'The View' host Sunny Hostin warns Trump has 'diabolical' plans for a third term after JD Vance snub

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Sunny Hostin isn’t buying Donald Trump’s coy response about who might succeed him in 2028.

Instead, 'The View' co-host is waving a red flag—warning that Trump’s remarks could hint at something far more alarming: a secret plan to extend his presidency beyond two terms.

During the Tuesday, February 11 episode of 'The View', Hostin broke down her theory and pointed to a little-noticed Republican effort to amend the Constitution which would allow the MAGA spearhead to run for a third term, if successful. 

Sunny Hostin warns about Donald Trump's cryptic Fox News comment

The discussion was sparked by Donald Trump’s recent Fox News interview, where he was asked about his Vice President JD Vance, and whether he saw the former Ohio senator as his successor to the Republican Party. 

Trump’s response was a flat-out "No," albeit he admitted it was a little early to say.

'The View' co-host Sara Haines kicked things off with a more traditional take — arguing that the 78-year-old's refusal to name a successor was simply part of his business-minded, competitive approach.

"I think he’s got that free-market idea of 'Competition works,'" Haines theorized. "It’s just like when he was announcing JD Vance. He wanted everyone working for him. He wanted all the Republicans that were willing to bend the knee, to go out and speak and to stump for him." 

"And so I think what he’s doing is, 'We’ll see who comes out first. It might be my vice president, might not be,'" she expressed. 

But Hostin had a much darker interpretation.

"I think he’s doing something a little bit more diabolical if I’m being honest," she warned. "Representative Andy Ogles, a Republican of Tennessee, on January 23 — just three days after Trump was inaugurated — already proposed amending the 22nd Amendment to allow Trump to serve a third term." 

"I think he doesn’t want to succeed. He’s not going to say that JD Vance is a successor because he thinks he’s his own successor. The argument is that Trump needs more time to accomplish his agenda and reverse the policies of the Biden administration," Hostin told the panel.

And while Hostin admitted that amending the Constitution would be extremely difficult (requiring two-thirds of both legislative branches and three-fourths of state legislatures), she didn’t rule out other possibilities. "There are a couple of ways that he could try to get there. He could just try to stay in office," she said.

Alyssa Farah Griffin thinks Donald Trump might be leaving the lane open for his children

Alyssa Farah Griffin—a former Trump White House staffer—offered her own perspective on why Donald Trump dodged the question about 2028.

"This answer wasn’t surprising to me for two reasons. Trump needs unfailing loyalty," Griffin noted. 

"He knows that if JD Vance comes up with like a Mike Pence moment where he’s weighing, ‘Is the Constitution more important to uphold, or is being loyal to Donald Trump?’ He wants him to need that endorsement so that he chooses loyalty to Donald Trump. But also, the second he says anyone is the heir apparent, he’s basically admitting he’s a lame duck," she explained. 

But then Griffin added her own disturbing twist: "I also think he’s leaving a lane open in case any of his kids have future ambitions."

That comment was all it took to set off Joy Behar, who immediately groaned in horror at the thought of a Trump dynasty. "Oh God!" she exclaimed.

However, Griffin reassured her saying that even if Vance or a Trump family member did run in the future, none of them could ever wield power quite like the 78-year-old himself.

"The good news for people who don’t like Donald Trump is this: He is a singular force in Republican politics. No one will ever have as much power over the Republican Party, the country, and the media the way that Donald Trump does. JD Vance will never be as large of a figure, even if he is a future president," she said. 

This sparked cheers, whoops, and applause from the studio audience, who were clearly more than happy to entertain the idea of Barack Obama returning to the White House.

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