Lawmaker unveils constitutional amendment to give Trump third term

One of President Donald Trump's apical legislature allies introduced a solution connected Thursday evening to let the commander-in-chief a 3rd term.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is pushing a caller amendment to the Constitution that would springiness a president 3 presumption successful office, but nary much than 2 consecutive four-year stints.

The amendment would say, "No idiosyncratic shall beryllium elected to the bureau of the President much than 3 times, nor beryllium elected to immoderate further word aft being elected to 2 consecutive terms, and nary idiosyncratic who has held the bureau of President, oregon acted arsenic President, for much than 2 years of a word to which immoderate different idiosyncratic was elected President shall beryllium elected to the bureau of the President much than twice."

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The 22nd Amendment, ratified successful 1951, prevents a idiosyncratic from serving arsenic president for much than 2 terms. 

It was passed by Congress successful 1947 successful effect to Franklin Delano Roosevelt winning 4 presumption successful the White House. Roosevelt died the twelvemonth aft helium was elected to his 4th word successful the 1944 statesmanlike election.

But successful a connection released to media connected Thursday, Ogles said Trump "has proven himself to beryllium the lone fig successful modern past susceptible of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and helium indispensable beryllium fixed the clip indispensable to execute that goal."

"To that end, I americium proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment connected statesmanlike terms," Ogles said. "This amendment would let President Trump to service 3 terms, ensuring that we tin prolong the bold enactment our federation truthful desperately needs."

Trump made comments astir serving a 3rd word to House Republicans during a closed-door code precocious past year, but aggregate sources who attended the lawsuit told Fox News Digital that the then-president-elect was joking.

Earlier this month, Ogles unveiled a measure to authorize Trump to participate into talks to acquisition Greenland aft helium expressed involvement successful doing so.

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The "Make Greenland Great Again Act" would person authorized Trump to participate negotiations with Denmark implicit purchasing Greenland, a territory located successful North America but with longstanding taste and geopolitical ties to Europe.

"Joe Biden took a blowtorch to our estimation these past 4 years, and earlier adjacent taking office, President Trump is telling the satellite that America First is back. American economical and information interests volition nary longer instrumentality a backseat, and House Republicans are acceptable to assistance President Trump present for the American people," Ogles told Fox News Digital astatine the time.