What You Need To Know About Trump's Third Term Presidential Run And Constitutional Amendment

Barring constitutional changes, President Trump cannot run for a third term. But he has floated the idea, publicly and otherwise, and said recently that he was “not joking” about it, though there’s no real evidence that it’s possible. 

Top Republicans yesterday rejected the idea of amending the Constitution to allow it.

But such talk serves a purpose: it redirects attention from other controversies, and it prevents potential successors from emerging to steal his spotlight. Some observers suggest that his strategy may be to keep people guessing, and to antagonize the left. 

In another news, world markets tumbled yesterday as investors braced for new Trump tariffs that would affect the U.S.’s biggest trading partners. Trump, who has promised to overhaul the global trading system, plans to unveil tomorrow what he is calling “reciprocal tariffs,” to match the import taxes and other measures that other countries apply to American exports. He has taken to calling tomorrow “Liberation Day.”