We Americans are by nature good people who believe in the inherent goodness of others, especially those we elect to represent us in the highest office in the land. But we ignore such statements & other expressions of #Trump’s intent at our peril. The 47th president is a vain man, & nothing would flatter his vanity more than seizing another term. Doing so would signify the ultimate triumph over his political enemies.

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In September, after meeting with congressional leaders about the looming government shutdown, #Trump posted photographs on Truth Social in which trump 2028 hats rested prominently on his Oval Office desk. In October, when discussing the possibility of a third term, Trump said, “I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.”

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In March, #Trump refused to rule out a third term, saying that he was “not joking” about the prospect & claiming that “there are methods which you could do it.” He was asked about the idea of VP #JDVance running for the presidency, getting elected, & then passing the baton back to him. “That’s one,” he said. “But there are others, too.” As he so often does, Trump later claimed that he wasn’t being serious.

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#Trump proved in 2021 that he would do anything to remain in the White House. Even after the violence of #Jan6, his second #impeachment, & the conviction & incarceration of scores of his followers, he reiterated his willingness to subvert the 2024 #election. That proved unnecessary. Yet since his victory, Trump has again told the American people that he is prepared to do what it takes to remain in #power, the #Constitution be damned.

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Writing to James Madison from Paris in 1787, Thomas Jefferson warned that such an incumbent, if narrowly defeated, would “pretend false votes, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government.” Were that moment ever to come, the #Founders believed, it would mark the #demise of the nation that they had conceived, bringing to a calamitous end the greatest experiment in self-government ever attempted by man.

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With his every word & deed, #Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the #Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.

The #Founders of our nation foresaw a figure like Trump, a #demagogue who would ascend to the presidency & refuse to relinquish #power to a successor chosen by the American people in a free & fair #election.

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Since his second inauguration, #Trump has seized #authoritarian control over the #FederalGovernment & demanded the #obedience of the other powerful institutions of American society — #universities, #LawFirms, #media companies [& more]. The question weighing heavily on the minds of many Americans is whether Trump will subvert next year’s #midterm #elections or the 2028 presidential #election to extend his reign.

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