Donald Trump cannot seek for reelection, even if he has hinted at the possibility of remaining in the White House after his next term.
Knewz.com can explain why the president-elect is not considering a prolonged tenure in the White House.
First of all, it is prohibited by the Constitution.
George Washington, the country’s first president, established the two-limit rule in 1797 when he decided not to compete for reelection a third time. Only one president has won more than two consecutive elections, even though presidents who came after Washington were permitted to run for a third term.
Despite the exceptional circumstances of his four terms as president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is the only president in history to serve more than two terms.
FDR’s first two terms in office, beginning in 1933, were devoted to pulling the country out of the depths of the Great Depression and the start of World War II. By emphasizing the vital necessity to preserve stability during the war, FDR was able to secure reelection for a third time.
He took office in January 1945 after winning a fourth term, but he passed away three months later in April 1945.
Congress passed the 22nd Amendment, which officially limited presidents to two terms, in 1947, two years after Roosevelt’s death, on the grounds that term limits were required to avoid abuse of power. The amendment was adopted in 1951.
The 22nd Amendment, section 1, reads: “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 78-year-old Trump often alluded to the prospect of extending his presidency past his second term, seemingly disregarding the law seven decades later.
After winning the 2024 election, Trump said to House Republicans, “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s so good we’ve got to figure something else out.'”
He urged Christians to cast their ballots at a religious conservative gathering months prior in July. Only this time.
“You know what, you won’t have to do it anymore? You won’t have to vote any longer, my lovely Christians; it will be repaired and all will be well in four more years.”
“I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term or two-term?” Trump asked at an NRA gathering before that. If we win, will we be in office for three or two terms?
Even though conservatives and congressmen who supported MAGA dismissed Trump’s remarks as harmless jokes at the time, political analysts and critics were concerned that if re-elected, the then-candidate Trump may attempt to reverse historical precedent.
After Trump appointed three conservative judges to the Supreme Court, who later ruled in his favor in July, claiming he had substantial immunity from prosecution on charges of attempting to reverse the 2020 election results, several cited his capacity to circumvent the Constitution.
The process of proposing an amendment requires a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate, which is far more than even the existing Republican majority, even in the case of a conservative-majority Supreme Court.
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