Reality check: will Donald Trump seek and serve an illegal third term as president?

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35. There have been numerous threads on the topic over the past week.

I suppose if you searched DU using “third term” you’d get plenty of results.

Those threads contain lots of evidence-free speculation, with many nodding along unquestioningly.

It’s usually something along the lines of this:

“Trump won’t leave when his term ends”

“SCOTUS will back him up”

“He will declare an emergency and cancel the election”

All supported by simplistic “evidence” such as “the laws don’t apply to him”.

Never even once have I seen anyone explain the step by step process for how these scenarios would unfold, and they also ignore any potential responses by the courts, congress, the military or the people.

The general assertion is that A third term will “just happen” because Trump wills it to be so, and nobody will raise a finger to object, resist or otherwise intervene.

The fact remains that, despite this administration’s lawlessness and corruption, they have only defied a court order once, and restrained their conduct following losses, injunctions etc. from various courts numerous times.

I don’t suggest there is any honor or deference in this administration, but something is limiting their conduct when these rulings are issued.