A not-so-hypothetical, completely serious, but also just-kidding-but-maybe-not-at-all discussion about a third Trump term
Now, the 22nd Amendment says two terms and zehu. But in the Trump era, constitutional amendments have the same energy as Terms and Conditions on a DeepSeek update.
The fact that this conversation is happening at all is, well, kind of wild. After all, wasn’t the whole reason for re-electing Trump in the first place to restore constitutional order and push back against executive overreach? But meh. Details.
It was perhaps inevitable that some activists would reach this place: After, all, if you had to fight off every Democrat, media outlet, federal agency and Ivy League think tank just to put your guy back in the White House, why on earth would you hand the keys back after four measly years?
The idea of a Trump third term wasn’t just a joke at the annual conservative conference — it was an actual conversation. Steve Bannon fired the opening shot, declaring, “We want Trump in ’28 [because] a man like Trump comes along only once or twice in the country’s history.”
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