Since January 20th, 2023, Noon EST time, the 22nd amendment allowed President Trump a constitutionally legal pathway towards securing the Oval Office, all the while remaining 100% eligible for running in 2024’s Presidential race. Such a feat, if this could all be accomplished, would constitute as Donald J Trump’s official and legal third term as President of America… The ‘how’ is another story, but the law around this particular course towards the Presidency are outlined in text below:
“The amendment caps the service of a president at 10 years. If a person succeeds to the office of president without election and serves less than two years, he may run for two full terms”
Note in the actual amendment,
“no person who has held office for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected more than once.”
Meaning, that had Donald Trump taken back the Oval Office before this January 20, 2023 cutoff date, he would have became ineligible for running in ‘24.
As we all know, Trump has not returned to the White House as Commander in Chief… Still, though, I like to think if push comes to shove that the man himself could once again possibly represent the American people, this time with his loyalists as advisors and in charge of certain aspects of the administration. We could really pave the way for meaningful, necessary change — not alone a Mexico-US border wall, but even a blockchain-based election interface, which could restore faith in every one of our Republic’s elections — primaries and generals; on the local, state, and federal level!