MAGA Senator Now Pushes for An Illegal Third Trump Term • Franknez.com

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who’s become Donald Trump’s most effusive cheerleader, is once again toying with the wild idea of the president bucking the Constitution for a third term, declaring on Fox News that “Trump 2028. I hope this never ends.”

The offhand remark, delivered with his signature drawl during a Tuesday night chat with Sean Hannity, underscores the MAGA crowd’s feverish desire to keep Trump in power indefinitely, even as the 22nd Amendment stands firmly in the way.

Graham, the Senate Budget Committee chairman, gushed over Trump’s performance at the United Nations earlier that day, where the president dressed down European nations for continuing to buy Russian energy despite the ongoing war in Ukraine.

“He told the UN: ‘You’re more the problem than the solution,’” Graham recounted, before amplifying Trump’s claim—widely debunked by fact-checkers—of having single-handedly ended “seven wars” around the globe.

“These seven wars that he ended, if it weren’t for Donald Trump, they’d all be going on. Rwanda and Congo has been going on for 37 years.

It really does matter who’s in the White House. This guy is a cross between P.T. Barnum and Ronald Reagan. He’s got, and he’s in, everybody’s head.”

Additional Details of the Praise

The praise kept rolling as Graham wrapped up his segment, blessing Trump for “standing up in the UN and telling the world the way it is.

We don’t have to live this way.”

Hannity had teed up the conversation by highlighting Trump’s tough talk on Russia, noting how the president was “selling the weapons and he’s basically saying, ‘Maybe Putin is a paper tiger.

He should have won that war in seven days, it didn’t happen.’”

Graham leaned in, advising a hardline stance: “When he asks what should you do if a Russian jet flies into your country, shoot it down. He’s tried to go out of his way to get Putin to the table.

We don’t want to humiliate Russia, we just want to end the war.”But it was Graham’s parting shot that stole the show—and raised eyebrows.

“I hope he runs again!” he repeated, echoing the “Trump 2028” mantra that’s been bubbling in MAGA circles for months.

It’s not the first time the veteran senator has flirted with the notion.

Back in March, fresh off Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, Graham took to X (formerly Twitter) with a post that read: “My take on President @realDonaldTrump’s address tonight: Inspiring, funny, compelling and the Democrats’ worst nightmare. Trump 2028!” When reporters pressed him on it later, he brushed it off as “a joke.”

He doubled down in August, ahead of the Kennedy Center Honors—an event Trump now controls through his appointees to the board—with a mangled social media quip: “Look forward to hearing from 48—whoops 47—about who will be this year’s Trump/Kennedy Center honorees.”

A Dangerous Erosion of Democratic Norms?

The slip alluded to Trump as the 45th president returning as the 47th, playfully skipping Grover Cleveland’s non-consecutive numbering.

Graham even posed for photos at the August 13 event sporting a “Trump 2028” cap, the kind hawked by Trump’s campaign merchandise shop despite the clear constitutional prohibition.

Trump himself has leaned into the fantasy, teasing third-term runs during rallies and interviews while his team peddles the branded gear.

It’s all in good fun for his base, who see it as a middle finger to term limits and a nod to the chaos they crave.

But critics, from constitutional scholars to Democrats, view it as a dangerous erosion of democratic norms—especially coming from a senator who’s spent decades in Washington preaching about the rule of law.

Graham’s fawning isn’t new; the South Carolina Republican has hitched his wagon to Trump since 2016, evolving from a sharp critic (“a kook, a con artist”) to an unwavering ally.

His latest outburst feels like vintage Lindsey: equal parts sycophancy and showmanship, timed perfectly to fire up the faithful ahead of midterms.

Whether it’s serious scheming or just red meat for the crowd, one thing’s clear— in MAGA world, the Trump era can’t end soon enough.

Or, as Graham put it, maybe never.

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