You are absolutely incorrect about me being an "originalist."
I'm honestly not following your argument here. What scenarios are you saying should be in the amendment under my interpretation? My reading does not require any other "scenarios" besides the one in the text of the amendment: that you can't be elected president again (1) if you've already been elected twice, or (2) if you were elected once and also served at least half of another term. I understand your position to be that the 22nd bars Trump from ever serving as President again, no matter how he gets there. Which is fine; I understand that part. The question I'm asking you is when does that kick in? Does it mean Trump can't be elected vice president, period? Or that Trump can be elected VP, but couldn't succeed to the Presidency if he otherwise would (i.e. if the sitting President died, resigned, was impeached, etc)? And whichever the answer is, what is the basis for that answer?
Again, here is what the amendment says:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
If the intent was what you say it is - that someone who has already served two terms can't ever be President again - why doesn't the amendment just say this? I.e.:
No person shall serve in the office as President during more than two separate terms, except that any person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for less than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President may serve in the office of President during two additional terms.
It's just a hard sell that the intent of the amendment was something different when it would have been easy for the amendment to say the different thing. Even the most liberal interpretation of the constitution doesn't allow for us to literally right new text that doesn't appear into the amendment. Even if we all think it would be a good idea for it to have the different text in it!