‘Trump 2028’ hats selling on president’s online store

WASHINGTON - "Trump 2028" snapback hats are now selling on the Trump Store website.

For $50 a pop, the hat comes in the classic bright red with white lettering across the front.

"Make a statement with this Made in America Trump 2028 hat. Fully embroidered with a snap closure in the back, this will become your new go-to hat," the website description reads.

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Trump teases running for 3rd term

Dig deeper:

In the past, President Donald Trump, as well as his supporters, have suggested the president will run for a third term.

Less than a month ago, Trump said he was "not joking" about trying to serve again once his current term was up.

During an interview with NBC in late March, Trump toyed with the idea of having Vice President JD Vance run for the top job and "then pass the baton" back to him.

"Well, that’s one," Trump responded. "But there are others too. There are others."

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3rd presidential term is against the Constitution 

The backstory:

The 22nd Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times in a row, says "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice."

It’s a fairly straightforward ban on serving more than two terms. Some Trump supporters argue the language is meant to apply only to two consecutive terms because Roosevelt’s terms were consecutive, but notably, that’s not what the amendment says.

Others contend that because the ban is just on being "elected" more than twice, Trump could run as the next president’s vice president and, if the ticket won, could simply replace that person if he or she resigns.

FILE - US President Donald Trump holds a hat reading "Trump Was Right About Everything" during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty I

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Changing the Constitution is no easy feat.

First of all, Trump would be 82 during the next election cycle, which is a year older than President Joe Biden during last year’s campaign.

Second, the Constitution says only people qualified to be president can be vice president, which would seem to bar Trump from pursuing the aforementioned scheme.

​​Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, noted that the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

There would also be a combination of election officials and courts that would make it virtually impossible for Trump to get his name on the ballot a third time.