Why Does the U.S. Set Presidential Term Limits?

Why Does the U.S. Set Presidential Term Limits?

The 22nd Amendment was nothing but an act of vengeance against Roosevelt, Reagan believed.

Members of the media take photographs of framed portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump flanking an image of former U.S. President Joe Biden's signature along "The Presidential Walk of Fame" on the wall of the colonnade outside of the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 25. November 10, 2025, 12:01 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

U.S. President Donald Trump has been toying with running for a third term. Sometimes he claims to be joking, other times he says he wouldn’t do it, and yet on different occasions he says directly that he is really considering the option. By this point in his second term, anyone who doesn’t take Trump ser