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Bannon insists that Trump is going to be
running for a third term even though it
is a direct violation of the
Constitution. You've got to hear this.
>> Well, a man like this comes along once
every century if we're lucky. We've got
him now. He's on fire. And uh I'm a huge
supporter. Want to see him again in
2028.
>> You know, he's term limited. How do you
think he gets another term?
>> We're working on it. I think we'll have
I think we'll have a couple of
alternatives. Let's say that.
>> We'll we'll see. We'll see what the
We'll say the definition of term we'll
say what the definition of term living
is.
>> There's so much power behind the scenes
right now. These guys are trying to
figure out a way to skirt around the
constitution. We'll see what the
definition of term is or something like
that.
>> We'll see what the definition of term
living is.
>> These people do not learn their lesson.
So this crazily enough would not be the
first time that we had somebody serve
three terms. It has happened before,
which is why we put in the amendment
because we realized, oh, they're just
going to keep running. It was always
sort of a gentleman's understanding that
nobody would run for more than two
terms. Once they did it, then they
realized we have to enshrine this. We
did enshrine it. Play the Bill Mer clip
because this is exactly how I feel.
>> The Constitution. Can I read a passage
to you?
>> Here we go.
Amendment 22. No person shall be elected
to the office of the president more than
twice. And yet you keep talking about
Trump's third. Maybe you should hum
this.
>> President Trump is going to run for a
third term and President Trump is going
to be elected again on the afternoon of
January 20th of 2029. He's going to be
president of the United States.
>> Okay. But but the thing I just read in
there,
it seemed like there was no wiggle room
there. It seemed like it was just, you
know, eight or 10 words. It said only
two times.
>> I We have a a team of people that are
working a team.
>> How can a team do something about that?
How how what I don't care if the team is
12 trillion people. The words are still
the words. bill every day in federal
courts. Right now in federal courts,
there's 120 lawsuits on what President
Trump's doing for his article 2 right on
the unified executive theory. But he's
chief executive. He's commander-in-chief
and he's chief magistrate and chief law
enforcement officer. There's 100 and
they're running to court every day to
sue President Trump all because the
interpretation of this interpretation of
this is open for interpretation.
>> Why should it be open? Could I have it
back?
>> If they're able to get a constitutional
amendment passed, cool. I stand by.
Obviously, there is a way to amend the
constitution. We want there to be a way
to amend the constitution. But there are
things that are interpreted by the court
where it's like, okay, admittedly, like
this one's maybe not as clear as we
want. Like take the Second Amendment for
instance,
>> for a well-armed militia or whatever.
There's a lot to talk about with that.
This one is pretty clear. So this feels
like people are trying to skirt it. I
don't think people are being honest
about why we have term limits. The whole
structure of the US government was to
stop power from acrewing too much. That
power corrupts absolute power corrupts.
Absolutely. And if you let a monarch
happen over time that power just
solidifies, solidifies, solidifies. This
is why I think deep state is the right
word. I think that it is problematic
that we let the power accumulate in all
of those ancillary positions and we're
not being honest about what causes that
problem and then you get a desperate or
you certainly run the risk. Everybody
wants a benevolent dictator and very
rarely do we get one and just because
the first king is benevolent doesn't
mean that the next king is going to be
benevolent. Now all of a sudden you've
got a Putin situation or a Xi situation
I think it is an absolute [ __ ]
disaster. I will make a lot of noise on
this podcast if this man starts running
for a third term. That is a terrible
idea. The reason the American experiment
works is we understood ah these guys can
and will break bad. Hypothetically
speaking, walk me down a path. If they
did somehow get the constitution amended
and then he does run, is this now like
cuz what I don't want to happen is we
then ban constitution amendments. So, I
feel like I'm kind of stuck in the
middle because it's like I don't want
him to run, but I also don't want to say
the Constitution should never change
ever and it should be the one that you
know if if the people really want to see
all presidents abstract it from the one
you like, if they want to see all
presidents be able to keep running and
keep being elected, then as much as I
will go on an absolute tear to try to
convince them not to do this, this is a
bad idea. If that's what America wants,
I'm not arrogant enough to think that I
should be the one that's making this
policy. So, if we can get a
supermaajority, which I will say the
odds of are exactly zero on this issue
because there is no way the Democrats
are going to want to see while Trump is
in office, unless he is like so
unbelievably unpopular at the end of his
term that they think, "All right, let's
do it now so that we can get our guy in
office and run forever," which I don't
think they would do until their guy's
elected. But anyway, I cannot fathom a
world in which we can agree and get a
super majority. So I feel feel very
protected by the structure of the
constitution and our government that
this one won't get passed. That's why
I'm like if Steve Bannon is trying to do
something via the court, I really I like
double hate this idea because one, no
matter how much I love the president, I
do not want to see them running for a
third term. No matter how many good
things they're delivering to the
American people, I distrust the nature
of governments. And so seeing them
solidify power, I know how quickly good
can turn bad because here's what will
happen. They get the economy going. It's
going in a good place and then things
turn and now they're making a string of
bad decisions. They're going to believe
in their soul, but I'm the guy that got
you all of this. And so I'm going to be
able to get you back. You you got to
give me time, bro. Like what the [ __ ]
Think about this happening in the UK.
