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Posted on 02/01/2026 2:17:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Campaign finance disclosures filed late Saturday revealed details of the president’s unmatched political fundraising operation.
Donald Trump’s political war chest grew dramatically in the second half of 2025, according to new campaign finance disclosures submitted late Saturday, giving him an unprecedented amount of money for a term-limited president to influence the midterms and beyond.
Trump raised $26 million through his joint fundraising committee in the back half of last year, and another $8 million directly into his leadership PAC. And a super PAC linked to him has more than $300 million in the bank.
All together, a web of campaign accounts, some of which he controls directly and others under the care of close allies, within the president’s orbit have $375 million in their coffers.
The funds far outstrip those of any other political figure — Republican or Democrat — entering 2026, and have no real historical precedent. And Trump could put them to use this year for the midterms, or to shape future elections, even as he cannot run for president again.
Trump continues to outpace any other Republican in raising money, both from large and small-dollar donors. His joint fundraising committee — Trump National Committee, which pools fundraising for a variety of Trump-aligned groups — accounted for 1 in 8 dollars raised on WinRed, the primary Republican online fundraising platform, during the second half of 2025, according to a POLITICO analysis.
And no super PAC raised even half as much in 2025 as the $289 million from MAGA Inc., the Trump-aligned super PAC that both the president and Vice President J.D. Vance appeared at fundraisers for last year.
Trump has given few clues as to how he might put the funds to use. Trump National Committee primarily sends funds to the president’s leadership PAC, Never Surrender, with a bit...
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It is probably not even close to what the rats got from the Somali fraud.
Democrats and the Communist will no longer have USAID to help them with their treasure chest. Not only that but, Trump has destroyed or seized all the Smartmatic voting servers that were stored in Venezuela...
Plus the DNC in about $3.5 million in debt right now, with the RNC having almost $100 million in their coffers.
Money is fine but what he really needs is more Scott Presslers and Charlie Kirks who will get out in the states and cities and do the hard work of getting the votes.
The repukes have better get Trump judges in office. We have seen where the real power is coming from.
If it can be proven in a court of law that Trump in fact won the 2020 election, but was illegally denied his four-year term of office, he could, with Congressional action, be eligible to sit for a third term without even having to be re-elected.
The Politico headline mentions “lame duck” - a term usually used to describe a politician that is on his way out of office.
President Trump’s clever use of the left’s fear he will run yet again (despite constitutional limits) has effectively banished the term “lame duck.”
No one can think about the concept of lame duck while proclaiming the man is on the verge of seizing a third presidential term.
And, of course, that stockpile of cash only magnifies the left’s fears.
The republicans have proven once again that they will not stand you for their constituents.
I am not democrat or republic, I’m pissed.
Even if they stop the cheating, Republicans will need to spend BILLIONS — because the left will be spending itself broke. The issue ads and rallies need to start yesterday.
Let the Dems ruminate on this one:
<><>”If it can be proven in a court of law that Trump in fact won the 2020 election,
<><>but was illegally denied his four-year term of office,
<><>he could, with Congressional action,
<><>be eligible to sit for a third term
<><>without even having to be re-elected.” (courtesy 4Runner)
President Trump’s stockpiling all that cash only magnifies the left’s fears.
Trump is cleverly using the left’s fear he will run yet again (despite constitutional limits).
Trump has effectively banished the term “lame duck” from the opposition’s vocabulary.
No Dem thinks about “the concept of lame duck.” The Dems are all shivering in their boots.
They see that Trump’s on the verge of seizing a third presidential term.
rotflol
bbc.com
Graeme Baker
27 October 2025
Can Trump serve a third term as US president?
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In April, Trump’s official online merchandise store began offering a “Trump 2028” hat for sale for $50. The president’s son Eric was pictured wearing the hat in the listing, which included the message: “The future looks bright!”
What does the US Constitution say? On the face of it, the US Constitution seems to rule out anyone having a third term. The 22nd Amendment states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of president, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of the president more than once.” Changing the constitution would require a two-thirds approval from both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as approval from three-quarters of the country’s state-level governments.
Trump’s Republican Party controls both chambers of Congress but does not have the majorities needed. Additionally, the Democratic Party controls 18 of the 50 state legislatures. How could Trump be president for a third term?
Trump supporters say there is a loophole in the constitution, untested in court. They argue that the 22nd Amendment only explicitly bans someone being “elected” to more than two presidential terms - and says nothing of “succession”. Under this theory, Trump could be the vice-presidential running-mate to another candidate - perhaps his own vice-president, JD Vance - in the 2028 election. If they win, the candidate could be sworn into the White House and then immediately resign - letting Trump take over by succession.
Steve Bannon, the podcaster and prominent former Trump adviser, told the Economist that “Trump is going to be president in ‘28, and people ought to just get accommodated with that.” “At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is,” Bannon added. The president, however, downplayed the idea. “I think people wouldn’t like that,” he said. “It’s too cute. It wouldn’t be right.” While Trump left open the possibility of a third term, he has not provided any specifics on how that could be achieved.
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Trump blew up the world order - and left Europe’s leaders scrabbling Who opposes a Trump third term? Democrats have deep objections. “This is yet another escalation in his clear effort to take over the government and dismantle our democracy,” said Daniel Goldman, a New York Representative who served as lead counsel for Trump’s first impeachment. “If Congressional Republicans believe in the Constitution, they will go on the record opposing Trump’s ambitions for a third term.” Some within Trump’s party also think it’s a bad idea. The Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, said in February he would not back an attempt to put Trump back in the White House. “I’m not changing the constitution, first of all, unless the American people chose to do that,” Mullin told NBC.Republican Congressman Tom Cole has called the idea “too fanciful to really discuss seriously.”
What do legal experts say?
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the Constitution’s 12th Amendment says “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States”. That means serving two terms in office disqualifies anyone from running as a vice-presidential candidate, in his view.”I don’t think there’s any ‘one weird trick’ to getting around presidential term limits,” he said. Jeremy Paul, a constitutional law professor at Boston’s Northeastern University, told CBS New there were “no credible legal arguments” for a third term.
Has anyone served more than two terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected four times. He died three months into his fourth term, in April 1945. The Great Depression and the Second World War coloured Roosevelt’s time in office - and are often cited for his extended presidency. At that time, the two-term limit on US presidents had not been written into law - it was instead a custom followed since George Washington refused a third term in 1796. Roosevelt’s extended stewardship led to the tradition being codified into law in the 22nd Amendment in 1951.
That is absurd. Don’t even talk like that.
You changing the constitution in the next year?
Didn’t think so.
Trump becomes the lamest of lame ducks in November. We need to work on getting some republicans elected in the house. And that isn’t going to happen without good candidates and a strong effort.
Are there good republicans running in your district? Not mine. We don’t even put up a fight in MA.
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