THERE’S RENEWED SPECULATION PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAY ATTEMPT TO SECURE A THIRD TERM…
AFTER A HAT READING “TRUMP 20-28” WENT ON SALE ON HIS MERCHANDISE WEBSITE.
A NEW SHIRT ALSO WENT ON SALE WITH THE SAME SLOGAN – WITH THE WORDS “REWRITE THE RULES” IN PARENTHESES UNDERNEATH IT… APPARENTLY REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT IN ORDER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE ELECTED FOR A THIRD TERM – THE CONSTITUTION WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED.
THE 22-ND AMENDMENT READS:
“NO PERSON SHALL BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT MORE THAN TWICE.”
CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW A THIRD PRESIDENTIAL TERM WOULD REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY IN **BOTH** THE HOUSE AND SENATE, WHICH **COULD** HAPPEN, SINCE REPUBLIANS CONTROL BOTH CHAMBERS.
**THEN** AN AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE RATIFIED BY **AT LEAST** 38 STATES, WHICH MANY EXPERTS SAY IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
DESPITE THAT – PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FLOATED THE IDEA… AND WHILE MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE BRUSHED IT OFF AS A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK REMARK – TRUMP TOLD N-B-C NEWS IN MARCH HE’S “NOT JOKING” ABOUT WANTING TO SEEK ANOTHER TERM.
MEANWHILE, A REUTERS/IPSOS POLL PUBLISHED THIS MONTH SHOWS MORE THAN HALF OF REPUBLICANS DO **NOT** THINK TRUMP SHOULD SEEK A THIRD TERM.
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