Summary
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon revealed that MAGA operatives are “working on” securing Donald Trump a third presidential term in 2028, despite constitutional term limits.
In an interview with Chris Cuomo, Bannon said, “We’ll see what the definition of term limit is,” suggesting they’re exploring ways to circumvent the 22nd Amendment.
Recently released from prison after serving four months for contempt of Congress, Bannon placed second in a CPAC straw poll for 2028 GOP nominees behind JD Vance, while maintaining tensions with Trump adviser Elon Musk.
Likely scenario:
They’ll first try to get two thirds of both the senate and the congress, and to a constitution overhaul in the style of Hungary. If that fails, there’s always the option for a martial-law, or just circumventing the whole of the constitution.
To be honest, the most likely scenario in my mind is some form of war declaration or emergency, suspending elections has precedent during wartime.
So ramp up tension with either Canada or Mexico; then manufacture some incident and invade to “protect democracy” or some shit…bada bing bada boom, a nice little war and the ability to declare martial law.
A very handy use of the expansionalist dreams of GOP, but more likely is that Trump will just use the war on immigrants as an excuse to suspend elections.
Is there precedence for that in the US? I can’t find an example of US elections being suspended during war time, even the 1964 election happened during a war period.
It’s not even that elections could be stopped it’s that war powers notably direct media manipulation make it much much easier to win an election or rig it.
Let me guess, “Zelensky did it first”?
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Maybe make him speaker of the house then have a stand in prez and vp step down?
I know a vp has to have presidential eligibility to be elected, which Trump wouldn’t have at the end of this term. But Im not aware of the same restriction on the speaker
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.
That’s the wording. It looks pretty iron clad, if you care at all about the rule of law.
That wording wouldn’t prevent Trump from becoming Speaker of the House, and then becoming President for a third term through the line of succession.
Shit, yeah re reading it it’s fucked. Unless there is something that the scotus ruled on as president that is not worded directly.
I don’t think it overly matters anyways, though; it’s not like Republicans would go “Oh darn, foiled” if Trump couldn’t be Speaker. Traitors gonna treason and coup, one way or another, and it’s going to be boots-on-the-ground organizing that stops them, if anything stops them.
100% correct, very unfortunately
The problem is that word “elected.” It doesn’t specifically exclude someone assuming the role of president through the line of succession.
No, but the “acted as” should technically cover it. Again it’s meaningless if laws no longer apply lol.
That’s it. It’s just a pretty idea with no bearing on reality if not enforced.
The sad reality
Why else would the orange be challenging the constitution? His current play of changing birthright citizenship is a practice range so he knows how to aim at his real targets.