American Presidents are plainly meant to be term-limited. The Twenty-Second Amendment, ratified in 1951, spells it out: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”

Donald Trump has sometimes sung a different tune, though. In March, he told NBC News that “there are methods” by which he could continue serving past the end of his term, and that he was “not joking.” Riffing on this, the Trump Organization’s website began selling “Trump 2028” paraphernalia. More recently, the former Trump aide Steve Bannon told The Economist that Trump is going to stay in office, and that “there is a plan” for Trump to sidestep term limits, which would be revealed “at the appropriate time.”

Whether Trump is serious (as opposed to just trolling the opposition and staving off la

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