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The White House has said the United States “will be fortunate” to have President Donald Trump in office “for even longer,” despite the Constitution limiting him to two terms.
over the last year, The President has mooted the idea of contesting elections for a third termHowever, angering the media and opponents both that And White House Chief of Staff Susie Wills has also publicly admitted that legally she cannot do so.
wall street journal Reported on Wednesday He is Trump’s former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz gave a draft copy of a book to the President Which explored the constitutionality of a third term president.
Dershowitz’s upcoming book, “Can President Trump constitutionally serve a third term?” Explores possible legal avenues a President could try if he were to seek re-election. The former Harvard law professor who represented Trump during his first impeachment trial told WSJ He talked to Trump about those scenarios in the Oval Office.
When asked whether Trump would seek a third term, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said told Axis: “There is no administration that has accomplished more in less than a year than the Trump administration. The American people will be lucky to have President Trump in office even longer.”
Jackson did not explicitly say whether Trump would run again, but The President himself has said that he is “not allowed” to do so. Wills also said in that recent interview with Vanity Fair The President will not run again.
Still, Dershowitz pointed out WSJ He presented his findings to the President, and stated that “It is not clear whether a President can become President for a third time and it is also not clear whether it is allowed.”
Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment The US Constitution states: “No person shall be elected more than twice to the office of President.” It also states that no person who has served as President or Acting President for a term of more than two years shall be elected to the office more than once.
Dershowitz said Trump “found it interesting as an intellectual issue,” but he thought the president would not run for re-election.
The lawyer said, “Do I think he’ll run for a third term? No, I don’t think he’ll run for a third term.” WSJ.
Despite these assurances, Trump continues to raise the idea. Wills told Vanity Fair The president is “having fun” pushing the idea because he knows it’s “making people crazy.”