Could “pass the baton” be Trump’s path to a third term as president?

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U.S. President Donald Trump once again talks about term more than term. “A lot of people want me to do that, but we have – my idea is, we still have a long way to go. I’m focused on the present,” he told her in a phone interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker over the weekend.

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When she asked him if plans had ever appeared, he said, “Well, there were plans. There were – no plans. There were ways you could do it, as you know.”

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Trump confirmed at her request whether he was joking, “No, I’m not joking.” But is he? This is something to know.

What is the U.S. Constitution’s comment on the third term?

Amendment No. 22, ratified in 1951, is very clear about the matter: “No one shall elect anyone as the President’s Office more than twice.”

It also added that no one can be elected to others for more than two years on multiple occasions, and to the presidential office more than once, suggesting that the vice president can no longer be elected to the position. (The grandfather clause allowed then-President Harry S.

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Is there any solution to this law?

Welker asked Trump if there was a potential path to his third term, JD Vance running for the top position and then “and then pass the baton to you.”

Trump replied: “That’s one,” he added: “but there are others. There are others.” When Welk asked him to tell her another, he replied: “No.”

Does the Constitution prohibit the “passing of the baton”?

That’s true. The Twelfth Amendment was ratified in 1804, clearly states: “No one in the constitution does not qualify for the President’s Office. Combined with the rule of the 22nd Amendment, this means that Trump cannot run for the Vice President’s Office, either.

(It should be noted that the “baton pass” itself is not illegal. The rules state that if the president becomes powerless, dies, resigns, cannot take office or be appointed.

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Are there any other laws?

The Presidential Succession Act, signed by Truman in 1947, lists 17 successors who will leave their posts if both the president and the vice president are to leave their posts during their term. The first one on the list is the house’s spokesperson. The position is Mike Johnson, Louisiana representative.

If Trump takes this position, the incoming president and vice president may do double Patton. He doesn’t even need to be elected to the House. A 2017 congressional research paper states: “There is no need for a spokesperson to be a member of the House,” he added: “None of the other officials in the House are members.”

Can the Constitution be changed?

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Yes. But this requires two-thirds of the two-thirds of the constitution that two-thirds of the national legislature demands. The balance of power between the two parties is roughly balanced. In 1787, only one U.S. federal constitutional convention was convened.

What was Washington’s reaction?

Critics quickly became dissatisfied with the idea. Dan Goldman, a Democratic representative from New York, tweeted: “This is another escalation of his explicit effort to take over the administration and tear down our democracy. If Congressional Republicans believe in the Constitution, they will record it on record, opposing Trump’s ambitions for the third term.”

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“So, this is actually not allowed… the Constitution is not optional, sir. It’s not a reality show – it’s reality. It’s two terms, that’s it.”

“Trump’s premise of seeking an unconstitutional third term is based on his popularity, which is very exaggerated,” said Brian Stelter, a media analyst with CNN. He added poll numbers to show his point.

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Is this the first time Trump has made this?

no. Shortly after winning the election, he told a group of Republicans: “I doubt I will not run anymore, unless you do something, you say, “Unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we have to figure it out.

He has brought it up again since then, and many times before that. In 2020, he told supporters who chanted four years: “We will win four years. Then, after that, we will be four more years because they peeked at my campaign. We should finish four years again.”

News organizations pay more attention to this. “Trump revised his talk about how he talked about more than two terms in office. He used to make it a media-inducing libs joke; this week, he has been providing real reasons why he should spend more time in office.”

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A year before that, he tweeted about his time in the office, already imagining his second term: “Do you think people would ask me to stay longer?”

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In 2016, CNN reported that he praised Chinese President Xi Jinping in a closed-door event held at Mar-a-Lago to extend his potential term.

“He’s the president of his life now, and I think that’s great. Maybe we have to give that one day.”

If Trump can run for the third term, can Barack Obama?

Yes. Obama probably built a baton in the same way Trump discussed it.

Tennessee Congressmen also tried to change the constitution to allow any president who served two consecutive terms to allow a third term. In the event of this change, it will exclude Obama, but not Trump.

Is age a factor?

perhaps. Trump is already the oldest president, sworn in about four months than Joe Biden. If he completes this semester, he will be 82 years old and the oldest president ever. Another semester brought him to 86.

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It is not an unheard of time for world leaders – Queen Elizabeth ruled until she was 96, Pope Francis was 88, and Cameroonian President Paul Biya just turned 92. He has been in office since 1982, when Trump was only 36 years old. Just five years later, Trump first proposed the idea of ​​becoming president himself.

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