President-elect Donald Trump recently joked with House Republicans and said: "I suspect I won't be running again, unless you do something. Unless you say, 'He's so good, we have to just figure it out.'"
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), who served as lead counsel for one of Trump's impeachments, fretted: "It's the same thing now (about a third term). This is how Donald Trump operates. He floats it, he normalizes it, and then it just becomes part of the common parlance."
Memo to Goldman: Even if Trump were serious, there is a bit of a speed bump. It's called the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. It says, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice." So, if you're keeping score, Trump has maxed out. And given that Trump insists he actually won in 2020, he's really maxed out.
Of course, the Constitution can be amended, something that occurs on average every 10 years. Congress could start the process. But an amendment requires a two-thirds vote in the House, where........