Winston Churchill gets you through World
War II. He's the only reason that
British people are not speaking German.
What do they do at the end of the war?
They boot him out of government. They
wanted somebody else. Not wartime
anymore. You were great at the war.
Thank you so much, but we're moving past
it. It is a bad idea for the simple fact
that humans become convinced that they
are right. People become tyrannical. As
power consolidates, even if they don't
mean to be, because they think they're
right, they're going to keep pushing for
it. And unfortunately, we really do have
a propensity to just reelect the same
person we had before. And so, momentum
carries you to a certain degree. It's a
bad idea. Bad idea.
>> Chad's pointing out the irony of Trump
promising term limits for Congress and
then going on this uh
>> dude. This this is everybody burn this
into your soul. This is what humans do.
This is how you get the rules for thee
and not for me. People are inside their
own head. They really believe that
they're right. They don't want
limitations on themselves. They only
want limitations on others. It is an
absolutely wild way to walk through the
world to me because it is so obvious
that any one human can be so wrong that
if you don't have checks and balances
that you could get into a string of
doing wrong things is just really really
terrifying. And I'm saying that as a CEO
who is I'm the emperor of impact theory.
I can't be fired. But what I remind
myself of is anybody who quits has
literally just fired me. They've said
voter no confidence. I'm out. And so I
sit with that and I go, "Okay, cool."
Now, it doesn't mean that I'm going to
change what I'm doing. I may think that
they're wrong. I may think, "Cool, I
totally get it. Let's part ways. You go
do your thing. There's a whole lot of
reasons why somebody might leave." But I
do sit in the moment of this is they
have said I'm not the best thing for
their life at a minimum. Now, sometimes
they have reasons where I'm like, "Okay,
I can't offer you that thing that you
think is better for your life anyway,
whatever." But it's good to sit with the
it's possible that they see this well
and I see this poorly. If you open that
lane of humility, I have found that
you're far more likely to suddenly step
outside of your frame of reference, see
something you were blind to, and now
stop making a mistake that you were
making before. I really don't trust
politicians to do that. You can't trust
the average person on the street to do
that. And the kind of person that is so
confident in themselves that they can
push hard enough to be president. If you
want to be president of the US, you're
basically saying, I want to run the
world. That's wild. That's wild. That's
so arrogant.
>> Speaking as a CEO, Devin Perkins said,
"The government is just a huge business.
Why can't the best CEO stay in power?"
>> Uh because they'll kill their own
people. So, what people seem to forget
is that you can leave a company. When
the right desperate gets in control, you
literally can't leave the country.
Please read history. Please, there's you
just need to read three books. the Gulog
Archipelago, the rise and fall of the
Third Reich, and Mao, the untold story.
Read those three and then report back on
whether you think that there should be
term limits in the 20th century alone.
Over 200 million people were killed by
their own government. Not like Russia's
invading Ukraine and a bunch of people
die. It's like Mao starved 45 million
people to death. That's how a government
and by the way that's not the only way
he killed people. Actually imagine you
with me. Close your eyes at home if you
need to. But I actually want you to
imagine this. Trump goes on after
winning his third term and he says,
"Dear middle schoolers, your teachers
have gotten out of pocket and I've
really tried to shut down the teachers
unions and I can't. So, I'm telling you
right now, I will pardon every single
one of you if you beat your teachers to
death. And I want you to do it at a
school assembly. And I'm telling you
right now, I will pardon you. And then
those kids go and they get their
teachers and they drag them in front of
everybody and they actually beat them to
death. That happened in the [ __ ] 60s
and 70s. That's why you want term
limits. So, everybody thinks they know
best. By the way, Mao united China. So,
you can understand why he would think,
"Well, I'm the [ __ ] I'm the guy." Bro,
I only had to kill 45 million people to
do it. Like, what the problem is? Uh,
what? That was not a madeup story.
That's what Mal actually did. You had
like 12 and 13 year olds beat their
teachers to