# Trump won't rule out 3rd term

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [March 31, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-rule-out-3rd-term/1016371 "2025-03-31T01:50:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wont-rule-out-3rd-term/1016371/51 "2025-03-31T14:38:43Z")

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> [@DavidNRockies](#):
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> I feel like this response speaks more to an individual’s _need to believe_ “it can’t happen here” than it does to ground their positions in reality.

Nope. It speaks to the fact that alternate slates completely did not work.

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