Trump again publicly muses about serving a third term: ‘Am I allowed?’
Trump again publicly muses about serving a third term: ‘Am I allowed?’
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A Tennessee Republican Congressman has already proposed a resolution to amend the Constitution to allow Trump to be elected to a third term. President Donald Trump is once again weighing a third term - despite what the Constitution says. Speaking at a Congressional Republican conference at his resort in Doral, Florida, on Monday, Trump asked House Speaker Mike Johnson whether he was “allowed” to run again.
“I’ve raised a lot of money for the next race that I assume I can’t use for myself, but I’m not 100 percent sure,” Trump said. “I think I’m not allowed to run again.”. He then directly asked Johnson: “Am I allowed to run again?”. Trump then stopped himself, joking: “Mike, I better not get you involved in that argument.”.
Despite Trump’s musings, the Constitution bars any person from being elected to the presidency more than twice. The 22nd Amendment states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”.
To change the law, it would require a new Constitutional amendment. Last week, however, Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee proposed to revise the amendment, citing Trump as the “only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness.”.
“To that end, I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment on presidential terms. This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs,” the Tennessee Republican said.
