{"id":17751,"date":"2025-04-06T09:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-third-term-talk-defies-constitution-and-tests-democracy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:49:11","slug":"trumps-third-term-talk-defies-constitution-and-tests-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-third-term-talk-defies-constitution-and-tests-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy"},"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\">After President Trump said last year that he wanted to be a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-fox-news-abuse-power.html\" title=\"\">dictator for a day<\/a>, he insisted that he was only joking. Now he is saying that he may try to hold onto power even after the Constitution stipulates that he must give it up, and this time <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/30\/us\/trump-third-term.html\" title=\"\">he insists he is not joking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Maybe he is and maybe he isn\u2019t. Mr. Trump loves stirring the pot and getting a rise out of critics. Talk of an unconstitutional third term distracts from other news and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/us\/politics\/trump-third-term.html\" title=\"\">delays the day he is seen as a lame duck<\/a>. Certainly some in his own camp consider it a joke as Republican leaders laugh it off and White House aides mock reporters for taking it too seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the fact that Mr. Trump has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-third-term.html\" title=\"\">inserted the idea into the national conversation<\/a> illustrates the uncertainty about the future of America\u2019s constitutional system, nearly 250 years after the country gained independence. More than at any time in generations, a president\u2019s commitment to limits on power and the rule of law is under question and his critics fear that the country is on a dark path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After all, Mr. Trump already tried once to hold onto power in defiance of the Constitution when he sought to overturn the 2020 election despite losing. He later called for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-constitution-republicans.html\" title=\"\">\u201ctermination\u201d<\/a> of the Constitution to return himself to the White House without a new election. And in the 11 weeks since he resumed office, he has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/us\/trump-federal-law-power.html\" title=\"\">pressed the boundaries<\/a> of executive power more than any of his modern predecessors.<\/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\">\u201cThis is in my mind a culmination of what he has already started, which is a methodical effort to destabilize and undermine our democracy so that he can assume much greater power,\u201d Representative Daniel Goldman, Democrat of New York and lead counsel during Mr. Trump\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-impeached.html\" title=\"\">first impeachment<\/a>, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA lot of people are not talking about it because it\u2019s not the most pressing issue of that particular day,\u201d he said on Friday as stock markets were plunging in reaction to Mr. Trump\u2019s newly declared trade war. But an attack on democracy, he added, \u201cis actually in motion and people need to recognize that it is not hypothetical or speculative anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To Mr. Trump\u2019s allies, such talk is hyperbolic, the over-the-top grievances of an opposition party that lost an election and cannot come to terms with it. Mr. Trump, who is 78, is not really going to run for a third term, they maintain, and even if he found a way around the Constitution, it would still be up to voters to decide whether to re-elect him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While his allies contend that Mr. Trump is not serious, he has a way of throwing out ideas that seem outrageous at first, only to socialize them over time through repetition until they are treated as if they are somehow normal or at least no longer quite so shocking. There was a time it would have been unthinkable for a president to threaten to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/trump-greenland-why.html\" title=\"\">seize Greenland<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/07\/world\/canada\/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html\" title=\"\">Canada<\/a> or to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/20\/us\/politics\/trump-pardons-jan-6.html\" title=\"\">pardon rioters<\/a> who stormed the Capitol to stop the transfer of power and beat police officers. But in the Trump era, the journey from unthinkable to reality has been remarkably short.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s autocratic tendencies and disregard for constitutional norms are well documented. In this second term alone, he has already sought to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/13\/us\/politics\/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court.html\" title=\"\">overrule birthright citizenship<\/a> embedded in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-14\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the 14th Amendment<\/a>, effectively co-opted the power of Congress to determine what money will be spent or agencies closed, purged the uniformed leadership of the armed forces to enforce greater personal loyalty and punished dissent in academia, the news media, the legal profession and the federal bureaucracy.<\/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\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/trump-third-term-2028-constitution.html\" title=\"\">two-term limit on the presidency<\/a> that Mr. Trump wants to contravene has its roots in the beginning of the republic when George Washington voluntarily stepped down after eight years as the country\u2019s first president, setting a precedent for those who would follow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A few of his successors toyed with breaking that precedent, including Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. But none actually took it all the way until Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, won a third term in 1940 as World War II raged overseas and then a fourth term in 1944.