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Republican Home A member submitted a allowance Thursday to amend the amendment US Constitution to allow the president Donald Trump – And any other future president – to be elected in A third term In the White House.
“Trump has proven that it is the only figure in modern history that can turn back the collapse of our country and return America to greatness, and he needs to give the time necessary to achieve this,” Trump said. Representative Andy Ogls since Tenniswhich suggested extending the current maximum of two selected terms.
“It is very important that we provide the President of Trump all the resources necessary to correct the catastrophic course established by the Biden administration,” OGLZ said in a statement.
“It is committed to the restoration of the republic and the salvation of our country, and we, as legislators and as the States, must do everything that depends on us,” said OGLS, a tough conservative who is serving his second term in the House of Representatives.
“I propose amendments to the Constitution to review the restrictions imposed by the 22nd amendments to the presidential terms,” he added.
This step was taken three days after Trump was sworn in by the second, inconsistent term – and became only the second US president who managed to achieve this.
And the resolution comes in two months Res. And GoldmanThe New York Democrat has presented a resolution of the House of Representatives, which “confirms that the twenty-second amendment is applied to two terms as president of the United States,” and that the amendment extends to 78-year-old Trump.
The White House spokesman did not immediately respond to the request to comment on the OGLS resolution.
The 22nd Amendment to Constitution In particular, “no one can be elected more than twice as president.”
OGLZ resolution seeks to reconsider this to read: “Nobody can be elected president more than three times …”
The initial amendment also states: “No person who held the presidency or fulfilled the president’s duties for more than two years from the term elected by the president, cannot be elected to the presidency for more than once. . “”
In his statement on Thursday, OGL said that the resolution he represents “to allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we will be able to support the bold leadership that is so needed by our people.”
Proposed in 1947 and ratified in 1951, the 22nd amendment was created to prevent re-election of President Franklin Roosevelt for four terms.
Today, Roosevelt is the only president who has ever been elected for more than two terms. He died in 1945, less than 90 days after his fourth inauguration.
Currently, Republicans have an extremely narrow majority in the House of Representatives. Few Democrats, if any, vote for the resolution of Ogls in Trump’s power.
Trump is open to this
During his political career, Trump has repeatedly hinted at his willingness to stay in this position for more than two terms.
“I suspect that I will no longer run unless you say, ‘He is so good that we need to come up with something else,” Trump said. reportedly reflected Republicans in the House of Representatives during a private meeting in November, shortly after his victory in the election over the former Vice President from the Democratic Party Kamala Harris.
Speaking to the members of the National Rifle Association in May, Trump said: “I do not know we will be considered three -term or two -term?” We are three or two terms when we win? “
Trump’s openness to the third term is not a surprise to some people who know him.
Former Fox News journalist Gerald River, who has been friends with Trump in New York for decades, predicted in December that Trump and his allies would quickly pay attention to the 22nd amendment.
“For the future reference: President Trump and the company will soon start chatting about the cancellation/change of the 22nd amendment, which restricts the presidents with two four-year terms,” River wrote on X.
Other ways to resist power
The amendments to the Constitution is not the only way that Trump can remain in power after the end of his current term.
“Although the 22nd amendment prohibits Trump to be elected to the president again, it does not prohibit him from holding the presidency after January 20, 2029,” he wrote Philip ClinknerProfessor of Public Administration at Hamiltan College, in a recent article in Talk.
“The reason for this is that the 22nd amendment only forbids someone to be” chosen “more than twice,” the clinker wrote. “It does not say anything that someone becomes president in another way than being elected to the post.”
Clinker wrote that one of the hypothetical scenarios: Trump will run for Vice President in 2028 and Vice President J.
“In case of election, Vens may resign by making Trump again to the president,” the clinker wrote. “But Vens would not even have to resign so that Vice President Trump could fulfill the president’s powers.
The 25th Amendment The Constitution states that if the president states that “he is unable to fulfill the powers and duties … Such powers and duties are fulfilled by the vice president as acting president.” “
Another scenario, which represented the clinker, is that Trump will encourage family member to run and win the White House. After election, they will hold no more than president, while Trump makes key decisions.
