Congressman Matt Gaetz says he will nominate Donald Trump for Speaker of the House after the Republican Party takes control of the House of Representatives following the 2022 mid-term elections. Even though Trump is not likely to be a sitting member of the House at the time, the Constitution does not require the Speaker be a sitting member of the House, although every past Speaker has been one. If the Republican caucus gets behind Trump and makes him the Speaker, he would become second in line to the presidency assuming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris still remain as president and vice president.
If Biden stays in office and Kamala is not yet run out of town then both Biden and Kamala would need to be impeached and removed with 67 Senate votes for Speaker Trump to become President again. If Biden dies or resigns for health purposes then only Kamala would need to be impeached and removed which would not be difficult given how unpopular she is. If Kamala resigns, as she reportedly has been considering, and Biden is unable to fill the vice presidential vacancy either due to his own ineptitute or his party’s lack of a majority in the two houses, then Speaker Trump would be the next in line to the presidency. If Biden then dies, resigns, or is forcibly removed by the 25th Amendment or an impeachment conviction, Trump would become President once again.
In this scenario, Trump would still be eligible to run again in 2024 for another four year term. Theoretically, Trump could be President a total of 10 years, the most of any since Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office for 12 years from 1933 to 1945. The Democrats did this to themselves and only have themselves to blame. If the Democrats hadn’t cheated in 2020, Trump would be leaving office in 2025. Instead Trump could be starting his second term that very year and could remain as President until 2029.
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