First , I know it ' s kind of pedantic , but cease and seize have very different meanings . But seriously , the 22 nd amendment helps prevent a power seat like Putin ' s because the absolute maximum term someone could spend in office is just short of 10 years a person who has served two years can only be elected once , so he could conceivably take over the final 20 months and still be elected twice . Besides that , we have no prime minister so there ' s no similar office . Even if Trump held the position and simply abdicated power to Pence , it ' s exceedingly rare for a party to hold the presidency for 4 terms , in the best of circumstances . <| sep |> If Bruno Mars has any say in the upcoming trends , you may be right .