MARCH 30, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
President Donald Trump on Sunday didn’t rule out running for a third term, even though its prohibited by the United States’ Constitution, adding that he was “not joking.”
“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”
Trump said he’s “focused on the current” term, but asked whether he wants a third term he said: “I like working.”
“I’m not joking,” he said when asked to clarify. “But I’m not − it is far too early to think about it.”
There are only two ways to change the Constitution: An amendment can be proposed by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate, or two-thirds of state legislatures can call a constitutional convention. Then three-fourths of the state legislatures or conventions (38 of 50) must ratify it.
Still, Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of running for a third term.
Asked by NBC whether he has been shown plans that would allow him to seek a third term, Trump said: “There are methods which you could do it,” including Vice President JD Vance running for president and then giving the role to Trump.
“There are others too,” he said, but refused to share them.
Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told News Nation that he thinks Trump will “run and win again in 2028” and that there are “a couple of alternatives” that would allow him to do so, even though there currently aren’t under U.S. law.
Courtesy/Source: This article originally appeared on USA TODAY
