"While this has been an ongoing theme with the president, the Trump Organization is now selling $50 red caps that read Trump 2028, appearing to promote the president as a candidate in the next election. Trump relishes showing the caps to foreign leaders and earlier this month placed them in front of Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer during budget talks in the Oval Office. Jeffries told CNN: It was the strangest thing ever."
"The 22nd amendment states in part: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. The amendment was ratified in 1951 after Franklin Roosevelt broke with a self-imposed two-term limit set by presidents since George Washington, the nation's first. Roosevelt, a Democrat who was president during the Great Depression and the second world war, served a third term and then died months into his fourth term in 1945."
"Wayne Unger, a law professor at Quinnipiac University, told the Reuters news agency that the constitution is clear: presidents are limited to two terms of four years each. Unger said that while that had not been tested in court, any challenge by Trump would likely be unsuccessful. I would predict the supreme court to say nope, it's clear, two terms of four years each, Don"
Donald Trump declined to rule out seeking a third presidential term, saying 'I would love to do it: I have my best numbers ever' and avoiding a clear answer when pressed. The Trump Organization is selling red caps reading 'Trump 2028' and the president has displayed them to foreign leaders and placed them before Democratic leaders during budget talks. A group called Third Term Project advocates for a third term, and Steve Bannon asserted that Trump will be president in 2028 and that a plan exists. The 22nd Amendment prohibits election to the presidency more than twice. Legal scholars say the constitutional limit is clear and court challenges would likely fail.
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