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>> The Presidency is term-limited by the Constitution. Trump cannot run for a third term. The Constitution says "No person shall be elected to the office of th

>> The Presidency is term-limited by the Constitution. Trump cannot run for a third term. The Constitution says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice". It doesn't say no person shall serve as President more than twice. Gerald Ford was never elected to the office of the President. He was never even elected to the office of Vice President. Yet he served as President. One scenario: Trump runs as a Vice President on a ticket with someone else as President. 5 minutes after being inaugurated, the President resigns, making Trump President for a third term. I'm sure clever people can think of other scenarios.

lapcat 1y ago
> One scenario: Trump runs as a Vice President on a ticket with someone else as President. 5 minutes after being inaugurated, the President resigns, making Trump President for a third term. You can conceive of imaginary scenarios, but that's not going to happen. Nobody who wins the Presidency is going to resign. If that's the scenario you're afraid of, it's just silly. I would note that Republican Senators are reluctant even to bypass the current Democratic filibuster shutting down the government. As much as Republican politicians are deferential to Trump, they still have their own political ambitions. Some of them are biding their time in the hope that they themselves can become the next President.
- HaZeust 1y ago
  >"Nobody who wins the Presidency is going to resign" I dunno, man. People are already putting their name next to a "NAY" vote for the President, specifically when it comes to releasing files regarding the most prolific child sex trafficker of our time; who likely had such connections to the President. Being masochistic enough for someone to do that, and to resign as president, are less steps away than you think.
rstuart4133 1y ago
The 12th amendment says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States". But what that means, or indeed any part of the constitution means, is determined by the Supreme Count of the day.

lapcat 1y ago

> One scenario: Trump runs as a Vice President on a ticket with someone else as President. 5 minutes after being inaugurated, the President resigns, making Trump President for a third term. You can conceive of imaginary scenarios, but that's not going to happen. Nobody who wins the Presidency is going to resign. If that's the scenario you're afraid of, it's just silly. I would note that Republican Senators are reluctant even to bypass the current Democratic filibuster shutting down the government. As much as Republican politicians are deferential to Trump, they still have their own political ambitions. Some of them are biding their time in the hope that they themselves can become the next President.

HaZeust 1y ago
>"Nobody who wins the Presidency is going to resign" I dunno, man. People are already putting their name next to a "NAY" vote for the President, specifically when it comes to releasing files regarding the most prolific child sex trafficker of our time; who likely had such connections to the President. Being masochistic enough for someone to do that, and to resign as president, are less steps away than you think.

rstuart4133 1y ago

The 12th amendment says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States". But what that means, or indeed any part of the constitution means, is determined by the Supreme Count of the day.