Can Donald Trump run for president in 2028? Here's what an amendment says.

As Donald Trump celebrates victory after being elected for another presidential term, a question arises: will he be able to run again in 2028?

On Nov. 5. the Republican president-elect won the electoral college with 277 votes beating his opponent the Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris had 224 votes.

At his victory celebration in Florida, Trump spoke to his supporters on Wednesday morning stating his election win amounted to "a magnificent victory for the American people."

For a presidential candidate to win, they must have 270 electoral votes from the electoral college. The electoral college is a process which electors in the United States uses to elect the next president.

“The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President,” the National Archives said. “Your State has the same number of electors as it does Members in its Congressional delegation: one for each Member in the House of Representatives plus two Senators.”

In 2016, Trump became the 45th president after gaining 304 electoral votes against the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, the National Archives said. He then ran again in 2020 but was defeated by the Democratic candidate Joe Biden, the current President of the US.

In the 2020 presidential race, President Joe Biden won with 306 electoral votes while Trump only had 232 votes, the government agency's records show.

Here is an explanation on if Trump can run again in 2028.

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Can Trump run again in 2028?

Donald Trump will begin his second term once he takes office on Inauguration Day which will be on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

According to the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it prohibits one person from serving more than two terms as president.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

Ratified on Feb. 27, 1951, the 22nd Amendment establishes term limits for those elected president.

According to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, George Washington, the first U.S. president, stepped aside after serving two terms. That unofficial limit was respected by all presidents after Washington until Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was elected president four times from 1932 to 1944.

In 1947, two years after Roosevelt's death, the amendment began in the U.S. House of Representatives as a proposal to limit presidents to two terms. After some revisions by the Senate, the proposed amendment was approved and sent out to states to be ratified.

This article has been updated to add new information.

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