Trump, when asked if he'd pursue a third term as president:"It's something that, to the best of my knowledge, you're not allowed to do. I don't know if that's constitutional that they're not allowing you to do it or anything else."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9l3399wvno Oath Trump took: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_office_of_the_president_of_the_United_States Twenty-second Amendment to the United_States Constitution: "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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Question: How can a president "preserve, protect, and defend" a constitution the clauses of which he is unfamiliar with? M. Beats me! Oh, I get it now -- "to the best of his ability". So The Buffoon in Chief is off the hook... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9l3399wvno [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonimisierungsdienst] |