New in PJ Media:
Trump 2028 merchandise, including t-shirts, hats, and can coolers, are now available for sale in Trump’s official online store. The t-shirt says “TRUMP 2028 (Rewrite the Rules),” and the ad copy adds cheerfully: “The future looks bright! Rewrite the rules with the new Trump 2028 t-shirt.” As you may expect, heads are already exploding on the left.
A leftist who has over 41,000 followers on X and exhorts them to “Resist” summed up a common leftist response to Trump’s floating the idea of a third term by writing, “The ‘Trump 2028’ push is a calculated campaign to normalize authoritarianism in America. With 270 million followers, Musk is the most powerful political amplifier alive – and he’s using that reach to casually mainstream the idea of a dictatorship.” On ABC30 Action News’ post about the store offerings, one woman commented, “Hell no, please impeach this man already!” Ah, yes, the Democrats’ perennial fallback strategy.
The establishment media, meanwhile, hastened to remind the world that the 22nd Amendment says that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” The Guardian warns that “any serious effort to amend the founding document would send the United States into uncharted territory.” Yeah, who ever heard of the Constitution being amended? Uncharted territory, indeed.
And in late March, when Trump suggested that he was interested in a third term and that the 22nd Amendment wasn’t an insurmountable obstacle (although in all the excitement, it has been completely forgotten that he also said, “I’m not looking at that” and “I don’t even want to talk about a third term now”), New York Magazine stopped hyperventilating long enough to publish an article entitled: “If Trump Gets a 3rd Term, Democracy Will Have Already Ended.” Yeah, yeah, just like we have all died from COVID two or three times over by now.
Amid all the hysteria over Trump’s third term talk, one salient detail seems to have been widely forgotten: He would have to win the 2028 election to remain in the Oval Office after Jan. 20, 2029. The Trump 2028 merch in the Trump online store takes that for granted; otherwise, there would be no need to mention the next presidential election year. No one is talking about canceling elections and ruling as a dictator except leftists who are claiming that Trump wants to do that.
Also, the idea of a president serving a third term didn’t become a symptom of authoritarian dictatorship until Trump started talking about it. Barack Obama said in 2015, “I am in my second term. It has been an extraordinary privilege for me to serve as President of the United States. I cannot imagine a greater honor or a more interesting job. I love my work. But under our Constitution, I cannot run again. I can’t run again. I actually think I’m a pretty good President — I think if I ran, I could win. But I can’t.”
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Even if he could legally run again, I’m against it. Given the experience we had w/ Biden, there should be an upper limit to be POTUS – just like there is the lower limit of 35 years. Just like 90 year olds shouldn’t be allowed to drive, similarly, 80 year olds shouldn’t be elected POTUS. It’s fine if they turn 80 during their term, but not after
I’m backing Vance for 2028, not Trump
Karen Ann Dowden says
I agree. Not that older people may not be intelligently competent but a TOP position like a president or prime minister should cut off at 65 as most nations have as the retirement age for the public service. Maybe 70. A president/prime minister is the highest class of PUBLIC SERVANT. I can never understand why so many old men are in these positions. Come on really?????? There is no way the elderly should be in such a high stress position.
Notwithstanding, I do think Trump is a good president who is a manifested patriot at heart and definitely means well for US citizens and the globe at large.
Oh and some private companies have 60 as the cut off but allow a further stay on for a few years with a year to year contract.
Rarely says
Heaven forbid.
gravenimage says
Winston Churchill was 70 in 1945. If only Britain had had a nice young man as PM during WWII, instead of this old, doddering loser… sarc/off
Oh, and he was in his late 70s and early 80s during his second term as Prime Minister in the 1950s. Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence at the age of 70. After being forced to retire from the Royal Society at the age of 70, Peter Mark Roget compiled his faous Thesaurus–I could go on.
Some people are sharp as a tack over the age of 60, some not so much.
WPM says
I think Trump is trolling them.
James Lincoln says
B-I-N-G-O, WPM.
OLD GUY says
Yep I think Trump is having a little fun with them. TRUMP 2028
The left can’t stand freedom of speech of ideas.
Winston 101 says
Enjoy watching the “resistance” franticly running around, wringing their hands, screaming like their hair is on fire!
But, just in case, Vance ’28!
gravenimage says
Yep.
skeptiker says
Wenn die sogenannte “Linke” keift und Schnappatmung bekommt, läuft alles gut für uns.
skeptiker says
Wenn die “Linke” keift und schreit verbunden mit hysterischer Schnappatmung, läuft alles gut für uns.
Afuera
Dan says
Remember FDR!
(Don’t re-write the rules!)
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Precisely. I remember when Arnold was governor in California, some people proposed amending the birth requirements of a potential POTUS. He turned out to be a horrible governor after his first 2 years, and so that sentiment collapsed
In this case, if Trump can run a third time, so can Obama, and he has the advantage of age on his side. He could make a comeback, and this time do irreversible damage. I know some have proposed adding the word “consecutive” to the requirement, so that a POTUS who has had 2 successive terms can’t run again, but a POTUS whose 2 terms had been interrupted by 1 or more presidencies can. Not in favor of that either, b’cos a Democrat could pull the same thing
gravenimage says
Trump 2028 Merchandise Appears in His Online Store, and the Left Goes Mad
On ABC30 Action News’ post about the store offerings, one woman commented, “Hell no, please impeach this man already!” Ah, yes, the Democrats’ perennial fallback strategy…
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President Trump has already been impeached–*twice*. They can go for a three-peat if it makes them feel better…