Can Trump Serve a Third Term? Here Are 11 Ways It Could Happen
Politics · Mar 31, 2025 · BabylonBee.com

Democracy is dead because Trump killed it by being elected to a second presidential term. But could he kill it even more by serving a third term as president?

It's possible. Here are 11 feasible ways that Trump could serve a third term. Here they are. Read, and shudder.


  1. Trump could appoint himself as a Federal Judge and unilaterally proclaim himself the Forever President: Federal judges can do anything they want and no one can stop them.

  2. He might change his name to Bill Trump, making him legally eligible to run again: The Founders never accounted for a despot who would do something as devious as this.

  3. He could collect all the Infinity Stones and snap his fingers, granting himself infinite terms: He already has three of them stashed in Mar A Lago. Terrifying.

  4. Trump could just never leave, extending his second term forever: The scary thing is this is technically legal.

  5. He could switch parties and become a Democrat so he can do whatever he wants: This one just might work, actually. Gotta hand it to Trump.

  6. He could use the Men in Black neuralizer to make the nation forget he was already president: Maybe he's already used this on us and we're living in the hell of a fourth or even fifth Trump term without knowing it.

  7. He might die and be resurrected as a glowy blue force ghost and rule for all eternity: He'll be impossible to assassinate then.

  8. Elon could build a time machine to help Trump go back in time to 1787 and change the Constitution: Someone needs to stop this madman.

  9. Trump could sign an executive order that only orange people may run for President: He'd be the only eligible person left besides Steve Thompson in Bentonville, Arkansas.

  10. Trump could pardon himself for future constitutional violations before leaving his second term: Then he'd be able to have all the terms he wants, no strings attached.

  11. He could convince some washed-up, loser career politician with dementia to run, then secretly pull the strings from behind the scenes: Hey, it worked for Obama.


Horrendous, right? It seems like any — and maybe all — of these scenarios could definitely happen. Time to hunker down!


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