Marjorie Taylor Greene 'concerned' Trump could cancel 2028 election over Iran war: 'It’s dangerous'

WASHINGTON, DC: Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday, May 21, said she is concerned President Donald Trump could attempt to delay 2028 presidential elections if the United States remains at war, pointing to the president’s repeated comments about serving beyond constitutional term limits.

Greene made the remarks during an interview with Alex Jones, as Trump has repeatedly framed such comments humorously or rhetorically. However, critics argue that the recurring fuel speculation about his intentions. The US Constitution’s 22nd Amendment limits presidents to two elected terms in office.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says repeated comments are ‘dangerous’

During the interview, Greene referenced comments Trump made during a meeting last year with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, where Trump discussed wartime elections. “So you say, during the war, you can’t have elections,” Trump said at the time. “So let me just see. Three and a half years from now, so you mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections? Oh, that’s good.”

Greene said the repeated nature of such remarks concerned her, even when framed as jokes. “I’m concerned,” Greene told Jones. “And he said it jokingly. But at the same time, knowing President Trump, I looked at that, and I thought, I don’t know if he’s saying it, joking.” Jones replied, “That’s what psychos do.”

Greene argued that repeatedly raising the idea could gradually normalize it politically. “So, that type of behavior is someone planting an idea over and over,” she said. “And again, he constantly says it so that he can normalize the idea and test the support and test people’s reactions.”

Greene continued. “And I think it’s incredibly dangerous, and no one should ever accept it.”

She added that there should be no ambiguity about presidential term limits under the Constitution.“There cannot be a third term, no,” Greene said. “That’s against our laws. That’s against the Constitution. There is no third term. And if this country is at war, no, our election should not be canceled, absolutely not.”

Trump renews third-term jokes during Coast Guard speech

Greene’s comments come after Trump again joked publicly about remaining in office beyond 2028 while delivering remarks at the United States Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony.

Discussing the timeline for new icebreaker ships currently under construction, Trump told graduates he expected to still be in office when the vessels are completed.

“We’re making, right now, currently under construction, we have 11. Beautiful,” Trump said. “And I said, ‘Come on, when’s the first one coming?’ They said, ‘In 28.’ I said, ‘I’m going to be here in 28.’ Maybe I’ll be here in 32, too. I don’t know. Maybe I will. But I’m going to be here in 28.”

Earlier this month, during a White House small business summit, Trump again joked about future tax policy and said, “When I get out of office in, let’s say, eight or nine years from now, I’ll be able to use it.”