00:00Only one U.S. president has served more than two terms, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
00:05This led to the 22nd Amendment, limiting future presidents to two terms.
00:09But California Governor Gavin Newsom says Trump may try for a third.
00:13I don't think Donald Trump wants another election.
00:16I have two dozen Trump 2028 hats his folks keep sending me.
00:19Who spends $200 million on a ballroom at their home and then leaves?
00:23How could Trump possibly go for three?
00:26Let me explain.
00:26One way is to follow the same process that created the limits in the first place, proposing a constitutional amendment.
00:33Trump's administration would need two-thirds approval from both houses of Congress or for two-thirds of state legislators to call for a national convention.
00:43But that's unlikely, given how many elected officials are needed to back the amendment, let alone what it would take to ratify it afterwards.
00:5038 states. That's what I'm thinking.
00:53Another possibility has been floated.
00:56Vance running for president, with Trump as his VP, then passing the role to Trump.
01:02NBC News asked Trump about this scenario in March, to which he said,
01:06Well, that's one method.
01:08But the 12th Amendment blocks that chance, making anyone ineligible to serve as president also ineligible to be VP.
01:15And because straight facts always come with receipts.
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