# Is there any non-nutty way that Republicans could even try to claim that Trump can run again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 28, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-non-nutty-way-that-republicans-could-even-try-to-claim-that-trump-can-run-again/1025218 "2025-11-28T22:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-non-nutty-way-that-republicans-could-even-try-to-claim-that-trump-can-run-again/1025218/40 "2025-11-29T17:30:07Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > The 12th amendment says that no person ineligible to be president shall be elected vice president. The resignation scenarios proposed above all have Trump being elected VP first; but he cannot do that either. Why not? He is not being elected President and “eligible to serve” is different than “being elected”. If you are curious about the distinction, there is a post on it [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-22nd-amendment-solved-how-serve-became-elected/1025232). > [@Toxgoddess](#): > > I don’t think “Trump as VP” works at all. I think cancelling elections is more likely. How would that work? Is Trump going to arrest all 50 Secretaries of State? Burn down polling places or have ICE deport anyone trying to vote? Give us the details of how they will be cancelled. > [@Toxgoddess](#): > > He just won’t leave. What happens then is…dicey. Nope. The first time a bill he signs and not the Speaker of the House elected on 3 January 2029, the moment it is enforced there will be a lawsuit. By what logic will the courts ignore the 20th Amendment? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-non-nutty-way-that-republicans-could-even-try-to-claim-that-trump-can-run-again/1025218)._