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A Third Term Has Always Been the Plan
As has 2032, 2036, 2040, 2044, 2048, 2052 . . .
The convicted felon who currently occupies the White House lies about many things but the topics that he tends to speak truthfully about are his intentions. With his intention of seeking of a third term (and beyond) he has been nothing but consistent and we should treat the latest outburst about it on NBC as a plan, not a speculation.
Let’s review the many times he has ventured his contra-constitutional gambit. At a Pennsylvania campaign rally in 2019 he declared:
“We ran one time and we’re ‘1-and-0’. . . Now we’re going to have a second time. And we’re going to have another one. And then we’ll drive them crazy. . . Maybe if we really like it a lot — and if things keep going like they’re going — we’ll go and we’ll do what we have to do: we’ll do a three and a four and a five.”
In September of 2020 from the campaign trail in Nevada he told us:
“We’re going to win four more years in the White House. And then after that, we’ll negotiate, right? Because we’re probably — based on the way we were treated — we are probably entitled to another four after that.”
Then in Dallas in 2024 speaking to the National Rifleman’s Association he reaffirmed his commitment to multiple…