If Donald Trump wins re-election in November, should the US Constitution be changed to give him a third term — or possibly as many additional terms as he wants? Trump seems to think so.
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Yes, folks, Donald Trump wants to be a dictator. If ‘The Donald’ loses in November, rest assured he will run again in 2024. However, win or lose, he is now on record as saying he will “negotiate” a third term or more, just like his buddies Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
Donald Trump has always alluded to a desire to be America’s “permanent” president. Now, he’s boldly coming right out and saying it.
“Fifty-two days from now, we’re going to win Nevada, and we’re going to win four more years in the White House,” Trump told a shoulder to shoulder crowd of 5,000+ gathered last Saturday (in defiance of state law against large gatherings) to see him in Nevada. “And then after that, we’ll negotiate, right? Because we’re probably — based on the way we were treated — we are probably entitled to another four after that.”
According to Trump, he is an innocent victim who has been “horribly treated.” He claims former President Barack Obama “spied” on him and that the Democratic Congress spent years attempting to “unfairly” impeach him. So, in his eyes, he’s owed lost time.
Well, hold on there, cowboy. There’s a little something called the 22nd amendment that prevents a permanent president.
Ratified in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unprecedented four-term presidency, the 22nd amendment to the constitution prohibits a president from seeking more than two terms in office. However, Trump has never allowed something as trivial as rules to get in the way of his own personal desires.
To change the rules just for him, Trump would have to either convince a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress or two-thirds of state legislatures to call a constitutional convention, a feat that not only appears unlikely but virtually impossible.
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“We’re gonna win four more years in the White House, and then we’ll negotiate, because based on the way we were treated, we’re probably entitled to another four years after that” — Trump, slurring, began his rally in Nevada by teasing that he intends to serve more than two terms pic.twitter.com/dgPjimP7Rv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 13, 2020
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If anyone thinks Donald Trump is only joking about multiple terms, just ask his former friend and fixer, Michael Cohen, who is making crystal clear that this is no joke.
“He is going to automatically day number one start thinking how he can change the Constitution for a third term, and then a fourth term,” Cohen predicted, should Trump win re-election. He also added that Trump’s open affinity for dictators is proof positive that he himself has similar ambitions.
“Like what he said to President XI and like what he said to so many other people. It’s why he admires the Kim Jong Uns of the world.”
I will say what I said yesterday. One of these agencies like the CIA is going to get rid of him. They do not like people talking bad about the military or the constitution. He cannot ruin the democracy.