The first time I remember hearing about term limits was back in 1994 when the republicans were running to take back congress with the "contract for America".
The same mistrust exists,maybe more so today.
I used to agree that this was not necessary,that we would "throw the bums out" by paying attention. We would get rid of the bad ones and keep the good ones, and it was an insult to our intelligence to think that we could not, thank you very much!
Then came this cycle:
Dems hold up a candidate, as corrupt as any we have ever seen, as a paragon of virtue, and the media colluded with her party to prevent any challengers. The media also gives a ratio of 3-to-1 free coverage to Trump, over his nearest rival, in hopes to get a favorable match up that their chosen candidate can win. Many of us wondered how we could get what we felt as the worse POTUS choices in our lifetimes. We know the media manipulated it.
It didn't work out as they had planned, obviously, but it came too close for comfort.
So the Dems are saying "at least, we only have Trump for 8 years, max", just as all of us would be saying, if reversed,"She can only serve 2 terms".
This is why I am now in favor of term limits. While I have faith in my fellow Americans, I do not in the media and those who run it. The coup almost worked. I'll support term limits just to keep the media out of it, as much as possible, anyway.