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President Donald Trump refuses to run for a third term – Despite the Constitution prohibiting it By serving more than two presidential terms.
Speaking on Air Force One on Monday on the way to tokyoA reporter cited recent comments Trump ally Steve BannonWho last week claimed Trump would become president in 2028: “Is that something you would be willing to challenge in court to be able to do that?”
Trump responded, “I haven’t really thought about it. As you know, we have some very good people, but I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had.”
Pressed on who he was referring to by “good people”. Trump pointed out To Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The President then said: “I’m not sure whether anyone will run again. I think if they ever formed a group, it would be unbeatable, I do. I really believe that. I would love to do that. I have the best numbers ever.”
22nd amendment prohibits anyone serve more than two terms As to the President: “No person shall be elected more than twice to the office of President.”
After this a reporter asked whether Trump could avoid the 22nd Amendment by contesting the election as Vice President. The President said that he would be “allowed” to do so, but that he would not want to do it: “I would reject it because it’s too cheesy. I think people wouldn’t like it. It’s too cheesy. It wouldn’t be right.”
Under this plan, Trump could simply return to the White House as vice president — or he could ask the president to resign and then assume the presidency. However, he would then face problems with the 12th Amendment, which states: “No person constitutionally ineligible for the office of President, shall be eligible for the office of Vice-President of the United States.”
Still, Trump bolstered the idea of running for a third term by claiming he has “resolved” eight wars, more than he had when he took office last month. credit for solving seven After that observed a peace treaty between Cambodia and Thailand Over the weekend.
“I mean, I’ve dealt with eight wars now and the ninth war is coming. I believe it will be Russia-Ukraine,” the president said Monday. “I mean, we saved millions of people. I saved millions of lives. That’s what’s important.”
Asked directly if he was not ruling out a third term, Trump responded: “Am I not ruling it out? I mean, you’d have to tell me.”
“All I can tell you is that we have a huge group of people who don’t have it,” the president said, referring to Democrats.
Last week, Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist during his first term, told told economist In a video interview: “He’s going to get a third term. Trump is going to be president in ’28 and people should just adjust to it.” Asked whether the 22nd Amendment stands as a barrier to Trump’s third bid, Bannon responded: “There are a number of different options. At the appropriate time, we will explain what the plan is, but there is a plan, and Trump will be president in ’28.”
This is not the only time Trump has floated the idea of contesting elections for the third time.
Just days after winning the 2024 presidential election, Trump told House Republicans: “I suspect I will not run again unless you say ‘He’s so good, we’ve got to figure something else out.'”
A few days into his second term, he declared at a Las Vegas rally that he was “the most dynamic politician in history,” adding that “to serve not once but two or three times or four times would be the greatest honor of my life.”
The President told in March meet the Press it was “Not kidding” About contesting elections again.
“A lot of people want me to do it,” the president said at the time. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we still have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”
Even before he recaptured the White House last year, Trump seemed to be eyeing a third term.
“We’re going to win four more years in the White House,” he said in 2022. “And then after that, we’ll negotiate, right? Because we probably – based on the way we were treated – we probably deserve another four years after that.”
Despite his flirtation with a third run, Trump told Time He did not plan to seek a third term in April 2024. “I wouldn’t be in favor of it. I wouldn’t be in favor of any challenge.” [to the 22nd Amendment]Not for me,” Trump told magazine“I wouldn’t be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve for four years and do a great job.”