Steve Bannon Falsely Suggests Trump Could Run For President Again In 2028
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The former White House chief strategist claimed there might be a way around the constitutional two-term limit.
Steve Bannon suggested falsely that President-elect Donald Trump could run for president again in 2028, despite the Constitution’s two-term limit on the office.
The podcaster and former White House chief strategist made the claim at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala on Sunday evening.
In a speech, Bannon mentioned the pro-Trump lawyer Mike Davis, saying Davis noted that the Constitution doesn’t explicitly say the two-term limit applies to presidents who serve non-consecutive terms.
“Since it doesn’t actually say ‘consecutive,’ that ― I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ’28?” Bannon told the New York crowd. “Are you guys down for that? Trump ’28! Come on, man!”
Trump is the second U.S. president in history to be elected to two non-consecutive terms, following Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892.
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The former White House chief strategist claimed there might be a way around the constitutional two-term limit.
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