Summary
Steve Bannon has suggested Donald Trump could run for president again in 2028, arguing the 22nd Amendment’s two-term limit might not apply since Trump’s terms weren’t consecutive.
Speaking at the New York Young Republican Club, Bannon dismissed legal barriers, echoing claims that Trump’s 2020 loss was illegitimate.
The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, explicitly prohibits anyone from being elected president more than twice, making such a scenario highly improbable without a constitutional amendment.
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney predicted Trump’s Vice President-elect JD Vance will likely be the GOP’s 2028 nominee.
The VP has to be a valid presidential candidate precisely for this loophole.
The bigger problem is that this last election Trump’s eligibility was challenged and the supreme court’s response was “Parties can pick whoever they like to be president, we’ll figure out if they are qualified later”. That means the republican party is free to nominate and run Trump for president in 2028. The supreme court would only get involved if he wins the election, in which case… yeah… we’ve already ran an election which is a huge cluster fuck.