Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention
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.”
And that's a big part of why, despite everything Biden is doing, I am 100% voting for him. Because if Biden wins, there will be a 2028 election where we can hopefully find someone better, and I'm not convinced that there will be under Trump.
Four years of Trump came really close to turning this country into a kakistocratic dictatorship. I really don't want to give him another chance.
252I support a life-term prisondency for him.
59Ok hear me out…
Trump wants to be a dictator, sure. He was a terrible president and it would be a disaster if he was reelected.
Now that you know my position, listen to what he said at the NRA convention. He wasn’t saying ‘hey maybe I’ll serve 3 terms’… what he was saying was ‘if I get elected in 2024 then would that be two terms or three terms? Because we all know I was elected to a second term back in 2020 and so even though Biden is acting president, I am in my second term now, so a win in 2024 is a third term.’
The man is an idiot and rambled incoherently throughout the NRA speech. He reiterated his usual batch of racist xenophobic statements and bragged about his uncle at MIT… he is a one trick pony and there is plenty to poke fun at.
Would he tout the idea of a third term for himself? Sure! Is that what he did in this case, not precisely.
52Republicans hate the constitution, so… this checks out.
36Lock him the fuck up already
33noted fascist is a fascist, more at 5
Guys I'm starting to think that this Trump fellow might not like democracy
33Not the first time he's done this.
22Of course this was going to happen, it was only a matter of time.
12Are peoples memories that short? He posted this 2 months before he "tried" distancing himself from the idea.
9Hmmmm sound more to me like he doesn't know the current max number of terms
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6Least Nixon had the bottle to leave
4I understand his confusion here… the phrase is “consecutive sentences.”
3And all that without even getting slammed or flattened. I guess he got away with it this time.
2You 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?
Sounds like he's just questioning whether the current Biden term is actually considered a Trump term. Just the usual election denial from him and the NRA crowd.
2Just stop listening to him already...
2What it sounds like to me, and apparently only me, is that he is saying here he is currently running for his third term since he "won" in 2020. Of course he has made comments before about how he likes how Putin and Xi keep getting to stay in power and wished he could do that, but it would help his cause if he could win the popular vote just once over his lame opponents.
Imagine if Democrats actually nominated someone worth voting for rather than just us voting against Trump. But I guess that's too much to ask for.
2Term 1 is to fail miserably
Term 2 is to make plans for a presidential term
Term 3 is to finally step up to the plate?
I can't imagine a suggest that makes him sound more incompetent lol
2How appropriate.
1FDR was president for 4 terms, a constitutional amendment can be repealed by another, see: alcohol prohibition
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