If you’re not taking Donald Trump ignoring term limits and seeking to remain in power into 2028 and beyond, you’re going to be in for a nasty surprise in a few years. Trump and his cronies are constantly hinting that he’s going to remain in power, pushing their “Trump 2028” hats and teasing that this is what the people secretly want.
Key MAGA figure Steve Bannon laid it all out just last week, saying openly, “Well, he’s gonna get a third term. Trump is gonna be president in ‘28 and people ought to just get accommodated with that,” and explaining that the MAGA project is too important to be derailed by as inconsequential a thing as the Constitution.
Now, underlining once again that a third term is actually happening, Trump teased reporters with it. Speaking on the steps of Air Force One, he grinned:
Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me." pic.twitter.com/8tsuvIOeVf
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2025
“I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You’ll have to tell me.”
So, if you’re still not taking this seriously or believing he’s just trolling liberal reporters, then buckle up and pay attention, as Trump 2028 is becoming ever more real by the day.
So how would a third term work?
From Trump’s perspective, the legal path to a third term is clear. President Franklin D. Roosevelt served three terms in office, successfully arguing that World War II was an emergency that required continuity of leadership and that the United States would be vulnerable transitioning to a new leader.
FDR told voters during his second term, “If the people command me, I will serve,” and he surfed a wave of personal popularity back into the White House in 1940 by the largest victory margin in decades. FDR went on to win a fourth term in office in 1944 before dying in 1945. So, Trump would only need to look at FDR’s template for a path to his own third term.
The major hurdle is the 22nd Amendment, ratified by Congress in 1951 in direct response to FDR’s third and fourth terms. This states:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, 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 once.
There is no emergency clause, no wartime provision, and no override mechanism – so Trump cannot simply say conditions in the United States are so dire he must remain president. But a push is already underway to repeal the 22nd Amendment.
The Repeal22Now SuperPAC has been fundraising since April, with its aim that “presidents will be able to serve as many terms as the American voters want them to” and arguing:
“Why should a Constitutional Amendment prevent another generation-shaping President like an FDR, if that is the choice the voters wish to make? Let’s work together to overturn a historic mistake, for our own sake and for the benefit of future generations. Repeal the 22nd Amendment!”
This would still be an uphill battle for Trump, but with his willingness to bend and break the rules, the complete submission of the Republican Party, and the incompetence of the Democrats, things that weren’t possible before are now within reach.
