”
Sources:
22nd Amendment
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Says He’ll Seek a Third Term Because ‘They Spied On Me’
“We are going to win four more years,” Trump said. “And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.”
But Trump has one problem: the Constitution. The 22nd Amendment says, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
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MSNBC:
Eddie Glaude: ‘We need to understand Donald Trump as an existential threat’ to the United States
On President Donald Trump joking that he would run for a ‘third or fourth term,’ Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude says, “He said stuff like this before … We need to understand Donald Trump as an existential threat to the very foundation of this republic.”
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The Sun:
‘DESERVE A REDO’ Trump says he should get a THIRD term in office because ‘fascist’ Democrats ‘spied on his campaign’
According to the Twenty-second Amendment to the US Constitution, which was passed by Congress in 1947, a person is limited to being elected president two times for a total of eight years.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was elected president four times before the amendment was passed, is the only president to serve more than two terms.
Speaking Monday, Trump said: “We are going to win four more years. And then, after that, we’ll go for another four because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.”
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