US election shock: How Trump or Obama could use 'loophole' to gain third term as President
Under US law, he can only stand for re-election once. But there is a Presidential line of succession, with the first being Vice-President, followed by Speaker of House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the US Senate, Secretary of State, Treasury Secretary, Defence Secretary and Attorney General followed by the other Cabinet Secretaries in order of the creation of their post. There may be a legal loophole in which a two-term President can get a third term, Dr Kyle Kopko of Elizabethtow