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Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.

Trump, who took office on January 20 for his second, non-consecutive White House term, has made vague allusions to seeking a third one but addressed it directly on Sunday in a telephone interview with NBC News.

"No, I'm not joking. I’m not joking," Trump said, but "it is far too early to think about it."

"There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know," he said. He declined to elaborate on any specific methods.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Well he and President Xi of China would have something in common then

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I really wish the CIA would do it's job right about now..

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can't go further away from communism than this, so they're.. doing their job?

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[–] MMEnterprises@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If Trump runs for a third term, Obama should too.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nah, that just legitimizes it for no real benefit.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They don't care about legitimacy, they brew their own at home. Though I'm not too keen on Drone Strikes McGee coming back.

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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump says shit all day like a fire hose just to spread terror and keep everyone muddied. But he's old and will die sooner than later. The question is if MAGA manages to continue his style.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it is time to revisit state secession

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[–] MdRuckus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Well, if chump finds a way to run again, I hope Obama runs too.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Much of the problems we're facing with rampant executive overreach, supreme courts packed with the worst people, and vulnerabilities in our rights being exploited have been direct products of Obama's inaction and compromise with Republicans.

He was a great "leader" in that he kept the country and world seemingly stable, but he wasn't the great president most people think. I would still take 30 Obamas over a half of a single Trump, but we wanna be very careful about idolatry in our political leaders.

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

And you thought Alex Garland's Civil War movie was fiction.

[–] iridebikes@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Just heard an interview on BBC radio this morning with an American explaining that there are avenues for Trump to do this by abusing the line of succession. It sounds like they want to appoint him as Speaker of the House and then have the president and vice president abdicate.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of when there was a Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev who I think was just a puppet until Putin decided there was no point in pretending.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If the Republicans manage to get someone other than Trump in office for the first time in over 20 years I really don't see them choosing to hand power back to him.

W was a fluke in both 2000 (Florida shenanigans) and 2004 (9/11). It could be argued that they haven't legitimately gotten someone other than Trump in office since Bush Sr. in 1988.

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

I mean, literally nobody on either side thought he was.

[–] TripleIris@lemmy.wtf 8 points 4 days ago

There's not even going to be an election. He's just going to declare himself president, because literally who would stop him?

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Most states probably won't even let him register for presidential election.

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hasn't the Supreme Court already ruled on this when Colorado tried it? It was pretty clear then that he violated the 14th Amendment. So what's the 22nd to them this time? The deed will be done.

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[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

He's the oldest president the States has ever had, hopefully he'll die before his term is over.

[–] kiwii4k@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

if he and the republicans really want to play with fire, they will try to run trump a third time.

everyone is watching.

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[–] mexicanmamba@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Obama has entered the chat

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Get fucked orange poo poo

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