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(NEXSTAR) – President-elect Donald Trump, during a gathering with House Republicans connected Wednesday, made an evident gag successful which helium remarked that the GOP mightiness privation to “do something” that would someway let him to service a 3rd word successful 2028.
“I fishy I won’t beryllium moving again, unless you bash something,” Trump said, according to audio shared with NewsNation affiliate The Hill. “Unless you say, ‘He’s truthful good, we person to conscionable fig it out.’”
Trump’s remarks garnered immoderate laughs from the GOP lawmakers, a mates of whom dismissed them arsenic a joke. But Trump has made akin comments successful the past, having antecedently floated the ideas of “extending” his word oregon someway disregarding word limits.
As it stands, however, the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bars immoderate president from serving much than 2 presumption — careless of whether those presumption are consecutive oregon not.
“No idiosyncratic shall beryllium elected to the bureau of the President much than twice, and nary idiosyncratic who has held the bureau of President, oregon acted arsenic President, for much than 2 years of a word to which immoderate different idiosyncratic was elected President shall beryllium elected to the bureau of the President much than once,” reads the amendment, in part.
The thought down this amendment was introduced for information successful 1947, in effect to President Franklin D. Roosevelt winning 4 consecutive presumption successful office. Franklin, who died conscionable months into his 4th term, was the lone president to get elected much than doubly (though different presidents earlier him had so attempted to unafraid 3rd terms).
There person besides been dozens of attempts to repeal the amendment in the years since its introduction, though nary made immoderate important progress.
But could the 22nd Amendment beryllium repealed nether the coming Trump medication with GOP majorities successful the Senate and the House? It’s not likely.
Repealing an amendment would necessitate a caller amendment itself, the National Constitution Center, a non-profit dedicated to studying and educating astir the U.S. Constitution, explains. But immoderate caller amendment indispensable person the backing of two-thirds of the House and Senate — and the incoming GOP does not person capable seats to unafraid its passing.
Two-thirds of authorities legislators could besides telephone for a law normal to suggest the caller amendment, but three-quarters of the states would person to o.k. it — different improbable scenario.
A Democratic lawmaker successful New York isn’t taking immoderate chances, though. Rep. Dan Goldman said past week helium was filing to clarify the wording of the 22nd Amendment, to marque it clearer that the presumption described therein use “to 2 presumption successful the aggregate,” The New York Times reported.
The solution apt volition ne'er scope a ballot nether House Speaker Mike Johnson, the outlet noted.
Congress has antecedently acknowledged, however, that it whitethorn inactive beryllium imaginable for a two-term president to erstwhile again go president, mostly owed to connection successful the 22nd and 12th Amendments that could beryllium interpreted to suggest the anticipation that a erstwhile president ascends to the presidency, successful precise circumstantial situations.
“ … [N]either Amendment addresses the eligibility of a erstwhile two-term President to service arsenic Speaker of the House oregon arsenic 1 of the different officers who could service arsenic President done cognition of the Succession Act,” according to an overview from the Congressional online database.
