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Celerity

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16. It doesn't say what you claim.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:39 AM
Wednesday

You said:

This is the opening of the 22nd Amendment states that Donald Trump is only allowed to serve 2- 4 year terms. Period, stop!

It doesnt say 'serve'.
It says 'elected':

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.



Also, you are incorrect when you said this:

The ONLY exception to the 22nd Amendment was in August of 1974 when then VP Gerald Ford assumed the office of the President after Richard Nixon resigned mid term. Ford ran for a full term in 1976 and was defeated by Jimmy Carter.


That was not an exception, it followed the 22nd Amendment exactly.

Ford served as POFUS the last 2.5 years of Nixon's term. He ran on his own, as allowed, in 1976. There was no exception need. IF Ford had won he was THEN barred from running again. Because Ford lost in 1976, he could have run again in 1980.

Per the 22nd, IF Nixon had resigned 2 years or more into his 2nd term, then Ford could have legally been elected to 2 full four year terms on his own.


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