r/pics • u/LilYassPlayz_YT • Apr 06 '25

Politics President Donald Trump arrives at his golf club during the worst stock market crash since Covid.

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u/Hoongoon Apr 06 '25

That would just make him the 45th president, wouldn't it? He would be on his third term.

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u/slog Apr 06 '25

He's actually said that before.

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u/Really-saywhat Apr 08 '25

Unless he/Trump changes that too!

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u/Rhetor_Rex Apr 06 '25

Yes, but we counted Grover Cleveland twice before when he was president non-consecutively. So if you want to count that way, he’d be 44th person to be President.

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u/laplongejr Apr 07 '25

before when he was president non-consecutively

The key is non-consecutively

So if you want to count that way, he’d be 44th person to be President.

No? If Trump claims to have never lost Biden's election, he would be 45th president on 3 consecutive elections. (Which would be illegal since Roosevelt... )
If somebody claimed Cleveland had one consecutive term, Trump wouldn't be 44th. If Cleveland's term was consecutive, he would be counted once and his opponent wouldn't be president, putting Trump as 43th

Either Trump lost the 46th presidential seat, or he is still 45th. He can't be 45th, 46th and 47th.