{"id":16639,"date":"2025-03-31T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-strategy-behind-trumps-repeated-musings-about-a-third-term\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:28:13","slug":"the-strategy-behind-trumps-repeated-musings-about-a-third-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-strategy-behind-trumps-repeated-musings-about-a-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strategy Behind Trump\u2019s Repeated Musings About a Third Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump cannot run for a third term as president, barring changes to the Constitution. But that has not stopped him from openly flirting with the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-third-term.html\" title=\"\">floated it publicly and privately,<\/a> and on Sunday, he said he was \u201cnot joking\u201d about it. In an interview with NBC News, he insisted there were \u201cmethods\u201d to circumvent the two-term limit set out by the 22nd Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has not specified those methods, and there are no apparent signs that he is actually laying groundwork for a third term. But his musings \u2014 whether based in reality or not \u2014 serve a distinct political purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They redirect attention from other controversies, such as the leaked Signal message chain in which his top advisers discussed details of a military operation. And they freeze the field of potential successors who may steal the spotlight from a lame duck \u2014 a status dreaded by American presidents, who see their relevance diminish steadily over time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt reads like somebody who doesn\u2019t want to be treated like a lame duck and is throwing it out there right now,\u201d said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and a scholar in election law. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to be a lame duck president or to be treated that way, and people are talking to you like your term\u2019s already over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In January, Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee, a Republican, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/us\/politics\/gop-lawmakers-trump.html\" title=\"\">proposed<\/a> a long shot amendment to the Constitution to make Mr. Trump eligible for a third term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But on Capitol Hill on Monday, top Republicans rejected the idea of changing the Constitution and suggested the president was joking. Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the Senate majority leader, said Mr. Trump was \u201cprobably having some fun with it,\u201d and Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the House majority leader, said the comments were aimed to \u201cget people talking.\u201d White House officials suggested the same, noting Mr. Trump did not bring up the topic unprompted but only responded to questions asked by reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cLook, you guys continue to ask the president this question about a third term, and then he answers honestly and candidly with a smile, and then everybody here melts down about his answer,\u201d Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She added: \u201cIt\u2019s not really something we\u2019re thinking about. He has four years. There\u2019s a lot of work to do. We\u2019ve done a lot, nearly for 100 days. And the American people love what this president is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dave Carney, a Republican strategist who ran Preserve America, a pro-Trump super PAC, said Mr. Trump\u2019s strategy may be to keep people guessing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt keeps people uncomfortable,\u201d he said. \u201cThe people on the left are going to go crazy, and it\u2019s going to put other people on notice that Trump\u2019s going to be around longer than we think. Trump excels by keeping people off kilter and uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe hasn\u2019t broken a law. He hasn\u2019t said he\u2019s going to,\u201d Mr. Carney added. \u201cHe said there are a lot of different options out there. His ability to infuriate his opponents is one of his greatest strengths while the Democrats are in disarray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has made clear that he has no interest in sharing the spotlight. Just a few months into his second term, he has declared a broad mandate to reshape the federal government and demonstrated an expansive view of executive power. And he has chafed against any efforts to rein him in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Republicans on Capitol Hill have fallen in line with his agenda, ceding much of their power to him. And when federal judges have halted his administration, Mr. Trump has lashed out, suggesting they should be impeached. Democrats worry Mr. Trump\u2019s comments about judges and a third term are hurtling the country toward a constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m very concerned that he is going to seek to exert maximum power until he\u2019s checked,\u201d Representative Ro Khanna of California, a Democrat, said in an interview Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For now, Mr. Trump maintains that he is focused on his second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI don\u2019t even want to talk about it,\u201d he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday night. \u201cI\u2019m just telling you I have had more people saying, \u2018Please run again.\u2019 We have a long way to go before we even think about that but I\u2019ve had a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, a Fox News reporter, seemingly trying to bait Mr. Trump, asked him a hypothetical question: If he were allowed to run for a third term, would the Democrats try to run former President Barack Obama against him? (Mr. Obama already served two terms and has shown zero interest in running for elected office again.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI would love that,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cThat would be a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Erica L. 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