Why Trump keeps talking about running again for US president in 2028
The goal may not be a third term itself.
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US President Donald Trump continues to command intense loyalty among his MAGA base, but only 38 per cent of all Americans approve of him, says the writer.
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Cory Alpert
In recent hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four of US President Donald Trump’s nominees for a lifelong appointment to a federal court were asked a remarkably simple question: Is Mr Trump eligible to run for US president again in 2028?
None gave a clear no. One nominee, Mr John Marck, even said that he “would have to review the actual wording of (the US Constitution)”. But the 22nd amendment of the US Constitution is not complicated. “No person,” it states plainly, “shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Mr Chris Coons, the Democratic Senator who asked the question of each of the nominees, expressed exasperation that none of his colleagues seemed to notice or care.
