Perhaps question is better rephrased — Why do you keep suggesting that you would seek to remain in office for a third term despite the Constitution’s clear ban? Why are you misleading your supporters and the American public that this is a possibility? https://t.co/1LOr4pfUkz
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) October 27, 2025
Now, the ex-husband of Kellyanne Conway:
He doesn't care about law. He doesn't care about rules. He doesn't care about the country. He doesn't care about truth. He doesn't care about right or wrong.
— George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 (@gtconway3d) October 27, 2025
He only cares about himself. And most importantly—what he can get away with. Regardless of whether it is… https://t.co/IHy9wwf9uB
This is not a close call. Glasser obviously is referring to Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment to the USA Constitution, which reads
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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
The pertinent portion of Section 1 is
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.
Thus, the only portion of this section, or of this amendment, or of the Constitution is "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice." J. Michael Luttig, bless his heart, can argue as effectively as possible and stand on his head, but it is clear what these fourteen words mean, and what they do not preclude.
Constitutionally, Donald cannot run for a third term. He can run for Vice President and if on the winning ticket, ascend to the presidency anytime after January 20, 2029 at 12:00 noon. That would, of course, depend upon the 48th President stepping down, which would be his part of the deal.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump does not care about law, rules, the country, truth, or right and wrong. He does care about himself and is always probing to determine what he can get away with.
That's one of the President's motives in militarizing the nation's streets. He is " federalizing some members of the Oregon and Illinois National Guard withing those states," sending Texas National Guard soldiers to the Chicago area, and planning to send California National Guard members to Portland, Oregon. Portland today, Chicago tomorrow, other major cities thereafter depending on whether he can get away with this.
Additionally, Trump is now doing what he can to shove some cash to soldiers: a $130 million dollar "donation" from Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon family fortune, which is almost certainly illegal; and tax revenues diverted from research and development appropriations, also almost certainly illegal. However, when planning a coup against a nation, it's always helpful to have the military on your side.
And why not send American tax dollars wherever the President wants to, notwithstanding Congress' sole authority to do so? Trump suggests he should be awarded $230 million in damages for investigations of him conducted by the Department of Justice in the immediately preceding Administration. Though not sure, he can get it because the decision on paying him "would have to go across my desk" while "it's interesting, 'cause I'm the one that makes the decision, right?"
Well, not constitutionally, but laws and rules are not things he's concerned with. And if he orders his subject, Pam Bondi to pay, she will. And if in the future, he demands $500 million or more for, perhaps, a "bonus" for exemplary work as President, a precedent will have been set.
As approved by Bondi's Daddy, election "monitors" are being sent to polling sites in New Jersey and California after "requests" by the Republican Party in those states, eager to please Donald. Next year, there will be more in order to ensure GOP victory at the polls.
If still alive, Donald Trump will do whatever he can to remain as President or become President again. He may declare a national emergency and claim the right to cancel the election. He could challenge the clear and obvious meaning of the 22nd Amendment. Perhaps he will de facto install himself as the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee and if successful in the general election, take over the office of the presidency soon after his running mate is inaugurated. However, he has said that he would not do that and as we know, Donald Trump never lies.
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