During his address to GOP members of Congress in Miami, Florida, US President Donald Trump asked if he could run for the next presidential elections in 2028.
Trump sarcastically said he has raised a lot of funds for the next presidential race, even if he was inaugurated on January 20.
“I have raised a lot of money for the next race that I assume I can’t use for myself. But I am not 100 per cent sure, because I think I am not allowed to run again. Am I allowed to run again?” he said, following which every congress member started laughing.
Although it is mentioned in the US Constitution that President Trump cannot run for the third time. The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution says, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” and even if Trump tries to defy that, he would almost certainly be universally rebuffed by the courts and election officials, reports said.
Trump congratulated and thanked his party for re-electing him, with the highest vote share recorded since 1928. He said, “We swept through all swing states—Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada—by a very big margin.”
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Trump said that he would ‘shatter’ former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First New Deal.
During Roosevelt’s first hundred days in office in 1933 until 1935, he introduced what historians refer to as the “First New Deal," which focused on the “3 R's,” popularly known as relief for the poor, recovery of the economy, and reform of the financial systems to prevent recurrence of the depression.
Trump added that under his leadership, Republicans have become the indiscriminate voice of all US
citizens.
“Under our leadership, the Republican Party has become the proud voice of hard-working American citizens of every race, religion, colour, and creed.
We have become the party of the American Dream, wealth creation, not just the rich. We will cement a national governing coalition that will preserve American freedom for generations to come,” he said.
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