On Sunday, March 30, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, He said he is not joking about the idea of trying to serve a third term at the head of the White House and indicated that he is currently “tantling” the way to evade the constitutional prohibition to remain in power.
“Many people want it. Basically, I tell you that there is still much to do, because they already know, it is very soon in the administration of my second mandate. I am centered on the current time, but not BromeI know there are methods to do so, ”said the Republican during an interview with the television channel NBC News.
According to the New York tycoon, there are more and more people who ask for a third mandate, although for him, “it is somehow a Fourth term”, Taking into consideration that the president said that the presidential elections of 2020, when he lost against the Democrat Joe Biden“They were totally rigged”
“I don’t want to talk about a third term now because, in any way that is seen, there is still a long time. We must all enjoy now,” added Donald Trump, who plans face constitutional prohibition to keep in charge of the American nation after his Second mandatein January 2029.
Can a US president exercise a third term?
The 22nd 22 in the United States Constitution establishes that “the same person will not be chosen for the presidential position more than twice.” This limit was added in 1951, after the president Franklin D. Roosevelt He was chosen four consecutive occasions, from 1933 to 1945, until he died during his fourth term.
In turn, no person who has held the presidential position, or who has acted as president “for more than two years of a period for which Another person was chosen “may be elected more than once for the position of president; as established by the twenty -second amendment, with the aim of avoiding a possible monarchy.
“This is another escalation in its clear effort to take control of the government and dismantle our democracy. If the Republicans of the Congress believe in the Constitution, they will pronounce against their ambitions for a third mandate, ”he said Daniel Goldmanmember of the House of Representatives by the district of New York.
“Any attempt to remain in office would raise legal doubts and it is unknown how serious it is about going on that path. However, their comments reflect the desire to perpetuate themselves in power by a president who already already raped The traditions when he tried to reverse the election he lost, ”added the American politician.
For its part, the political strategist of the American extreme right, Steve Bannon, He asked the president to run again during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held last Friday, March 28: “We love Donald Trump in the 2028 campaign,” he added.
“The United States needs it. The country goes in the right direction and, if it does not, we probably leave a step back,” said Bannon during the event in the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. However, so far, there is no credible legal argument so that Trump can apply for a third mandate in the US.
Donald Trump on Potentially Running for a Third Term.
“We’ve Got A Long Way To Go -Almost Four Years – But Loss That, So Many People Are Saying, ‘You’ve Got To Run Again.’ Most Importently, They Love The Job We’re Doing. “
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