There are shirts that say "Rewrite the rules," so it's pretty clear that they know this isn't allowed and are trying to start early and normalize tearing up the Constitution.
Also:
Republican senators on Capitol Hill later downplayed Trump's comments, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, of South Dakota, telling reporters that Trump couldn't seek a third term "without a change in the Constitution."
Thune also said Trump is "probably messing" with reporters who ask about the possibility of a Trump 2028 campaign.
So they're going with the tried-and-true "it's just a joke, bro" defense, until of course it isn't.
Asked to comment, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt referred NBC News to the Trump Organization “since it’s their website,” adding, “but it’s a cool hat and I suspect it will be highly popular!”
New tagline just dropped! "Dictatorship: It's A Cool Hat and I Suspect It Will Be Highly Popular"
Remember the progression with his election denial as well.
Jan. 6, 2021 and there were just a handful of plants who would try to object to the counting, before all hell broke loose, while the rest think they're being savvy and staying in their base's good graces while not taking flak by not denouncing it. Four years later, and they don't bat an eye when the literal insurrectionists that nearly killed them are all pardoned, and nobody will even go on record calling it anything but Trump's version.
By 2028, expect to see lockstep party agreement on this, as well as plans to actually do it - whether allowed or not - already well underway.