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In response, Congress, with strong Republican support, passed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-22\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the 22nd Amendment<\/a> declaring that \u201cno person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice,\u201d a measure then ratified by the states in 1951.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since then, some presidents have expressed second thoughts about the term limit. Ronald Reagan said in 1987 that he would <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1987\/11\/29\/us\/reagan-wants-end-of-two-term-limit.html\" title=\"\">favor repealing the 22nd Amendment<\/a>, not for himself \u201cbut for presidents from here on.\u201d Bill Clinton in 2003 mused that the Constitution <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/05\/30\/us\/washington-talk-assessing-clinton-s-aspirations-again.html\" title=\"\">should only limit a president to consecutive terms<\/a>. \u201cFor future generations, the 22nd Amendment should be modified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">No president has sought to circumvent it for himself, however, and it is unclear how Mr. Trump might proceed if he were to try. Representative Andy Ogles, Republican of Tennessee, has introduced <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ogles.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a constitutional amendment<\/a> allowing a president who did not win two consecutive terms to run again. But that is not a serious prospect since an amendment requires a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states.<\/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\">Because of that, some Trump allies said it was pointless for them to advocate a third term for the president or for his opponents to worry about it. \u201cIf Congress passes a constitutional amendment by the necessary majorities and the requisite number of states ratify the amendment, then he could run,\u201d said former Speaker Newt Gingrich. \u201cWithout that, it is a cocktail party conversation idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, it is a cocktail party conversation that Mr. Trump likes to have. While asserting that for now \u201cit is far too early to think about it,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he told NBC News recently<\/a> that he is \u201cnot joking\u201d about the possibility and claimed that \u201cthere are methods\u201d to get around the constitutional limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, would not elaborate on what such \u201cmethods\u201d might be and there was no sign that the administration is pursuing any at the moment. \u201cHe has four years,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some have suggested that he could bypass the term limit by running for vice president in 2028 with a pliant candidate at the top of the ticket who could then resign and allow Mr. Trump to assume the presidency again without violating the ban on being \u201celected\u201d more than twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Scholars debate whether <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-12\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the 12th Amendment<\/a> would bar such a scenario because it says that \u201cno person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.\u201d Would Mr. Trump still be \u201celigible\u201d to be president if he could not be elected to the office again?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Such a debate is esoteric and, to some, a pointless distraction. \u201cI don\u2019t take Trump seriously about this,\u201d said John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and former Justice Department official under President George W. Bush. \u201cThere are some outlandish ways he could serve another term, which no doubt were once plot lines on \u201824\u2019 or \u2018The West Wing.\u2019 But none of them are realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even some critics of Mr. Trump said the president\u2019s musings about a third term should not consume much attention. \u201cWe have plenty of genuine threats to our constitutional order that Trump and his allies are posing, and I think we should be focused on those,\u201d said Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford University\u2019s Hoover Institution who specializes on democracy issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But other legal scholars said that Mr. Trump\u2019s scorn for the law was made palpable by the third-term talk. \u201cThe president is, again, taunting and insulting the American people and mocking the Constitution of the United States,\u201d said J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former federal appeals judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Most Americans do not support Mr. Trump trying to stay for a third term but they do not take it as a joke either. A <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/topics\/politics\/survey-results\/daily\/2025\/03\/31\/49322\/2\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouGov survey<\/a> last week found that 60 percent oppose him seeking another term even as 56 percent expect him to try nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has publicly teased opponents that he might stay beyond the limit as far back as his first term. At times, he has demonstrated willingness to disregard rules to retain office. In July 2020, he floated the idea of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/30\/us\/politics\/trump-delay-2020-election.html\" title=\"\">postponing the fall election<\/a>, citing the Covid-19 pandemic, prompting unusually firm pushback from senior Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After losing to Joseph R. Biden Jr. that November, Mr. Trump pressured governors, state lawmakers, Congress and his vice president to toss out the results so that he could hold onto power, a scheme that got him <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-indicted-election-jan-6.html\" title=\"\">indicted by federal<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/08\/14\/us\/trump-indictment-georgia-election\" title=\"\">state prosecutors<\/a> before his re-election last fall all but mooted those cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lucian Ahmad Way, the author with Steven Levitsky of \u201cRevolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism,\u201d said Mr. Trump\u2019s latest musings about ignoring the two-term limit should not be discounted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI can only assume that he is completely serious and that if his health holds that he will attempt to run for a third term,\u201d said Mr. Way, a political science professor at the University of Toronto. \u201cEfforts to avoid term limits have been a key component of fully authoritarian and competitive authoritarian rule in Belarus, Russia and a range of African states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Indeed, some of the world\u2019s most notorious autocrats have found ways to circumvent constitutional provisions to stay in charge \u2014 among them, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus (now in power for 31 years), Vladimir V. Putin of Russia (25 years) and Xi Jinping of China (12 years), each of whom got around a two-term limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/download.ssrn.com\/19\/03\/27\/ssrn_id3361286_code1293257.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEKP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQDBmjYXvQst6fsg%2FtV4ExMhzvF4tRs%2Fa9KsVOfHVF5yCwIgTxeqZ6pKGRnbpQCnFm6lv3cv1LCWXbxellO8rzaZWVsqvgUIGxAEGgwzMDg0NzUzMDEyNTciDEMtkb20BJsoi5VCHyqbBa8StNHMrHAK3gIQLTSBAn1mk7Cb8XKYnscUQ9DLvJ1G%2BJvLIN6wGUZDnbCF9JunrJ2IAyGrn%2BNDCtdKEb3FzR6SJqnqfO1Qkh1jJadoyAVKxGloxdzgvI6aJEElDPTLfBOSollE9Zm%2BiytaqfdetcLCbZ8ZKptsa3J8xuIwIRUfLb2RWfOCbrl8Cp4lmW8mpbJUZPiF2LArxdQAd5ynnnHWz53SVl1NLFQJfbH3H50uXHu1EG%2FdcQwEaWb0Y9a6fWivPxIFb%2FP%2BMTY6Am7vcPHfM%2Fi%2Fd%2BOghpHx%2B7GrE5PSYqckkGWbkW9%2B3W9IMBx2jhNBJ14CWVr6IJL36JO3nRNjWvh%2Bz711YCD81M1f63Sb1%2BKOu3zuuAyX4sGMStu5YPUyd019JcTMUoJxZDoa4TOYylzECj%2FPRebKNULNAjUOB5hFlJinXH6drDkSCdS0IhacpjIiQquG%2FJLvodK7cilZyUaMkk04h77bcLnfuMzF7ZGow2vE5sXnQ9%2FmX9ny33Di1OCkOI5ChtxDYyWSTNLXHGPhDQoJFqqaBwVunf8jEAshHPGbUm3ra3oVC7PK5fJkUQTbuwLyWkxLw322XOf4AgTIEi%2BN1eseT%2BI1N%2BbcbOI%2BAgACMjo9k9476vSQgsKrzGZweYuP3B%2BxNkaJInJ7leRWtSabc56m29bBFk4KEBfY8v761KHyFVMn2eWGp6J9aI4LkcCp0Pu573afYHT7fLu5ZXRjUugfJmhUF8rhNP4E66ZO3S0qa6%2BhlFiWLX7EqlKOr6rwlgfK%2FhSKaPu1%2BshqXS4eIH7LrAxXl94S1hMAivgnxJoxOisDuy2ueL5jHfRybX4ndHYdMQG6dMdybG9bNeUe4eHFh7FBffAnaBjz8IaelEMoSRcwnsbAvwY6sQGvOCowYDFHTZ9Oc%2FIxJutBC%2FPLyzkXZ5JgpvvphfPQukD2yTrWZkh7WOEgZi9VF1E2cidqHGKUEQM8kY4GM4aFFmU4lneGodDZSJ%2FhKU9EWY2ClWsETqSgDmsZJdzWhLXDf2AWbDtQjyJpbyVTo4SSLique4K8LNsd6reTIoOHx%2Bl4nDfvzm6LtXsoEMOu42R%2BgsWPe7sZCByXyXAqMhLEKcqJbLe%2Fw7iGe8mT%2F%2FfPc4I%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Date=20250404T191409Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=300&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAUPUUPRWEUA6DPD77%2F20250404%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Signature=fc916c4017d9cf36f7ff06df3ee2d7b326346dbef17d050a892aa1f4cd4fb6d9&amp;abstractId=3359960\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">According to a 2019 study<\/a>, one-third of the world\u2019s incumbent leaders who reach the end of their constitutional terms try to keep power, a proportion that rises to one-half if the most advanced democracies are not counted. Among 234 incumbents in 106 countries examined, none explicitly ignored their constitutions, but sought to evade limits through supposed loopholes, novel interpretations or constitutional revisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mila Versteeg, a law professor at the University of Virginia and the study\u2019s lead author, said such leaders try to wrap their power grabs in the veneer of legality. \u201cThis is such a clear constitutional rule,\u201d she said. \u201cFour plus four is eight, and anyone who can count knows if you\u2019re in year nine, you\u2019re violating the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some Trump allies have advanced ideas. Stephen K. Bannon, his former chief strategist, has suggested that Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/steve-bannon-suggests-trump-run-105251419.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">should be able to run again<\/a> because his two terms were not consecutive. The 22nd Amendment makes no allowance for that, but just to be sure, Mr. Goldman introduced a resolution reaffirming that the two-term limit applies whether the terms were consecutive or not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Others have suggested that Mr. Trump could run and essentially dare the courts or states to remove him from the ballot. The Supreme Court <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-supreme-court-colorado-ballot.html\" title=\"\">rejected efforts by several states to remove Mr. Trump<\/a> from the 2024 ballot under <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-14\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a 14th Amendment<\/a> provision disqualifying insurrectionists from public office. But the term limits in the 22nd Amendment are more clearly defined, and Mr. Trump\u2019s chances of persuading the justices would seem more remote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the most extreme are fears that Mr. Trump would simply refuse to leave office, a scenario not dispelled by his replacement of the senior uniformed military leadership. During his bid to overturn his 2020 defeat, some allies urged Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1339730530661789696\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to declare martial law and rerun the election<\/a> in states he lost, advice he did not follow knowing that the military leadership of that moment would not go along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The United States is a more durable democracy than most, and Ms. Versteeg said she doubts Mr. Trump would succeed at staying in power after Jan. 20, 2029. Still, the desire is strong. \u201cAll these guys like their job, and they want to find a way to keep it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s very, very common.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<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<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-third-term-constitution.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After President Trump said last year 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