Predictions Regarding Trump

I have mentioned several times in the past few months a couple of things that I think President Trump will attempt. I have not written them down, however, or published them in any way. And one of them appears to be coming true. I saw a news headline this morning saying that President Trump is trying to get the November 2020 elections postponed. On the CNN website this morning, the headline reads, "Trump floats delaying election despite lack of authority to do so" (www.cnn.com).

My predictions have been focused on the fact that President Trump wants to stay in power. It has long been reported that he seems to have great respect for leaders like Vladimir Putin (Russia) and Kim John-un (North Korea). Why? My suspicion is that it is due to the fact that they are in positions of power that they will not lose. Trump wants to be a dictator. He wants to stay in power indefinitely.

And my first prediction, which I formulated shortly after the massive scope of the COVID-19 pandemic became clear, was that this would be an excuse for him to try to postpone the November 2020 election and stay in power, until "safe elections" could be conducted. He has now floated the idea.

This is, admittedly, not the first I have heard of this idea. Three months ago, LegalEagle's Real Law Review on YouTube published an episode called, "Can the President Cancel the Election & What Would Happen?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQLbNekBU1A). The point of the information shared on this episode is that even if the election were cancelled, the president's term ends on January 20, 2021 ... and the provisions of the Constitution related to filling a vacated presidency would be activated. I did not see this episode until sometime earlier this month, but obviously other people had the same "prediction" as myself as to the fact that President Trump will attempt to postpone--or even cancel--the November 2020 elections.

So ... before I miss my opportunity to do so ... let me state my second prediction. I am putting this in writing on 30 July 2020. If Trump wins re-election in 2020, my prediction is that he will work to repeal the Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which places a two-term limit on the presidency.

Of course, it may be that he attempts to alter the Constitution in other ways, but this would be the easiest way to do so, in my opinion. A bit more broadly, though, my prediction is that President Trump will seek--through alterations to the U. S. Constitution or its Amendments--to stay in power beyond two terms of office.

I am not in favor of this, of course. I am not endorsing or condoning such efforts, should President Trump seek to do these things. The truth is that I wish we had a different Republican candidate for the 2020 election. But I have put my prediction in writing. Trump wants to stay in power. He will do so, first, by attempting to delay or cancel the 2020 elections, declaring that he should remain in power until elections are held. Additionally, he will attempt to alter the constitutional term limit on the presidency to remain in power beyond that.