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  • Even without the consecutive terms bit that’s obvious nonsense there is a legitimate legal question that could potentially be used and legal. It’s not a new theory floated for Pedonald, it’s been an unsettled question since the passage of the 22nd Amendment. 22nd Amendment’s relevant bit is

    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.

    By the most narrow, strict reading of the text it only prevents election, if they can find a way to become President without being elected such, there’s a reasonable read that 22 doesn’t trigger. 12th Amendment contains the text

    But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

    Does ineligibility to be elected trigger the ineligible to the office clause? Could he run as VP with a loyal puppet who immediately steps down? Main legal opinion is “probably not”, but there’s enough wiggle room there that I wouldn’t trust the current corrupt Supreme Court not to side with him.