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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Said He's "Entitled" to a Third Term During Nevada Campaign Push
and Defied COVID-19 RestrictionsDonald Trump spent the weekend campaigning in Nevada, where he told a crowd on Saturday that he will negotiate over a third term to which he feels entitled. With less than two months until Election Day, the president also reportedly, once again, disregarded measures that could stop the spread of the coronavirus and, at another point, inspired a Lock him up! chant about former president Barack Obama.
"And 52 days from now, we're going to win Nevada, and we're going to win four more years in the White House," Trump said Saturday. "And then after that, we'll negotiate, right? Because we're probably, based on the way we were treated, were probably entitled to another four after that."
As Business Insider reported, Trump has frequently entertained the idea of pursuing a third term or more. That flies in the face of a two-term limit, a convention set by George Washington and officially codified in the 22nd amendment when it was ratified in 1951. According to the National Constitution Center, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, only one constitutional amendment has ever been repealed the 18th, a.k.a. Prohibition, which was overturned only by a second constitutional amendment, the 21st.
Trumps professed entitlement aside, its unclear how a businessman with a career like his would negotiate his way around the U.S. Constitution, though his relationship with the document has been characterized by what critics have called unfamiliarity, mockery, and threats of subversion. Questions about Trumps understanding of the nations founding document date back to the 2016 campaign trail. But critics have also raised alarms over his willingness to ignore the Constitution.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-third-term-nevada-campaign-rallies
When one looks at his physical condition it's pretty doubtful he's going to live that long.
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Trump Said He's "Entitled" to a Third Term During Nevada Campaign Push (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2020
OP
Sounds Excellent!!! To add a third term/sentence in prison!!! Lock the MF'er up! n/t
RKP5637
Sep 2020
#3
His argument that Biden is too old at 77, but Trump would be 78at the beginning of a 3rd
Under The Radar
Sep 2020
#10
No you're not. You don't have your 2nd term and that road is coming to a screeching halt
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2020
#13
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. That Pig will not drop dead anytime soon, we couldn't be that lucky.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)5. He's like the stain in the rug you can't get rid of! n/t
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)7. I will not be shedding a tear. I will high fiving.
Nor does he merit a state funeral . All eulogies will be hilarious at best. Only the Dictators will show up. All our allies will decline to attend.
Me.
(35,454 posts)2. A Third Jail Term?
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)3. Sounds Excellent!!! To add a third term/sentence in prison!!! Lock the MF'er up! n/t
Aristus
(66,349 posts)4. Poor sad, stupid idiot.
One doesn't 'negotiate' with the U.S. Constitution. At least not without both Houses of Congress and three-quarters of the states at the table.
He's the world's worst negotiator, other than that hostage negotiator in "Best In Show". But he thinks, six bankruptcies and uncounted failed businesses aside, that he's good at negotiating.
It would be head-shakingly sad if it weren't so pants-shittingly terrifying...
Yonnie3
(17,438 posts)6. ... and silly me thought that the Republicants were against entitlements. n/t
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)8. ONLY when it benefits them
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)9. Well, one thing's for sure! The devil doesn't want him, so hang on!
With the monkeys hanging on to him, they might just make it possible.
VOTE!
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)10. His argument that Biden is too old at 77, but Trump would be 78at the beginning of a 3rd
Cha
(297,211 posts)11. The Treasonous Puppet trump is Bloated with Bullshit.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)12. First term has been his "red shirt" term
SWBTATTReg
(22,122 posts)13. No you're not. You don't have your 2nd term and that road is coming to a screeching halt
this coming Nov. 2020. The only additional term you'll be serving is a prison term.