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Trump says he is not joking about third presidential term (www.reuters.com)

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Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.

Trump, who took office on January 20 for his second, non-consecutive White House term, has made vague allusions to seeking a third one but addressed it directly on Sunday in a telephone interview with NBC News.

"No, I'm not joking. I’m not joking," Trump said, but "it is far too early to think about it." "There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know," he said. He declined to elaborate on any specific methods.

U.S. presidents are limited to two four-year terms, consecutive or not, according to the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

but just his age alone makes this ridiculous.

What makes this ridiculous is that there is no possibility whatsoever.

Lame Duck Trump just doesn't want people calling him Lame Duck Trump. He knows that the low information voters who elected him might not be aware of the total impossibility of this, and he hopes that by saying this there might be slightly fewer people thinking of him as Lame Duck Trump.

[–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

He continually does illegal, unconstitutional shit. I don't know why you think this would be any different. He's fascist dictator, that's what they do.

It's true that it remains to be seen just how absolute his power is. It's a matter of how efficient and completely he can eradicate dissent. Time will tell.