Is Trump legally barred from running for President again by the US Constitution?

I believe that a president is only allowed to serve a maximum of 2 terms.

Ah yes there it is - the 22nd ammendment ratified in 1951.

From Section 1:

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and 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."

So unless Trump changes it, he cannot stand for re-election as GOP candidate in 2028.

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beckyromero · 36-40, F

No person shall be elected

Emphasis added.

He would still be eligible to succeed to the presidency from vice president, speaker of the house, etc.

KimberKimKim · 31-35, F

@beckyromero yes he could through those avenues. He wouldn’t though.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@beckyromero As for 'elected', in terms of the president it means the first past the post to get 307 or more electoral college votes. The people do not directly elect the president - the electoral college members so. The voting public just guide their state's electoral college members on how they should vote to determine the next president.