Former ally fears ‘incredibly dangerous’ Trump will ‘cancel’ midterms - BERITAJA

Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said she fears President Donald Trump could usage a prolonged warfare pinch Iran arsenic justification to suspend early U.S. elections and stay successful powerfulness beyond a 2nd term.

MTG’s warning

Greene pointed to Trump’s past remarks to Volodymyr Zelensky about wartime elections. By: MEGA

Speaking during a caller question and reply pinch right-wing commentator Alex Jones, Greene referenced a 2025 gathering betwixt Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump discussed elections being delayed during wartime.

“President Trump turned to him and said, ‘Wait a minute. You mean that if there’s a warfare going connected you can’t person elections?’ And he said it jokingly but astatine the aforesaid time, knowing President Trump, I looked astatine that and I said — I cognize he said it jokingly, but I don’t cognize if he’s joking,” Greene said.

Trump did not usage Greene’s nonstop wording. During the August 2025 meeting, he told Zelensky, “So you opportunity during a warfare you can’t person elections. Let maine conscionable say, three-and-a-half years from now, if we hap to beryllium astatine warfare pinch someone, nary much elections…”

Ukraine postponed nationalist elections aft Russia’s 2022 penetration triggered martial law, which, nether the country’s constitution, bars elections during wartime. Zelensky had been expected to activity reelection successful 2024 earlier the conflict began.

A imaginable 3rd term

Greene said Trump whitethorn beryllium ‘normalizing’ the thought of delaying elections. By: MEGA

Greene based on Trump’s repeated comments about elections and a imaginable 3rd word were intended to gauge nationalist reaction.

“He perpetually says it truthful that he could normalize the thought and trial the support, and trial people’s reaction,” she said. “I deliberation it’s incredibly vulnerable and nary 1 should ever judge it.”

She added, “There cannot beryllium a 3rd term, no. That’s against our law, that’s against the Constitution, location is nary 3rd term. And if this state is astatine war, nary — our elections should not beryllium canceled.”

Greene resigned from Congress successful January pursuing a divided pinch Trump and the broader MAGA movement.

The 22nd Amendment

Greene warned that a 3rd statesmanlike word would break the Constitution. By: MEGA

The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution limits presidents to 2 elected position successful office. Despite that restriction, Trump has many times floated the thought of remaining successful agency beyond a 2nd word since returning to the White House and has publically discussed imaginable successors, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.