Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

I haven't read through the thread, just very concerned that Trump suggested he would remain in office for another 8-9 years, even though he has already ran for President the twice allowable under the U.S.Constitution. Some say it was a joke, but I don't think he ever intends to relinquish the presidency. He has mentioned before, that if they don't let him run again, he will run as Vice President, then take over from there.

These current Judicial nominees "non-answers" about an illegal third term are enlightening.

Do you think this is possible? :(

Actually they've already gone to town on Starmer over some glasses he got from somewhere, and of course those Arsenal tickets. And then he once had a pint and a curry once during the lockdown.

I wouldn't worry about the Mail, but it's not just them that have largely ignored the story.

There's an obstacle in the form of the 12th amendment which states…" no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States".

According to unofficial results from Saturday’s election, Wiltz beat city council member Tony Carbone by receiving 51.1% of the more than 11,700 votes cast — a margin of 263 votes in an election with about 13% turnout among registered voters.

13% turnout?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/

And we thought we had it bad with the National Children's Hospital !

Oh trust me I know there's obstacles. However it could be argued that the ineligibility referred to in the 12th amendment is the natural born citizen, aged 35+ and resident for 15 years requirement. Rather than listing the requirements again, they just put that the VP has the same requirements as the president. That was their intention with the wording.

The later 22nd amendment was specific to the president and not vice president. If they wanted to limit the vice president to 2 terms they would have added that into the amendment.

So if that is Trump's intent, it would end up before the supreme Court when some states refuse to put his name on the ballot as VP.

He can't be ELECTED, the 12th amendment doesn't mention election

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Your completly deluded. You make your own tin foil hat?

I put this question to ChatGPT, just as full disclosure.

So the hypothetical would be:

Donald Trump runs for Congress in 2028.

Republicans win the House.

• The House elects him Speaker.The Speaker does not need to be a sitting member of Congress under the Constitution, though in practice they always have been.

A Republican president and vice president are inaugurated in 2029.

Both resign.

Under the Presidential Succession Act, the Speaker becomes acting president/president.

That’s the scenario people sometimes talk about online.

The constitutional problem comes from the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which says:

“No person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President…”

Some constitutional scholars argue this implies that a two-term president is constitutionally ineligible to hold the presidency at all, whether by election or succession. Others argue the 22nd Amendment only blocks election, not succession.

There is no definitive Supreme Court ruling on this because nobody has ever tried it.

Because everyone else has had some degree of respect for the norms of American democracy. Not Donald Trump. He's a man entirely without scruples. He absolutely would try this if he thought it would work. If anyone thinks he's going to just walk away from power in 2028, they're absolutely fúcking dreaming .

That sounds rather like Putin swapping between being Russian President and Prime Minister.