The Ambitious (AND VERY REAL) Effort to Secure Trump a 3rd Term

both on the campaign Trail as well as after assuming office president Trump had this recurring running bit wherein he would joke about serving three terms in office here's a short compilation video of him doing that bit I've raised a lot of money for the next race that I assume I can't use for myself but I'm not 100% sure because I don't know I think I'm not allowed to run again I'm not sure am I allowed to run again and they tell me I'm not allowed to run I'm not sure is that true I'm not sure they they say I can't run again that's the expression sir then somebody said I don't think you can oh it will be the greatest honor of my life to serve not once but twice or three times or four times should I run again you tell me this there's your controversy right there there's your controversy [Applause] you'll be seeing that on you're going to see you're going to see that tonight Tim on television and indeed exactly as he predicted that's exactly what happened the news media by and larg latched onto these comments and they ran dozens of stories about Trump's future so-called Ambitions now the irony is that for most people watching this from the sidelines it's obviously a joke the comments regarding a third term are almost always presented in this light-hearted comical way and it's a joke since it's common knowledge even among people who don't really follow politics that the US Constitution specifically the 22nd amendment it precludes Trump from running for a third term however that's not to say that there aren't people who are looking to turn this into a reality now whether or not they will be successful ful is quite dubious but it's worth mentioning that there are people working to pave the way for a trump 2028 presidential bid one of these men is Congressman Andy ogal a republican from Tennessee he recently introduced this house joint resolution to amend the US Constitution specifically his proposal it would change the language of the 22nd amendment to read as follows and just for your reference I'm going to put it up on your screen and I highlighted the part that would be different from what it is right now quote 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 now the specific change the congressman ogal is proposing here to the 22nd amendment is to change the prohibition on two terms to only be applicable to two consecutive terms meaning that if this proposal was to go into effect Obama President Obama would not be able to run for another term but president Trump would because Trump never served two consecutive terms ironically it's perhaps worth mentioning that it would also allow Joe Biden to run two more times as well now to say that this is a long shot I think is beyond obvious to amend the US Constitution it would require significant buyin from Democrats whether you go the route of Congress or you go directly through the state legislatures you would need roughly half of the Democrats ower to agree to this proposal that's very unlikely however even though it is unlikely there are still people working to make it happen and to that end while I was down in Washington DC for this year's CPAC conference I was given a sticker which really made me stop and question what I was seeing it was a sticker that said Trump 2028 finish the job now at first I thought it was a good joke but apparently it wasn't and so I met up with the organization behind those stickers and I sat down with their director Mr Shane tro and Shane he explained to me his rationale for wanting to amend the 22nd amendment as well as the concrete steps that him and his organization are taking to make it happen and so take a quick moment to smash those like And subscribe buttons and take a listen all right we are joined today by Mr Shane tro the man who's leading the campaign for Trump's thirdd ter term in office Trump 2028 tell us about it okay so we have founded the third term project uh Coalition of different organizations including one I'm with Republicans for National renewal uh we are supporting representative Andy Ogle's Bill uh he put it up as a resolution in Congress to amend the Constitution and allow uh for a president to serve up to three terms uh as long as they're non-consecutively so this would open up the door for president Trump in 2028 and you know the idea of course that cpac's been very well-received and you know our stickers are going around like hot cakes and getting a lot of media coverage media attention a lot of Liberals are very angry at the idea but we think it's a very prudent one president Trump's been really the only guy who's been able to rise up against the corrupt establishment and actually win so why not go with a proven commodity let's uh have Trump uh be president again in 2028 all right just just I mean my own personal experience is just I was walking down the hallway I got that sticker I I couldn't believe what I was seeing Trump 2028 okay let me ask you even okay on a practical level how feasible is it because to amend the US Constitution you know it needs to be a real bipartisan effort so you're going to need to convince what like half of the Democrats in Congress to do it right is that that that's correct right you there would need to be Democrats on board for sure but half of them you need to convince half of them right cuz you need what like three fours yes yeah so we would have to convince a lot of Democrats if you look at president Trump and who he has in his administration Democrat tulsey gabard Democrat uh RFK Jr so we are seeing more got in without any Democrats support that's true so it's going to be I I we understand we got to build a foundation here and we we relying on Grassroots constituent pressure we want uh the fear of God to be put in these congressmen if they don't support uh the third term project that they're going to be dragged out of office they're not going to get win reelection so we're building the grass fruits ground swell to uh make that happen and you know it it's definitely something we want to use to put pressure on them and the the important thing is that uh you know another another Avenue that we can do and besides uh representative agle's bill would be uh Article 5 Convention of the states so we're looking at that we have a white paper that's going to be coming out in the upcoming weeks exploring other ways potentially the Trump can get his third term so we're gonna we're exploring every option available and we believe the resolution in Congress is a good basis point for what we want to do well let me ask you more like um let me ask you about this issue on a more philosophical level yes because obviously you know the way you're framing it would affect Trump right two non-consecutive terms the the the original proabition on a third term you know had to do with the idea that an executive would have gotten too much power if he was in office for too long right you don't have that concern no I we believe that you know with what Trump is doing right now with Doge and with uh going after the federal bureaucracy this isn't a man who's consolidating power he is trying to reduce power he's trying to break up the power structure of the deep State and the administrative State and it's a very tall task and he's going to decentralize power in my opinion from the from the federal government bureaucracy to the people and that's the kind of guy we need in there for third to shape the country for for many years moving forward so the the the Deep State just can't come back in as soon as Trump's out and be reactivated but but the once it would be put into the Constitution it wouldn't just be about Trump though but I'm saying like more more like broadly you're not concerned about in the future let's say Trump doesn't amass the power because he's diffusing the power but in the future somebody could like an Obama figure you know he he runs twice he has Joe you know Joe B then he runs again well it would be the the way uh representative agle's amendment is if is that if you run the two terms if you get the two terms you can't run for the third oh I see so if it's if there's a a gap in there like with Trump then they'd be able to run for the third term so that's uh the case there but on the philosophical level I believe that you know if you look back at what the the the three previous presidents before Trump um you go back to four uh Bush senior Clinton um bush junor and Obama you know basically interchangeable policies working for the same globalist special interests selling us out in a bipartisan manner so I the way I see it is that it's going to be either Trump or a lot of a bunch of other political puppets out there we're going to be enacting the same agenda regardless of whether there's an r or a d next to their name so I don't I see it that it's the power structure is is uh in control of most of these people and that Trump is the a break from that power structure and you know you can always come up with bad things that could happen but I think it's worth uh with with all the the benefits that could come to saving our country for getting Trump in there for his third term I think the risk is uh is worth it okay one other risk I I feel like you haven't mentioned yet it would be the fact that Trump at the end of his third term would be close to 90 years old he would be in his mid 80s but if you look at Trump pushing towards the latter half of the mid 80s you would but if if you were if you look at president Trump it's almost like he's aging in Reverse you wouldn't you saw the man you wouldn't think he was in his late '70s You' think maybe late 50s early 60s so this is a man of with extraordinary vitality and he seems to thrive on the pressure so I think you know you're not going to find a man of his age with more with better you know mental acuity than than president Trump so I think if anyone would be up to the task of being president in their well in their 80s it would be Donald Trump so if anyone watching this is interested to learn more about the third term uh project where can they go go to third term pro.com and you can sign up and uh alert your congressmen that they need to support representative Andy agle's Amendment uh to allow Trump to have his third term so go to third term project.com Shane thank you so much thank you all right