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NEED TO KNOW
- Donald Trump shared an AI-edited video of a 2018 Time magazine cover on Oct. 19, the day after seven million people participated in “No Kings” protests nationwide opposing his presidency
- Trump previously shared the manipulated video, which feature a fake campaign sign reading “Trump 4Eva,” in 2019
- The U.S. Constitution forbids presidents from seeking a third term, but Trump has said “there are methods” to get around the 22nd Amendment
Donald Trump is again using AI to promote an incendiary idea — this time, his desire to remain president for years to come.
On Sunday, Trump shared an AI-edited video of a 2018 Time magazine cover that featured his campaign yard signs stretching into the next several decades. In the AI version, the years rapidly tick up to “90,000” before ending with the words “Trump 4Eva.” Trump, 79, previously shared the video in 2019.
The latest post, which he shared on his social media platform Truth Social, came one day after 7 million people protested Trump’s presidency in nationwide “No Kings” protests held on Oct. 18.
Trump also used AI on Oct. 18 to taunt those taking place in the protests, posting a video on Truth Social in which his likeness is depicted dropping sewage on protestors.
In the fake clip, which he also shared on Truth Social, the president is seen wearing a crown while sitting in a fighter jet marked “King Trump” as he dumps brown liquid over what appears to be Times Square in New York City.
In March, Trump said he was “not joking” about seeking a third term, despite the fact that the U.S. Constitution prohibits this.
“A lot of people want me to do it,” he told NBC News in a phone interview on March 30. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration … I’m not joking. But I’m not — it is far too early to think about it.”
At another point in the conversation, the president — who will be 82 years old at the end of his second term — noted that “there are methods” by which it could be done, though he did not elaborate.
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The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in February 1951, establishing the two-term limit for the presidency.
“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once,” it reads.