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Irish Daily Star
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Irish Daily Star
Trump makes alarming hint at third term after brutal joke about Biden 'falling'
Donald Trump appeared to make an alarming hint at a third presidential term after taking a brutal jibe about Joe Biden 'falling' during a speech Wednesday evening. As he spoke to attendees of the White House Summer Soiree from the Truman Balcony, he appeared to reference Biden tripping on stage during his presidential campaign, telling the crowd on the South Lawn: "Don't fall, please, nobody. We had an administration that fell a lot. We don't want to have that." Biden fell several times following his election in 2020, including during an Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in 2023. Read More Related Articles JD Vance roasted after struggling to make it offstage in awkward gaffe Read More Related Articles Donald Trump labeled 'unprofessional and embarrassing' after making 'wild' statement Donald Trump spoke for about 15 minutes on the south lawn Wednesday evening at his first Summer Soiree event. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) When Biden announced his diagnosis of an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer on May 18, Trump extended his "warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family" on social media. Seven days later, on Memorial Day, he called the former president "incompetent" and implied that Biden had intentionally hidden his cancer diagnosis while in office. After his jab at Biden on Wednesday, Trump described the Summer Soiree event as the first of a continuing series, hinting that the White House speeches could go on for "eight more years." 'The previous administration wouldn't have thought of doing it. But we're going to do it for four more years, I don't know, maybe eight more years," Trump said to cheers from the attending crowd. Trump has offered conflicting information about whether he will seek a third presidential term, which is prohibited by the 22nd Amendment. (Image: AP) The 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected president to two terms, prohibiting anyone who has been elected twice to be elected again. Since reentering the Oval Office this year, Trump has made conflicting claims about whether or not he will seek legal justification to run for a third term. Trump told NBC's Meet the Press in May that he would remain a "two-term president." However, just two weeks later, he told US troops stationed in Qatar that he would "have to think" about running again in 2028. The Summer Soiree event was billed as a way for Trump to thank his political appointees for their service. For the latest local news and features on Irish America, visit our homepage here .
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
2028 US presidential election; Who are the favorites to become president?
The next presidential election could be historic. In fact, if betting odds are accurate, we could be looking at a three-term president. According to presidential betting odds, President Donald Trump has a chance to rewrite history and become the first president to run for a third term. Not right now. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution establishes term limits on presidents. Right now, no, but betting odds have him as the No. 2 favorite, only trailing his running mate JD Vance, who is the favorite to win. According to betting odds on oddschecker, JD Vance has the best shot, coming in at +250, meaning you'd have to bet $100 to win $250. Trump comes in a distant No. 2 at +1000. The next three on the board are Democrats, with Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez all coming in at +1000, same as Trump. Other favorites include Josh Shapiro (+1400), Donald Trump Jr. (+1600), Marco Rubio (+1600), JB Pritzker (+2000) an Gretchen Whitmer (+2000). This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Will Donald Trump win the 2028 election? Presidential betting odds
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Bill Clinton raises alarm over Donald Trump: ‘We've never seen anything like this before'
Former President Bill Clinton claimed in an interview on CBS 'Sunday Morning,' this week that most Americans don't agree with how President Donald Trump is handling the presidency. 'Look, we've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime,' Clinton said. 'Somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.' And most Americans don't agree with that.' In the interview, Clinton criticized Trump, saying that the 47th president is looking for ways to defy court orders. He also criticized Trump for his attacks on law firms who don't agree with him. 'That ain't America. We've never done that. The whole purpose of having a legal system is to have both sides be heard,' Clinton said. The 42nd president noted, however, that judges, including ones appointed by Trump, have kept the president in check. While he said that only elections could change the current outlook of the United States, the 42nd president added that people need to speak out in favor of 'common sense.' 'Someone needs to stand up and say, '(Expletive) it, what we have in common matters more,' Clinton said. 'We cannot throw the legacy of this country away. We cannot destroy other people's trust in us.' Clinton's comments come after his wife, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, made headlines after she warned about the possibilities of a third Trump term. During an interview given at New York's 92nd Street Y, Clinton said that people need to listen to what Trump says as he is telegraphing his intentions. 'When he says, 'You know, there are people who think that it could happen,' what he's saying is he has people right now in these right-wing think tanks trying to figure out how to make it happen,' Clinton said. 'And he also has very militant supporters who believe that it should happen, so if it can't happen legally that is not an obstacle.' Trump has offered conflicting comments about whether he would seek a third term as president—a concept that is prohibited under the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution. During an interview given to NBC in March, Trump said he was 'not joking' about trying to serve a third term. In May, however, Trump said he would not seek a third term during an interview with Kristen Welker. 'I'll be an eight-year president, I'll be a two-term president. I always thought that was very important,' Trump said. GOP Mass. governor hopeful Brian Shortsleeve touts 'record' $416K fundraising haul Mass. Gov. Healey's popularity takes a dip in new poll Hampden County June Staff Office Hours for State Senator Paul Mark Springfield officials support legislation to automatically seal criminal records Gov. Healey demands answers after ICE arrests Mass. high school student Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Aging, Slurring Trump ‘Lives in Fear' of Dad's Dementia
