Trump Claims Right to Seek Third Term Despite Constitutional Restrictions, Says ‘They Cheated Us’
Trump cited his false 2020 election claim as justification for seeking another term, even as the Constitution appears to bar a third elected presidency.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump told a Sioux City, Iowa rally he 'has the right' to run for president again, teasing a third term despite the Constitution's 22nd Amendment barring more than two elected terms.
- Trump acknowledged the 22nd Amendment restriction as 'quite concise' with 'not a lot of wiggle room,' then pivoted to argue his alleged 2020 election loss justified another bid despite the constitutional limit.
- During the event, Trump amplified support for Republican gubernatorial hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, defending a controversial campaign ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic rival and saying, 'I said, you gotta ride with it.'
- Recent polling shows the President's approval rating at record lows of 32 percent among U.S. adults and 36 percent among likely voters as midterms enter the home stretch.
- With midterm elections less than two weeks away, GOP candidates including Representative Ashley Hinson face tight races against Democratic rivals like Democrat Josh Turek in Iowa.
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The President of the United States believes that he has the right.
US President Donald Trump hinted that he could seek a third term in the White House, making the remarks during a campaign rally in Iowa on Thursday.
"They robbed us the second; in fact, I won three times, so I think I have the right to reschedule," Trump said on Thursday, during a rally in Iowa (center), referring to the 2020 elections, won by Biden.
The current President of the United States, Donald Trump, found a reason for his nomination for the third term of office, and in his view, he was entitled to do so because he was not allowed to win the Democratic Party in 2020 by falsifying the elections.
'They cheated us': Trump says he has right to run for 3rd term despite constitutional restrictions
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes he has the “right to run again” for president, despite acknowledging that the Constitution appears to bar him from seeking another term. “I don't know who's going to be your next president,” Trump said. “And I think the law says, I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think the law says that I'm not allowed to run again,” Trump said.
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Trump played several times with the possibility of seeking a third term, although the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the same person from being elected President more than twice.
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