There's a simpler one: Have Vance run as president with Trump as VP, then Vance ...

Loughla · 2026-01-03T20:10:06 1767471006

Vance would never step down. That man is an opportunist through and through.

AnimalMuppet · 2026-01-03T15:12:56 1767453176

You seem to assume that Vance is willing to be Trump's puppet. I don't assume that.

Vance has been willing to ride along with Trump as long as it gets Vance to positions of higher power. But it seems to me that Vance's agenda is Vance, not Trump. I doubt that he'd play that "resign" game. (He might tell Trump that he was going to...)

sejje · 2026-01-03T14:55:52 1767452152

That would be working as intended, besides the resignation. Any ticket with Trump as VP is putting him next in line, as intended.

The people would be knowingly voting for that, and he would have to win the election of course.

After a review of the amendment, I don't believe it would be a "narrow interpretation" to read the text of the law and apply it.

Are you saying it wouldn't be okay for him to be VP and take the helm if Vance died? I think that would be okay, per my reading.

The deception/switcharoo is a different problem, not really related to running three times. Biden could have made Kamala President Day 1 as well.

herewulf · 2026-01-03T15:55:47 1767455747

Why even have term limits if that is okay?

No one has ever expected a former President to want to become a VP — a lower office.

sejje · 2026-01-03T16:04:15 1767456255

We'll have to address it if it ever happens. I doubt we're the first to consider it happening, including the folks who drafted the amendment.

I don't really think you're that clever, no offense. Other humans can think of "what ifs" just the same as you.

There's probably a historical record of how they arrived at the language, if you care about that kind of thing.

kllrnohj · 2026-01-03T18:03:28 1767463408

It wasn't until the 25th amendment (which, you'll note, came after the 22nd) that the vice president was officially the successor to the presidency. So it would be weird for the 22nd to have a "what if" answer to something that wasn't yet itself law

random9749832 · 2026-01-03T13:57:23 1767448643

Or have a military takeover or manufacture a crisis. At the very least they will claim election fraud and we saw what happened in Trump 1.0. There are definitely many ways MAGA will (likely) remain in power. Fascists don't give up power without a fight.