We’re only months into Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States, and while only one has ever served more than two terms, the incumbent POTUS might be wanting to keep his feet under the Resolute desk for a little longer. The 22nd Amendment was officially enacted in 1951, decreeing that no one can run for more than two terms. While the likes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson decided not to run for third terms (unofficially starting the tradition), it’s true that Franklin D. Roosevelt served for a record-breaking third and fourth term.
As Donald Trump tries to reshape America in his own image and has already teases changing the Constitution so he can serve a third term, there are obvious questions about whether this could happen. With fears that his tariffs have triggered a global trade war, some and him out now, so what about Trump as POTUS until 2033?
AI has already predicted that his Trumpenomics could be the spark that sets off World War III, and now, it’s explaining how a ‘gray area’ could allow him to serve a third term.
The President has ominously teased there are ‘methods’ that could allow to run again, and asking ChatGPT, it seems it agrees.
President Trump says there are ‘methods’ to help him get a third term (NBC)
When quizzing the AI chatbot on whether Trump could secure a landmark third term for modern presidencies, ChatGPT says it’s a ‘fascinating’ question and points out how a potential loophole could see him run again.
Reminding us that the 22nd Amendment caps a presidency at two full terms of four years, it adds: “It does not prevent someone from serving more than two terms if they were not elected for all of them (like if they took over for a president who resigned or passed away).”
ChatGPT continues to explain how some have speculated the Supreme Court could rewrite the rules, although it admits this would be “very difficult to achieve, as the 22nd Amendment is pretty clear.”
Trump could also usher in a constitutional Amendment, with ChatGPT explaining: “Congress could theoretically pass a new constitutional Amendment repealing the 22nd Amendment or altering its terms.
“This is a long, difficult process and would require both two-thirds of both houses of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures.”
The important thing to note is ChatGPT’s mention that a former President can take over from another. When Trump discussed his ‘plans’ and ‘methods’ with NBC’s Kristen Welker, she alluded to the rumors that Vice President JD Vance will step up for the 2028 election, with Trump as his running mate.
In theory, Vance could immediately resign and Trump could land his mythical third term.
This not might be the failsafe that Trump supporters think it is, as election law professor Derek Muller told the Associated Press that if Trump is ineligible to run for President due to the 22nd Amendment, he’ll also be ineligble to run for VP: “I don’t think there’s any ‘one weird trick’ to getting around presidential term limits.”
The other problem is that at the age of 78, Trump is already the oldest President to have ever served. Assuming he lives until the end of his first term, he’d be 82, and if he somehow got back into office and served another four years, that would make him 86.
In January 2025, Trump suggested he was looking even further ahead, telling his fans, “It will be the greatest honour of my life to serve not once, but twice – or three times or four times,” although he did caveat it with, “Headlines for the fake news!”
Still, with the former business mogul saying how he loves to work, don’t count out a third term just yet.
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Donald Trump could be selling $2,300,000,000 of Truth Social stake as stock prices fall
The POTUS might want out of his Twitter rival
The stock markets are all over the place right now, and with President Donald Trump announcing his new 10% baseline tariff on foreign imports, while the likes of China and the European Union are slapped with much higher ones, he’s steadfast on his mission to make America ‘great’ again.
Still, the knock-on effect of Trumpenomics has seen stocks tumble in American giants like Apple and Amazon, with some $2.3 trillion being wiped off the market in just 25 seconds. There are major fears about what Donald Trump‘s tariffs could do to the larger tech scene, with everything from laptops to the Nintendo Switch 2 potentially hitting consumers harder in the pocket.
If things weren’t bad enough for the stock market, ABC News reveals that stocks in Trump’s Truth Social social media platform have taken a dive, but for a completely different reason.
It comes after Trump Media and Technology Group filed an SEC registration on April 1, potentially allowing the President’s trust to sell 115 million Truth Social shares. That amounts to just over $2.3 billion.
Truth Social shares have been dropping since Trump returned to the White House (Alex Wong / Staff / Getty)
Like concerns that Elon Musk’s own brother was selling Tesla stocks, the move has sent shareholders into a spin.
Still, it’s important to note that the filming doesn’t confirm a sale or give any details about what a potential sale could involve. Since Trump returned to office on January 20, 2025, he’s transferred his Truth Social stake into the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust that’s controlled by Donald Trump Jr.
Despite Truth Social stocks dropping by around 5% since the filing, they’re down 10% in the last week alone. In fact, since Trump returned as POTUS, shares in Trump Media and Technology Group are down a whopping 45%.
