Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “That 22nd Amendment about not being able to run for a third term just might be unconstitutional”
Kelly: “This is a way the deep state keeps the presidency under their thumb. Only two terms.”
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From the April 28, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): Donald Trump for president in 2028. Why not? Well, the Constitution says not, but maybe the Constitution is wrong. President Trump has been playing with this, and he's been playing with it for years. And it's kind of amusing and it's kind of serious at the same time.
He posted this on Twitter a couple of years ago. Trump 2036, Trump 2040, 2044. What is he talking about? Oh my God, this is dangerous. And they're at it again because there's new merchandise on the Trump website. Take a look at this. A Trump hat modeled by Eric Trump. Trump 2028. How much are these hats? 50 bucks a pop.
It's all fun, and it's really getting some people very upset.
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KELLY: Well, maybe he's trying to make a constitutional point as well. I think he is having fun. But that 22nd Amendment about not being able to run for a third term just might be unconstitutional.
Nobody else has term limits in the federal government. The court, the Supreme Court, you're there for a lifetime if you want it. You can stay as long as you like.
How about the United States Senate? Those guys run for reelection. There is absolutely no term limits whatsoever. In fact, Chuck Grassley has been there, how long again? Long, long time. His eighth term ends in 2029. 94 years-old he'll be. I like him. And if the people of Iowa want to keep sending him back, that's OK.
What about the U.S. House of Representatives? No term limits. And who holds the record there? This individual. I'm not as familiar — 23rd terms. They only have those two year terms.
Why do we have presidential term limits? Well, George Washington kind of started the tradition of two terms, but it wasn't mandated by the law. FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt got carried away, was actually elected to a fourth term, and Republicans didn't like it. And some Democrats sued, and they got together to pass the 22nd Amendment. And that was an — that's a pain in the neck. You got to get like every state — you got to get — it's a big deal to change the Constitution. But they did it.
However, it just might be unconstitutional itself. President Trump — it should be looked at. This is a way the deep state keeps the presidency under their thumb. Only two terms. Nobody else in federal government, other than the vice president, I guess is — no, I don't know if it applies to the vice president anyway. President Trump is not running in 2028. But this looks to me and some other constitutional — well, some constitutional heavyweights. I'm not one. There's something to be done here and it should be explored.