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Trump 2024? If Trump Loses in 2020, He Could Run Again…
If Trump loses his bid for reelection this November, which according to opinion polls is an increasingly likely outcome, what’s next for Donald Trump?
Those who are hoping to see the back of Trump if Biden beats him may be disappointed. If Trump loses this November, he could run again for president in 2024 — there’s nothing to stop a one-term president seeking a second non-consecutive term.
It’s more than just a theoretical possibility. Trump may be well placed to win the Republican nomination in 2024 if he wanted it.
United States presidents serving no more than two terms is a tradition that started with George Washington and was made formally a part of the constitution with the passage of the 22nd amendment in 1947. The amendment was largely a reaction to FDR’s unprecedented four election victories.
The beginning of the 22nd amendment states, ‘Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice…’. So any president that loses re-election or did not seek a second term is still constitutionally entitled to run for president again. Jimmy Carter, a one-term president, could have run in any and all of the 10 presidential elections that took place from 1984 to 2020 and served an additional term if he had won. The 22nd amendment, preventing them…