This comes after a brief boost last September when he assured investors: “I don’t want to sell my shares. I don’t need money.”
Trump Media and Technology Group is keen to downplay the idea that the big man wants out, releasing a statement saying: “Legacy media outlets are spreading a fake story suggesting that a TMTG filing today is paving the way for the Trump trust to sell its shares in TMTG.
“To be clear, these shares were already registered last June on an S-1 form, and today TMTG submitted a routine filing that re-registers them on an S-3 form in order to keep the Company’s filings effective.
“In fact, there currently is no open window for any affiliate to sell shares.”
Some have noticed that the timing of announcing a potential sale of his Truth Social stakes comes just before his sweeping tariff announcement. Skeptics claim that he planned an exit strategy in case things went wrong with his tariffs, while others say he was always going to leave investors out in the cold.
Elsewhere, University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter warned how this potential sale could “really tank the share price,” stating: “Trump Media has been pretty unsuccessful at creating an operating business model, but they have been quite successful at selling their stock.”
Then again, with TMTG reporting a staggering $400 million loss against a pretty pitiful $3.6 revenue in 2024, many think the writing was already on the wall.
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AI warns Donald Trump’s tariffs could be a ‘potential spark’ for World War III
ChatGPT has given its insights on how the tariffs will impact global tensions
An artificially intelligent chatbot has warned that President Donald Trump’s tariffs could be a ‘potential spark’ for World War III.
The open source AI bot ChatGPT has offered its input into the likelihood of the US trade war turning into an actual global conflict.
Tensions between the US and China are continuing to grow as both countries have been placing increasing fees on each other’s import taxes.
When asked whether Trump’s import tariffs could trigger a third World War, the bot gave its insight.
First off, that is a big and dramatic question but ChatGPT broke down in simple terms what the tariff announcements could mean for the world.
ChatGPT shared its insights on President Trump’s import tariffs (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
While tariffs themselves aren’t weapons, the bot did point out that they ‘are part of economic warfare’.
This means they do have the ability to disrupt supply chains, damage diplomatic relationships, trigger nationalist or protectionist responses, and weaken alliances – such as NATO or the EU-US relationship.
ChatGPT explained: “If multiple countries respond with escalating economic retaliation, and that’s paired with military buildup, cyber warfare, or aggressive moves in hotspots (like the South China Sea, Taiwan, or Eastern Europe), then yes, the environment becomes much more dangerous.
“That said, war usually involves multiple failures across diplomacy, economics, and military strategy, not just trade policy.”
Instead, it went on to say that tariffs are part of a broader geopolitical tension and could be a potential spark for conflict but not the sole reason.
Tensions between the US and China continue to rise (Wong Yu Liang/Getty Images)
Using an example, the chatbot said: “Want a historical parallel? The Smoot-Hawley Tariff in the 1930s worsened the Great Depression and helped destabilize international relations — but it didn’t cause WWII on its own. It just made the world more fragile.”
Analysts are concerned about the tariffs because they fear that Trump’s announcements could undermine global cooperation, accelerate a Cold War-style divide, or push countries into opposing economic blocs – for example, China-Russia-Iran vs US-allied democracies, according to ChatGPT.
The bot continued: “If those tensions spiral out of control, particularly if paired with territorial disputes or accidents between military forces, the risks get real.”
However, this doesn’t mean that the tariffs are a sign of growing tensions that are pointing towards a World War.
There are still a lot of agreements and checks in place to avoid a global conflict.
As ChatGPT pointed out: “We’re still a long way from a true global war—diplomatic, economic, and even military checks are in place to prevent it.”
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President Donald Trump has finally responded to rumors that Elon Musk could be stepping down from DOGE.
Following Trump’s inauguration on January 19, it seems like something new is shaking the political landscape every day. From his right-hand man Elon Musk turning the White House front lawn into a Tesla showroom to Trump rocking the stock market with brutal tariffs. This week, rumors have been circulating that it could be the end of Musk’s White House reign, though the Tesla billionaire himself has refuted this on X. And now, Trump has finally responded to the claims.
Musk took on his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) earlier this year but rumors have been circulating that this could soon come to an end.
This arose when it was alleged that Trump had been discussing Musk ‘stepping back’ from his role in government with his confidantes.
Musk could leave the White House before June (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A report from Politico claimed that ‘three Trump insiders’ had revealed that while the president is happy with the work Musk has done with DOGE, ‘in recent days’ both of the men had decided it would soon be time for him to leave.
