During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’

Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration.

“You know, FDR 16 years – almost 16 years – he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?” The ex-president and GOP presidential frontrunner said to the organization’s annual convention in Dallas, prompting some in the crowd to yell “three!” Politico reported.

Trump has floated a third term in past comments, even mentioning a prolonged presidency while campaigning in 2020. He has also tried distancing himself from this idea, telling Time magazine in April: “I wouldn’t be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job.”

    • vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      The last amendment took over 202 years to get ratified. I’m not sure another amendment can really get passed anytime in the distant future.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        6 months ago

        ok well this one was actually a shitpost, it was passed by a college kid who got a bad grade on a paper about that amendment specifically.

        it just happened to be written up 200 years ago, without a deadline, and then as a result, it passed recently when it received renewed interest. Most amendments and bills, and shit like this have a dead line, to prevent this kind of shit from happening lol.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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        6 months ago

        You’d have a point if it was the last one proposed.

        The real issue is that Republicans control too much of the Senate and too many state legislatures to allow any sane amendment to pass.