Summary
Steve Bannon has suggested Donald Trump could run for president again in 2028, arguing the 22nd Amendment’s two-term limit might not apply since Trump’s terms weren’t consecutive.
Speaking at the New York Young Republican Club, Bannon dismissed legal barriers, echoing claims that Trump’s 2020 loss was illegitimate.
The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, explicitly prohibits anyone from being elected president more than twice, making such a scenario highly improbable without a constitutional amendment.
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney predicted Trump’s Vice President-elect JD Vance will likely be the GOP’s 2028 nominee.
People confuse “can” as in “no one can physically stop it” with “not legally able to”.
trump clearly isn’t playing by the rules, so we need to be on the right page for what “can” they use.
He legally can’t run in 2028, but laws haven’t stopped him before.
Can’t run for president, but can become VP as someone else’s running mate before they conveniently resign on day 1 and enable 4 more years of Trump.
Ahh yes, the Medvedev route.
The VP has to be a valid presidential candidate precisely for this loophole.
The bigger problem is that this last election Trump’s eligibility was challenged and the supreme court’s response was “Parties can pick whoever they like to be president, we’ll figure out if they are qualified later”. That means the republican party is free to nominate and run Trump for president in 2028. The supreme court would only get involved if he wins the election, in which case… yeah… we’ve already ran an election which is a huge cluster fuck.
I’d be more worried about this scenario if Trump was a healthy 60 year old man but he’s certainly not that. I’ll be surprised if he makes it through this term coherent enough to maintain power.
Bro is on that ozempic and Sudafed high, he might actually make it way further than we hope, unfortunately.
Sure, no one can say how long it is but he’s near the end of his rope whether he likes it or not
Maybe we’re just one term away from the Emperor upon his Golden Throne
Spite and hatred seem to fuel a lot of old people for many years.
Implying that he is coherent now.
They’d just roll out a deep fake and cover it up.
He also can’t legally be president because he led an insurrection, but that’s not stopping him.
I expect him to try again, and I expect Democrats to glumly be like “okay, I guess, but just because you’re a Republican and we can never say no to you.”