He doesn’t lie about what he wants to do.

He lies about his accomplishments.

It’s been like this since his first term. He’s not lying about invading Greenland or punishing Canada into being the 51st state. He absolutely wants to. Assuming (hopefully) that both these endeavors never materialize, he will claim that these threats accomplished some other goal that was made up on the spot. Which will be a lie.

This man needs to stroke out and die. The fact he’s not already in prison is sickening

“There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know,”

Those methods are:

Serving as VP, followed by ascension - The 12th Amendment says no one ineligible to be president can be VP, but the 22nd Amendment only bars election to a third term, not holding office. Trump could potentially be Vance's (or someone else's) VP, then that President resigns, making Trump president for a third term without being elected. This is legally untested and would be widely challenged. It doesn't seem like a route Trump would take.

Repealing the 22nd Amendment - This requires the proposal and ratification of a new amendment. This new amendment must be passed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress, or by a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures, followed by ratification from three-fourths of the states. This is an unlikely path for Trump to take. Even with massive cheating, he would never get the numbers in his favor.

Ignoring the 22nd Amendment - AKA the "what the fuck you gonna do" method, which the Trump regime has employed with great success in lots of other areas. This is almost certainly what he means.

Any other method to remain president, such as declaring martial law, declaring a national emergency, using the Insurrection Act, etc, would basically be a military coup that would spark a civil war and Balkanize the US.

We know, he said so before the election. You’d have to be a fucking gigantic moron of an idiot to not understand that. And still Americans voted for him.

until it's actually time for the next election, all of the third term bullshit is functionally serving only to distract from signalgate and dismantling the courts/gov etc. do not lose focus. (edit: typo fix)

He doesn't care about court orders or rule of law. It is possible for him to try it. It is amazing he can say stuff like openly, no pushback from his base. He is pushing people to their limits something will have to give.

The only thing keeping most people quiet is the idea that Trump is temporary. This will not bode well for stability.

He's proven that he does not care about court orders or rules of law, so I doubt he'd be against ripping up the constitution. Not an American so forgive me if I seem ignorant on this, but I hope that there's failsafes against him getting a third term no matter what he does.

why are people even surprised about this.

he says things that are in his brain. period.
He is not joking, or scheming, or planing, or 5d-chessing.

he says something. people laugh or groan, thinking its a (bad) joke. It's not. it's in his brain, so he says it. If he remembers it later, he will do it or at least try.

Why be surprised?

Yeah. The method involves suspending the constitution.

He needs to be driven out of office, like now.

I would honestly be surprised if he survives his current term.

Trump says shit all day like a fire hose just to spread terror and keep everyone muddied. But he's old and will die sooner than later. The question is if MAGA manages to continue his style.

If Trump runs for a third term, Obama should too.

but "it is far too early to think about it."

Far too early yet. Didn't he promise his voters that this would be the last time they'd have to vote?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vote-four-years/

Well, if chump finds a way to run again, I hope Obama runs too.

Trump doesn’t joke.

Most states probably won't even let him register for presidential election.

if he and the republicans really want to play with fire, they will try to run trump a third time.

everyone is watching.

“There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know,”

"There are, there are methods by which you could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it scott free, as you know." In fact I don't know.

There's not even going to be an election. He's just going to declare himself president, because literally who would stop him?

And you thought Alex Garland's Civil War movie was fiction.

Just heard an interview on BBC radio this morning with an American explaining that there are avenues for Trump to do this by abusing the line of succession. It sounds like they want to appoint him as Speaker of the House and then have the president and vice president abdicate.

Obama has entered the chat