MSNBC panel melts down after Trump says he's serious about third term

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : NBC's Kristen Welker asked Trump if one potential avenue to a third term was having Vice President JD Vance run for the top job and 'then pass the baton to you'.
67% : Trump also claimed that the US is now 'respected as a country again'.
65% : When asked if he really believes Trump would break with tradition and run again, the ex-Republican was deadly serious.
64% : 'Well, that's one,' Trump responded. '
63% : Trump has suggested that Americans would go along with a third term because of his popularity.
60% : Trump touted his successes on immigration and border control, and said 'people are amazed'.
56% : 'There are methods which you could do it,' Trump said in a telephone interview with NBC News from Mar-a-Lago, his private club.
53% : Trump could therefore run for Vice President, with Vance as an openly recognised nominal figure at the top of the ticket.
49% : The 22nd Amendment limits presidents to two terms, but there are possible scenarios in which Trump could remain in the White House beyond that due.
48% : An MSNBC panel went to code red after Donald Trump said that he's 'serious' about running for a third term The president has since suggested he'd be willing to run for a fourth term and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed she's serious about the president's intentions since he dropped the bombshell on Meet the Press Sunday 'He's been pushing the envelope on testing the Constitution, so I expect that he'll continue to do that, maybe by seeking out a third term.
47% : Once he is sworn in Vance could then resign, allowing his Vice President - Trump - to step into the office.
44% : Trump, 78, said he was 'not joking' about serving another White House term and told NBC News on Sunday that 'there are methods' that could allow him to stay in office.
44% : Trump has maxed out at 47 per cent in Gallup data during his second term, despite claiming to be 'in the high 70s in many polls, in the real polls.' Trump has mused before about serving longer than two terms, generally with jokes to friendly audiences. 'Am I allowed to run again?'
40% : To win a fourth term Trump would simply have to resign the presidency before the 2032 election and become the running mate of a nominal presidential candidate, be that Vance or someone else.
40% : Trump on said Sunday that 'I'm not joking' about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to continue to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029.
39% : Once he is sworn in Vance could then resign, allowing his Vice President - Trump - to step into the office President Donald Trump was asked about his comments to NBC News about serving a third term while on board Air Force One Sunday, returning to Washington, D.C. after spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago 'Can you tell me another?'
39% : 'No,' Trump replied.
38% : Trump, who would be 82 at the end of his second term, was asked whether he would want to keep serving in 'the toughest job in the country' at that point.
32% : A glaring loophole in the amendment paves the 'simple' path for Trump to serve a third term - and potentially a fourth until January 2037 when he would be aged 90 - DailyMail.com exclusively revealed on Saturday.
28% : Any attempt to remain in office would be legally suspect and it is unclear how seriously Trump might pursue the idea.
26% : On MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports, analyst David Jolly was apoplectic about Trump attempting to be the first president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve more than two terms.
25% : Almost a year ago, Trump said he wasn't in favor of amending the Constitution to allow himself to run for a third term The loophole in the 22nd Amendment is set out in a 1999 Minnesota Law Review article co-authored by Professor Bruce Peabody and titled 'The Twice and Future President'.
22% : I just don't want the credit for the second because Biden was so bad,' Trump said last night on the flight from Florida to DC.
20% : An MSNBC panel went to code red after Donald Trump said that he's 'serious' about running for a third term.
19% : On MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports, analyst David Jolly (pictured right) was apoplectic about Trump attempting to be the first president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve more than two terms David Calloway, a Democrat strategist, agreed that the Democrats would do well to take the president seriously A reporter doubled down on the question, citing how the US Constitution limits a president to only serving two terms, but Trump interrupted: 'I don't even want to talk about it.

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