“President Trump has served one full term,” Bondi told Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday. “He’s on his second full term. He’s a very smart man, and I wish we could have him for 20 years as our president, but I think he’s going to be finished, probably, after this term.”
Bondi’s comments come following months of suggestions by the president that he might seek a third term in the White House, which would require a change to the Constitution as the 22nd Amendment bars people from being elected to the presidency more than twice.
Q: “Do you believe there is a method…by which [Trump] could seek a third term?”
AG BONDI: “I wish we could have him for 20 years as our President, but I think he’s gonna be finished probably after this term.” pic.twitter.com/T2WMUgXg3d
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“We’d have to look at the Constitution,” Bondi said. “It’d be a heavy lift.”
Trump has claimed that there are “methods” that could allow him another four years in the Oval Office, and he has said that “a lot of people want me to do it.”
One hypothetical that might allow Trump to serve a third term is called the Twice and Future President theory.
Popularized by a 1999 law review article, the theory suggests that if Trump became the vice presidential nominee in 2028 and the ticket won, the presidential winner could resign or be removed, elevating him to the presidency for a third time without being elected to the office.
The theory is based on the Constitution framers’ disagreement about banning former presidents from being permitted to “hold” office or be “elected” again.
Still, according to the 12th Amendment, “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President.”
TRUMP 2028? THE CONSTITUTION MAY LEAVE A BACK DOOR OPEN FOR A THIRD TERM
Thus, the most likely path back to the White House for Trump, as Bondi alluded to, would be a change to the 22nd Amendment.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has pushed legislation that would amend the Constitution and give Trump a road to more than two terms.