While Musk is not an elected official, the White House described his role as a ‘senior advisor’ to Trump back in February.
Elsewhere, the Tesla boss has been described as a special government employee (SGE).
Musk’s position has since been clarified as an SGE, and an SGE’s work within the government is not allowed to exceed 130 days.
Elon Musk is expected to leave his position as a special government employee (SGE) acting as the head of the Department of Efficiency (DOGE) by around 30 May.
Trump has put a series of tariffs in place on importation (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
And Trump has since addressed his departure, telling reporters while aboard Air Force One, as quoted by the Post: “I want Elon to stay as long as possible.”
Trump was even so kind to Musk as to sum it up in three points just why he likes him so much.
The POTUS continued: “Number one: I like him. Number two: He’s doing a great job. Number three: He is a patriot.”
Trump doubled down adding there’s ‘no rush’ but ultimately there ‘will be a point in time’ when Musk has to go, noting it’s not like he doesn’t have ‘a number of companies to run’ and get back to properly anyway.
Indeed, Musk has Tesla to get back to, and the issue of how Trump’s tariffs could impact his business.
Trump unveiled a 25 percent tariff on imports of ‘automobiles and certain automobile parts’.
Musk wrote in a post to X, formerly Twitter: “Important to note that Tesla is NOT unscathed here. The tariff impact on Tesla is still significant.”
Tesla also wrote a letter to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that some of its vehicle parts are ‘difficult or impossible’ to source locally, and as at least 20 to 25% of Tesla parts are imported from other countries.
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President Donald Trump warned us to brace for his Liberation Day tariffs, and as he took to the stage with a massive board, he upended the stock market, ignited a global trade war, and threw out decades of foreign policy.
Looking like the host of some sort of twisted game show, Trump’s tailored tariffs took particular aim at China and the European Union as part of his bid to usher in America’s ‘Gilded Age’.
Saying that the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” Donald Trump has imposed a baseline tariff of 10% on all imported goods. This comes as the likes of China have been slapped with 54% customized tariffs.
We previously saw Trump warn about tariffs on imports for foreign vehicles and parts, while the POTUS said retaliation could lead to further raises. Still, the EU and China have already promised their own countermeasures, alongside South Korea declaring an ‘all-out’ response.
The tech scene could also be hit hard by tariffs (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Contributor / Getty)
As various tech experts told Wired how the knock-on effect could strike the tech industry like never before.
We’ve already seen Meta and Nvidia stocks drop by around 5%, while Apple and Amazon dipped by 6%.
Considering Apple and Amazon are two of the biggest companies in the world, and the former makes around half of its revenue from selling iPhones that are manufactured in China and India, it’s not hard to see how these tariffs could soon take a toll.
Trump wants to bring back manufacturing in America, but as so many of our modern devices are typically made in regions like China, the worry is that the cost of these tariffs will soon be passed onto the consumer.
Those at the top are keeping a close eye on things, and despite Trump thinking he’s got America’s interests in his sights, Goldman Sachs just raised the probability of a US recession by this time next year from 20% to 35%.
Trade expert Tibor Besedes mused: “There’s this idea that consumers are willing to pay higher prices for American goods. There’s no evidence of that ever taking place.”
He went on to say that many Americans voted for Trump because they were unhappy with inflation under the Biden administration, suggesting they won’t be happy with Trump’s tariffs if the cost of goods continues to go up – we’ve all seen the rage about the price of eggs.
Despite Trump currently putting an exception on semiconductors to help the US-based Nvidia with its imported parts from Taiwan, political scientist Ian Bremmer has foreshadowed that online retailers like Amazon will be hit hard: “Online retailers will feel the pain, and so will consumer device brands.”
Trump has also closed the de minimis exemption loophole that let consumers import goods from China and Hong Kong for nothing as long they were valued under $800. Alongside Shein and Temu, this is sure to strike eBay and Etsy.
Nick Vyas, founding director of the Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute at USC’s Marshall School of Business, said that while the customer will eventually end up paying, there is a plan for how this could work in America’s favor.
Vyas suggested a multi-year approach where the USA should build a manufacturing infrastructure for semiconductors and defense tech, introduce apprentice programs and boost the labor force for semi-automated industries like automobiles, all while continuing to outsource smaller goods and electronics to other companies.
Even as Trump cheers his tariffs, it’s being described as a ‘watershed’ moment for world trade.
