South Carolina – Earlier this week, the controversial South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham sparked considerable debate online after sharing a social media post openly supporting President Donald Trump, even hinting at a potential third term in 2028.
The post appeared Tuesday evening, shortly after President Trump’s address to Congress. It quickly drew enthusiastic support from staunch Republicans on X, formerly known as Twitter, but also generated hundreds of critical comments.
Sen. Graham wrote:
My take on President @realDonaldTrump ’s address tonight: Inspiring, funny, compelling and the Democrats’ worst nightmare.
Trump 2028!
The third term idea
Sen. Graham is not the first prominent lawmaker to publicly support the third-term idea. Just recently, Congressman Andy Ogles from Tennessee introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow a President to be elected for up to but no more than three terms.
“President Trump’s decisive leadership stands in stark contrast to the chaos, suffering, and economic decline Americans have endured over the past four years,” said Congressman Ogles in a statement from late January.
“He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal. To that end, I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment on presidential terms. This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs,” said Congressman Ogles,” Ogles added.
Presidents are limited to two terms
Here’s the rewritten text:
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits presidents to two terms in office. While American presidents historically observed this two-term custom voluntarily for over 150 years, it wasn’t formally established until after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term.
Roosevelt’s extended presidency prompted Congress to propose a constitutional amendment explicitly restricting presidential terms.
The states ratified the 22nd Amendment on February 27, 1951. This amendment officially restricts presidents to serving a maximum of two four-year terms and sets additional limits regarding total presidential service.
This article provides an overview of the 22nd Amendment, including the historical events leading to its ratification.
The online community responded to Sen. Graham
Understandably, most X users didn’t find Sen. Graham’s idea appealing.
“Shut up, you are a traitor!”, one X user wrote on Graham’s post.
“Lindsey, he’s not gonna date you,” another user wrote.
A user with the nickname @LivemusicCJ wrote: “How embarrassing”
Amanda asked Sen. Graham “What’s the punishment for treason?”
“Go home. You have made yourself irrelevant and we are tired of you,” another user wrote.
@LacagOrg commented that ‘the senator once didn’t want Trump’ (see the post below):
You would have taken him out at any opportunity. You didn't want him until it looked inevitable. You are an absolute fraud.
— LACAG.org (@LacagOrg) March 5, 2025
Some of the users even went step further and reminded Sen. Graham about his past comments about Trump.
Commenting on the post, one user shared tweet from early 2016 where Graham explicitly attacked then-presidential candidate Trump saying: Donald Trump is not a conservative Republican. He’s an opportunist. He’s not fit to be the President of the United States.
— 🎨Te𝕏asArtist (@TexasArtistt) March 5, 2025
