Trump Allies Explore Third Term By Running President As V.P. In 2028

President Donald Trump has frequently expressed interest in running for a third term. While the Constitution clearly states that no president can run for more than two terms, many legal experts are worried that Trump will find a way to bypass the law.

The 22nd Amendment outlines this rule: “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.”

Trump allies have suggested ways for Trump to serve a third term, including running as vice president in 2028. In this scenario, a way for Trump to bypass the Constitution would be that he wouldn’t be elected as president, but would be the president’s successor due to his role as the vice president.

Trump has mentioned the V.P. strategy in interviews, even saying, “I’m not joking.”

But the 12th Amendment also prevents this from happening: “But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

So, the only way that Trump could serve another term would be if he found a way to persuade Congress to amend the Constitution.

The last time the Constitution was amended was in 1992, and it doesn’t seem likely that an amendment could pass any time soon, even though Republicans control all three branches of government currently. An amendment requires two-thirds of both the House and Senate to approve, as well as three-fourths of the states to ratify the amendment.