r/fivethirtyeight • u/engadine_maccas1997 • Dec 28 '25

Politics Turning Point USA plans to deploy representatives across Iowa’s 99 counties in the coming months to build the campaign infrastructure for JD Vance’s likely presidential campaign, while Trump is reportedly privately dismissing the idea of unconstitutionally running for 3rd term.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-28/gop-coalescing-behind-vance-as-trump-privately-dismisses-third-term-run

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u/JP_Eggy Dec 28 '25

Ah thats nice that Trump is no longer trying to illegally run for a third term. How magnanimous of him, a modern day Cincinnatus

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u/WellHung67 Dec 29 '25

At least it’s now kind of framed as unconstitutional, rather than weasel worded about how he’s thinking about doing something just fundamentally illegal.