Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration.

“You know, FDR 16 years – almost 16 years – he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?” The ex-president and GOP presidential frontrunner said to the organization’s annual convention in Dallas, prompting some in the crowd to yell “three!” Politico reported.

Trump has floated a third term in past comments, even mentioning a prolonged presidency while campaigning in 2020. He has also tried distancing himself from this idea, telling Time magazine in April: “I wouldn’t be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job.”

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    7 months ago

    As the saying goes, “go far enough left and you get your guns back.” It’s not leftists clutching pearls over “gun violence;” it’s privileged centrist liberals (a.k.a. MLK’s “white moderates”) doing that.

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      7 months ago

      Lol clutching pearls… What a laughably terrible way to describe people who are often burying their children or schoolmates and trying to prevent others from having to do the same.