The Orange Manbaby, 78, says he has come up with strange plan involving Vice President JD Vance so he could get another crack in the White House after his second term
The world is bracing itself for years of more Donald Trump madness after he said he’s “not joking” about trying to serve a third term.
He said there are “methods” by “which you could do it” as he discussed defying the two-term limit in the US constitution. The Orange Manbaby, 78, said that one way would be a scenario in which his Vice-President, JD Dunce, would run for the White House and then abdicate for him.
He said: “A lot of people want me to do it. I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration. I’m focused on the current.”
Trump, who became the oldest US president to be sworn in when he returned to the White House in January, said: “I like working.” The American leader, who would be 82 at the next ceremony, added: “I’m not joking. But I’m not – it is far too early to think about it.”
The 22nd Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times in a row, says that “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”.
Former Republican congressman David Jolly warned that people had to take the comments seriously. He said: “The biggest mistake of the last eight years is we somehow fail to give credibility to Donald Trump’s whims and his impulses, but we know it’s true.
“If he says that he’s not ruling it out, he’s not ruling out, then we should consider it a constitutional threat.”
But Derek Muller, a professor of election law at the University of Notre Dame in the US, suggested that he’s only saying it for political reasons in order to “show as much strength as possible”. He said: “A lame-duck president like Donald Trump has every incentive in the world to make it seem like he’s not a lame duck.”
The latest ramblings come as Trump’s plans to impose crippling global tariffs continue to cause economic chaos and a market meltdown. Goldman Sachs has raised the probability of a US recession to 35% from 20% amid the mayhem.
International markets have been going into freefall over fears that he’s about to slap a 20% tariff tax on everything imported into America. Supporters are calling tomorrow (APRIL 2), the day when he claims he will impose tariffs, ‘Liberation Day’ as they reckon America has been exploited for too long by other nations.
But there are deep concerns that his trade war could trigger a global recession, with the UK among those at risk.
Trump has announced that a 25% import tax will be introduced on all cars imported to the US, a measure expected to hit British luxury car makers such as Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin.
This is on top of a general 20% tax on UK products in response to the rate of VAT. UK and European stocks dropped yesterday (MON) and global markets wobbled as the tariff deadline loomed large.
London’s FTSE 100 was down by 1% with about 100 points shaved off the index during the morning’s trading. No10 said that the UK is expecting to be hit, with discussions with the US set to continue beyond Wednesday.
Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman said: “We’ve been actively preparing for all eventualities ahead of the expected announcements from President Trump this week, which we would expect the UK to be impacted by alongside other countries.
“Our trade teams are continuing to have constructive discussions to agree a UK-US economic prosperity deal.”