Trump is toying with a third term. Don’t expect the constitution to stop him | Moira Donegan

What is and is not constitutional is determined, in effect, by loyalists on the supreme court and their bad-faith enablers

The news cycle has continued in a predictable arc. Last week, Steve Bannon, the far-right provocateur and one-time Donald Trump adviser, said in an interview with the Economist that the president would seek an unconstitutional third term. Trump is going to be president in 28, and people ought to just get accommodated with that," Bannon said. (He seemed to be referring to Trump winning the presidential election in 2028 - Trump's current term will last through 20 January 2029.) At the appropriate time, we'll lay out what the plan is."

Like clockwork, Trump commented on the idea soon after, telling reporters following him on Air Force One as he flew from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo: I would love to do it."

Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist