Donald Trump has won the democratic power to rule as an autocrat. With Congress in his pocket and presidential immunity from the Supreme Court, this is not an invitation the great narcissist of American politics is going to refuse. In 2016, when Trump first became president, he said: “We’re going win so much you’re gonna get tired of winning.” We might, but he never will. Trump is already preparing Americans for a third White House term.

“I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you do something,” Trump reportedly bantered with Republican congressmen. “Unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we just have to figure it out.”

Why stick with Amendment 22 of the US constitution (the one that states “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”) when Trump’s troll army can pummel recalcitrant hold-outs in Congress into clamouring for the good times to go on indefinitely?

As luck would have it, Trump will be in charge when America celebrates its 250th anniversary on Independence Day in 2026. Is this the moment when plans are announced to chisel Trump’s face alongside the legends of Mount Rushmore? Kristi Noem,........

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