According to the representative from Tennessee, Donald Trump is the “only one” who can put the United States back on what he considers to be the right path, in particular because of what he sees as leadership qualities. “He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing the decadence of our nation and restoring the country’s greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish this goal,” he said. -he writes in his official statement.
Mr. Ogles believes that an amendment that “would allow President Trump to serve three terms […] would ensure the continued bold leadership our country desperately needs.”
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Ogles, who is in his second term in the House of Representatives, says Donald Trump will be able to “correct” the consequences of the policies of the previous administration. His move comes days after Mr. Trump, 78, was sworn in for a second non-consecutive term as president. In doing so, he signed around a hundred presidential decrees covering immigration, the economy and inclusive policies among others.
In remarks carried by The Associated Press on Wednesday, John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley who helped expand presidential authority when he worked for George W. Bush in the 2000s, commented that Mr. Trump’s executive orders were “unprecedented in terms of the broad scope of the executive orders and their number.”
“He is dedicated to restoring the republic and saving our country, and we, as legislators and as states, must do everything in our power to support him,” Ogles said. welcomes the measures taken by the president-elect.
Sen. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who has been a political foe of Mr. Trump, however, believes the president’s actions are “unconstitutional — as with the attempt to end birthright citizenship — and draconian , with massive deportations.
“Compared to the prosperity and protection provided by President Trump, the Biden administration has subjected Americans to relentless abuses that will take a decade to correct.”
– Andy Ogles, Republican Representative
-From dictatorship?
It’s the kind of scenario that Democrats warned about during last year’s election campaign, when they said Mr. Trump would rule like a dictator if elected to another term.
However, while he prides himself on having an “unprecedented and powerful mandate,” the new Republican president does not enjoy broad popular support for some of his priorities, according to a poll. Just over half of U.S. adults support eliminating taxes on tipping, but some of his other promises — like withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, increasing oil drilling on land and the imposition of new tariffs – are less widely popular. It is possible that public opinion will change on many proposals, because a significant share of Americans have a neutral opinion.
Mr. Ogles proposes to amend the U.S. Constitution as follows: “No person may be elected to the office of President more than three times, nor be elected for an additional term after having been elected for two consecutive terms, and no person may be elected to the office of President more than twice if he has held the office of President or acted as President for more than two years of a term for which another person was elected President.”
According to the American media NBC, this proposal follows a resolution presented to the House by Democratic Representative Dan Goldman two months ago, reaffirming “that the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution applies to a total of two terms for the President of the United States” and that it applies in particular to Mr. Trump.
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The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, proposed in 1947 and ratified in 1951, aims to prevent a president from serving four terms. Since its creation, only President Franklin Roosevelt has been elected President of the United States, four times. He died in 1945 during his fourth term.
Republicans have held the majority of seats in the House of Representatives since the elections, which may work in favor of the Tennessee representative’s proposal.
With information from The Associated Press
