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President Donald Trump\u2019s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, accidentally blew up one of his favorite talking points \u2014 namely, that he can defy the Constitution by running for a third term. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI view this job as public service,\u201d Leavitt told Lara Trump, the president\u2019s daughter-in-law, in a Fox News interview that aired on Friday. She added, \u201cAnd I realize it\u2019s temporary. President Trump is only here in D.C. for four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Leavitt is correct in stating that Trump can legally only serve as president until Jan. 20, 2029, Trump himself has repeatedly claimed he can run for a third term, most recently during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on Friday. He has also worn a Trump 2028 hat and argued that he deserves a third term because he lost the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,\u201d reads the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, \u201cand no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is not the first occasion when Leavitt has put her foot in her mouth. Earlier this month, her criticisms of Senate Majority Leader John Thune were so harsh that the South Dakotan lashed out, “Well, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right?” Also in July, Leavitt was criticized for being out of touch when she described young Americans by saying, \u201cMy generation \u2014 I hate to say it, Gen Z and those younger than me \u2014have been raised with just silver spoons in their mouths, just getting everything handed to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leavitt has also mangled a metaphor on at least one occasion, commenting in July that Trump\u2019s rhetoric “will shock you if you have an honest eye listening to the president.\u201d A former Trump adviser for his Department of Homeland Security, Miles Taylor, joked by saying that \u201cyes, and if your ears watch closely, you’ll be doubly stunned.\u201d<\/p>\n

This journalist also has a direct interaction with Leavitt\u2019s penchant for gaffes. Speaking to me for Salon shortly after the second assassination attempt against Trump in 2024, Leavitt complained about a historian who compared Trump\u2019s ongoing vilification of his opponents to the rhetoric of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been less [than] 72 hours since the second assassination attempt on President Trump’s life and the media is already back to comparing President Trump to Hitler,\u201d Leavitt told this reporter. \u201cIt’s disgusting. This is why Americans have zero trust in the liberal mainstream media.”<\/p>\n

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