Can Trump serve a third term as president? Heres what to know

President Trump has insisted that he’s serious about wanting to serve a third term in office, an ambition that runs contrary to the US Constitution.In his second term in office, the limit allowed under the 22nd Amendment, Trump suggested there were still ways for him to spend another four years in the White House and secure his legacy in American history as the second president ever to serve more than eight years.While Trump has remained silent on how he could accomplish this goal, his supporters claim there are viable pathways to a third term, including ratifying the Constitution.Trump brought up the idea of serving three or more terms following his inauguration in January, which he later claimed was just a joke for the “fake news media.” The president, however, brought up the idea again during an interview with NBC on Sunday, claiming, “There are methods which you could do it.”“I’m not joking,” Trump said.

“A lot of people want me to do it.But, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.” The 22nd Amendment flatly denies a president the chance of serving more than two terms in office.

“No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of president, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of the president more than once.”The law was ratified in 1951 to make certain what had been a tradition up until then for presidents to deny themselves a third term, just as George Washington had done.Trump’s supporters have called for the Constitution to be ratified to fulfill the president’s ambition, with Rep.

Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introducing a resolution in January that would allow a president to serve up to three terms as long as they were not consecutive.The law would effectively make Trump the only former president eligible to run ...