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I think the plan is that he runs as Vance's VP and then Vance steps down on day one. I don't know if that is Constitutional. Can Trump appear on the ballot as VP? I should think not.
EDIT: Apparently, it's possible, but unlikely. https://cornerstonelaw.us/22nd-amendment-doesnt-say-think-says/
Probably it will come down to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, and it's not perfectly clear how they would rule.
Regardless, Trump will die sooner than later, so who is the GOP lining up as his successor, no matter whatever else happens? Who's next on deck for the GOP? Vance?
The 22nd amendment, which limits the president to two terms, also applies a restriction to a two-term president running as someone else's vice president.
The next option would be to have Trump be appointed as speaker of the house, which does not have any eligibility guidelines at all (like you don't even need to be an elected official first), and then have both the president and vice president abdicate.
But with all of the checks on power basically removed from the position, Trump would have to somehow find two sycophants who are both electable and would be willing to surrender absolute power just to give a sundowning octogenerian a third term.
Or, easier method. He runs. Democrats sue saying he clearly can't have a third term. SCOTUS declines to take the case because the constitution says he can run, he just can't be elected.
States wait for each other to take him off the ballot, since elections are state run and eventually none of them do because they waited too long and they are super-duper sure he won't win this time.
He wins, Sued again, SCOTUS declines to take the case because he's a sitting president and who are they to mingle in elections "we can't set a precedent of stealing elections from the people's choice" or something of that nature.
Opposition falls in line because, yet again, the majority of Americans decided he and the GOP were the best choice and they'll lose if they fight back. But really, if he wins a third term, GOP owns Congress and there's not a damn thing you can do about it anyway.
Boom, third term for Trump
Basically, laws are only good if they're enforced. Otherwise they're just words on paper.
Yeah, I'm tired of the "x law says he can't legally do y action, so we don't need to worry about it" discourse that the media keeps amplifying. The executive branch is in charge of enforcement, and he's made it clear to congress that he has sole control of the branch, and he's wielded that power to break so many laws already.
It's not like there's some constitutional overlord that steps down from heaven to put him in jail if he tries to run again.