Donald Trump 'lives in fear' of suffering the same cognitive decline his father did, according to a brutal assessment by an MSNBC guest. The Weekend: Primetime welcomed Timothy L. O'Brien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, to discuss Trump's musings about a third term in office. The political analyst, speaking on the second installment of the show after its debut on Saturday, said the president's motivation has always been either 'self-aggrandizement' or 'self-preservation.' O'Brien added, however, that he doesn't believe Trump will actually run again—even though he'd 'love to live until he's 300.' 'And I think he'd like to be president for 200 more years if he could,' O'Brien quipped. However, the 78-year-old's vitality has visibly waned and he is acutely aware of his mortality, the panelist added. 'As I was watching that clip, you know, one of the things that really struck me is, Donald Trump has aged,' he said. 'When people talk about the things that are going to get in the way of a third term for Donald Trump, obviously, it's voters. Obviously, it's the 22nd Amendment. But he's turning 79 in June.' Despite Trump's musings, the amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected twice from being elected again. Age and his family's track record with brain disease should be his primary concern though, O'Brien suggested. 'He lives in fear of going down the path his father went down, which was dementia, followed by Alzheimer's, into his 90s. And I think he's carried that burden forever,' the journalist added. Fred Trump, a real estate developer, died of both pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease at age 93 in 1999. This was eight years after his first formal diagnosis of dementia. He retained his title of chairman of the board of Trump Management even after the diagnosis. He also continued to come into work, according to family friend and business associate Richard Levy. 'He came in the office every day until the day he went to the hospital,' he said after Fred Trump's passing. Trump junior reportedly avoids talking about the touchy subject, partly because he bashed his predecessor Joe Biden for allegedly being cognitively impaired, but also because he fears this could be his fate too, O'Brien said. 'Watching how he answers questions now compared to Trump 1.0, he slurs his words a little, he looks weary, he is slouched. And I don't know how much authentic enthusiasm he has for the power and the office he holds, other than the fact that it keeps him out of jail and it keeps him center stage,' he added. Donald Trump's nephew Fred C. Trump III said last year that he fears a similar path for the president. 'Like anyone else, I've seen his decline. But I see it in parallel with the way my grandfather's decline was,' Fred, 61, told People. 'If anyone wants to believe that dementia did not run in the Trump family, it's just not true.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Opinion - How a fictional Vice President Trump could become reality
Last week, I speculated about the possibility of Donald Trump seeking a de facto third term by running as vice president with a puppet as president. I received a flurry of responses citing the Constitution's 12th Amendment as making that likelihood impossible and illegal. A constitutional debate can be dry and arcane. So let's put this possibility into fictional terms, such as the movies 'Advise and Consent,' or even 'Seven Days in May.' Assume, for fictional purposes, the main character has served two terms as president and will not give up power easily. A coup like the one in 'Seven Days in May' is not possible. So, the president brings together a legal team to present a plan that allows the president to run as vice president and circumvent these prohibitions. The last sentence of the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, reads: 'But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.' The 22nd Amendment, approved in 1951, states in part that: '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.' Can these two apparently conflicting amendments be resolved? The president's lawyers show how he can run for vice president. The 12th Amendment applied the same requirements for the president to the vice president because that person could assume the presidency if it became vacant. They must be at least 35 years of age, native born, be a U.S. resident for at least 14 years and win a majority of the Electoral College. The 22nd Amendment was passed 147 years later. Clearly, the two–term limit should not be applicable retroactively. If the president left office before the end of the term, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is next in line, would assume the office. The president is disqualified by the 22nd Amendment. The lawyers also lay out the opposite case that the 22nd Amendment takes precedence, meaning no president can serve more than two terms, in order to strategize how to beat this counterargument. The answer should be obvious: Let the courts decide. For purposes of this story, the president has appointed enough conservative Supreme Court associate judges to give himself an apparent 7-2 majority. Hence, as this case would go to the court, the president almost certainly would win. Of course, the consequences of this decision would be the equivalent of a political nuclear explosion. In this movie, the lawyers would review the most contested and controversial elections, which took place in 1876 and 2000. On Nov. 7, 1876, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. Tilden led Hayes by more than 260,000 popular votes. As the Electoral College met to determine the president, Tilden had 184 electoral votes, one less than needed to win the election. Hayes had only 165. However, 19 electoral votes were in doubt. How was this constitutional stalemate resolved? With no supporting case for precedence, the U.S. Congress formed an Electoral Commission. After considerable and heated debate, in early March 1877, the commission awarded the 20 contested electoral votes to Hayes. Thus, while losing the popular vote, Hayes won the election 185-184. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote over George W. Bush. But despite ongoing recounts in Florida, whose electoral votes would determine the winner, the Supreme Court ordered that the recount be halted. Bush was in the lead and was elected president. The election of 2028 in this plot could make these two cases seem tame. Graphic riots and violence would be the likely outcome. But in 2000, the story rested in the Supreme Court, where one angry judge halted the proceedings, throwing the election into chaos. Originally, presidents were inaugurated on March 20 because of slow-paced horse and carriage transportation. Inauguration Day in this era is Jan. 20. Moving from fiction to reality and the possibility that Trump would actually seek the vice presidency, the lesson is clear for Democrats: Winning the House in 2028 is vital. But what a story the alternative brings! Harlan Ullman, Ph.D., is UPI's Arnaud deBorchgrave Distinguished Columnist, a senior advisor at Washington, D.C.'s Atlantic Council, the chairman of two private companies and the principal author of the doctrine of shock and awe. He and David Richards are working on a forthcoming book. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
