Musk Seems To Tout 'Trump 2032' Hat Following 2028 Controversy: 'Think Ahead!'

Billionaire Elon Musk seemed to tout a "Trump 2032" hat, a likely reference to the president running for more terms in office than the Constitution currently allows, after a "Trump 2028" hat being sold online caused controversy on Thursday.

"Think ahead!" Musk said in a publication on his social media platform, X, while responding to an account that had posted the "Trump 2032" hat with the caption "The most entertaining outcome..."

The hats began dominating headlines on Thursday after the Trump Store, managed by the Trump organization, began selling the "Trump 2028" hats, seemingly touting a third term in office.

"Make a statement with this Made in America Trump 2028 hat. Fully embroidered with a snap closure in the back, this will become your new go-to hat," reads the caption of the website selling the product. It asks users that "due to high demand, please allow 5-10 business days to process prior to shipping."

Trump has not explicitly discussed plans to attempt to run for a third term in office, but has not ruled it out either, saying some people are encouraging him to do so. "A lot of people want me to do it," Trump told NBC News this month. "But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it's very early in the administration," Trump said.

He also said on March 31: "I have had more people ask me to have a third term, which in a way is a fourth term because the other election, the 2020 election was totally rigged." "I don't want to talk about a third term now because no matter how you look at it, we've got a long time to go," he added.

Some allies are openly discussing the possibility. Former White House strategist Steve Bannon said this month that he is working on "five or six different alternatives" to that end.

"Quite frankly, I think four or five are going to work. I continue to say, as I told Bill Maher, on the afternoon of January 20th, 2029, Donald Trump is going to be president for his third term," Bannon said.

Asked about the two-term limit, Bannon said "we're working on it." "I think we'll have a couple of alternatives," he said. "Let's say that we'll see what the definition of term limit is."

It is highly unlikely that Trump would be allowed to seek a third term. The 22nd Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times in a row, saying "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice." changing that amendment would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.