Donald Trump wants to be the next Franklin D. Roosevelt, but not for his social programs—for his four terms in office, according to a new claim by Governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom alleges that Trump sees FDR’s lengthy presidency not as a historical anomaly, but as a precedent to be followed.
This assertion is based on a private meeting in the Oval Office, where Newsom says Trump gestured to a portrait of FDR and launched into a sustained discussion about a third term. The 22nd Amendment was passed specifically to prevent any president from repeating FDR’s long tenure, a constitutional fact Newsom suggests Trump is willing to ignore.
By linking Trump to FDR in this specific way, Newsom is framing the former president’s ambition as a direct assault on post-war American political tradition. He is arguing that Trump is attempting to turn back the clock to a time before presidential term limits were codified into law.
This is a powerful historical argument designed to resonate beyond partisan politics. It casts the current political struggle as a fight to uphold a key constitutional reform that was enacted with broad, bipartisan consensus more than 70 years ago.
A President’s Precedent: Newsom Claims Trump Wants to Be the Next FDR
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