President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed he is seriously considering running for a third term in the White House, prompting U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) to share a video released last Friday in which he describes the process of amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term.
Trump on Sunday told Kristen Welker at NBC News regarding a third run for the White House, “A lot of people want me to do it,” before adding, “we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”
Still, the 45th and 47th president reportedly told Welker he was “not joking” about the chances he will seek a third term in office, telling her, “There are methods which you could do it,” before reiterating, “it is far too early to think about it.”
In the wake of Trump’s remarks, Ogles, who has introduced a congressional resolution to amend the Constitution to allow presidents to seek a non-consecutive third term in specific circumstances that match the president’s, shared a video explaining his effort that was originally uploaded to X.
“I want to emphasize for those people who feel like this will now open Pandora’s box, that everybody’s going to be serving three terms,” said Ogles, noting his resolution would only apply to presidents serving non-consecutive terms. “Only twice has this happened: Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump.”
Ogles added, “So it’s only under very unique circumstances that this could be utilized.”
THE CASE FOR TRUMP 2028🇺🇸🧵 pic.twitter.com/9LvvPjFCZa
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) March 28, 2025
The Tennessee Republican then outlined the process to modify the Constitution.
He explained, “It passes the House, passes the Senate, and the majority of states ratify it, or the supermajority, two-thirds,” before Trump would need to “come to the electorate, get on the ballot, run in his primary, and win in the general,” which he said serves as the ultimate “accountability mechanism.”
“It’s not a coronation,” Ogles added.
Should Ogles’ effort to amend the Constitution fail reach approval of two-thirds of Congress, then ratified by three quarters of all state legislatures, a legal expert recently said Trump could also secure a third term by sharing a ticket with Vice President J.D. Vance in 2028. Should Vance win and then resign, Trump could become president and appoint Vance as his vice president.
Vance could also run with another person on the ticket, then resign after winning, allowing his successor to appoint Trump his vice president, then resign himself.
Ogles originally unveiled his resolution in January, saying it would help “provide President Trump with every resource necessary to correct the disastrous course set by the Biden administration.”
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Andy Ogles and Donald Trump” by Andy Ogles.
