Liberal Forum

A House Republican has introduced a joint resolution in Congress designed to allow President Donald Trump "to serve a third term," while including a caveat that would prevent Barack Obama from running again for the White House.The proposal was introduced on Thursday by Representative Andy Ogles from Tennessee, who said: "This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs." The 22nd Amendment imposed a two-term limit per person on the presidency. Ogles' resolution would alter the Constitution's 22nd Amendment to read: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, 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 twice." Axios Congress reporter Andrew Solender noted this would allow Trump to run for a third term, but not Obama, George W. Bush or Bill Clinton, all of whom have already been "elected to two consecutive terms."In April 2024, Trump told Time Magazine he wouldn't support a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term. The Republican firebrand said: "I wouldn't be in favor of a challenge. Not for me. I wouldn't be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job. And I want to bring our country back. I want to put it back on the right track."