“I know it’s hypothetical right now, but if you’re allowed for some reason to run for a third term, is there a thought that Democrats could try to run Barack Obama against you?” Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump in the Oval Office on Monday…

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    3 days ago

    Bannon has stated publicly they are working on working around the constitution to do so.

    One trick would be via order of succession. Eg JD runs for prez, some rando as VP, trump as VP speaker, JD resigns, VP resigns, trump is acting prez.

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      It certainly goes against the spirit of it, but yea, the amendment says no person shall be elected more than twice.

      It’s something entirely different to be elected the highest office in the land and be such a sycophant as to give it away to a madman.