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Is there a point at which Republicans and the broader conservative movement take President Trump’s third-term push seriously and start trying to make it happen?

His former adviser Steve Bannon told The Economist that there is “a plan” to make Trump president again despite the limitations of the 22nd Amendment.

“There’s many different alternatives,” he said, declining to reveal any of those until a later date.

The Trump Organization is selling Trump 2028 hats, and Trump had 2028 hats in the Oval Office during a pre-government shutdown meeting with congressional leaders from both parties. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he asked Vice President Vance if he had a problem with that, with Vance saying: “No comment.”

The chatter has ramped up so much again that even a market analyst at Signum Global addressed the matter, per Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal, outlining a potential third-term loophole.

Trump on Air Force One early Monday said he would not attempt that loophole — running as vice president, with the person atop the ticket stepping down and then Trump taking over once elected — calling it “too cute.”

But he would not rule out seeking a third term — and said he “would love to do it.”

Trump has talked about a potential third term or 2028 bid repeatedly for months. Most national Republicans have dismissed the idea as a joke, or trolling the media — despite Trump himself telling NBC earlier this year that he is “not joking” about the matter.

If meme magic is real, don’t be surprised when Trump 2028 starts picking up steam.

There are already real efforts in the works.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed a Constitutional amendment in January that would allow Trump to seek a third term. It was carefully worded to only allow a president who has served two non-consecutive terms to seek a third one, preventing former President Obama and former President Bush from mounting a return.

It’s politically impossible for that effort to succeed. It would take two-thirds of each chamber of Congress — meaning significant support from Democrats — to advance, before needing three-quarters of states to ratify the amendment.

But other forces are working to build up outside support.

Take the Third Term Project — an initiative spearheaded by Republicans for National Renewal, which describes itself as a nationalist and populist group — whose activists first popped up at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier this year, handing out “Trump 2028” stickers and displaying an image of Trump in the style of a Roman statue.

That group has mentioned not only a constitutional amendment through Congress but other long-shot ideas like an Article V Convention called by states to amend the Constitution, the idea of running as vice president, or even a legal challenge in an attempt to get the Supreme Court’s conservative justices to decide that the 22nd Amendment allows the president to serve more than two terms as long as they are non-consecutive.

The Third Term Project is finalizing a........

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