Trump won't rule out a third term

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Any push by Trump or his allies to get the president into the Oval for a third time would run directly counter to the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/30/trump-wont-rule-out-running-again-in-2028-00259952


"You have to start by saying, I have the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years," President Donald Trump said. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Sunday morning refused to rule out the idea of seeking a constitutionally prohibited third term in office, telling NBC News’ Kristen Welker in a phone call that “there are methods” for doing so.

“You have to start by saying, I have the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years,” Trump said. “We’re in the high 70s in many polls, in the real polls, and you see that. And, and you know, we’re very popular. And you know, a lot of people would like me to do that. But, I mean, I basically tell them, we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”

Any push by Trump or his allies to get the President into the Oval for a third time would run directly counter to the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment, which decrees that “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice” and makes no exception for presidents like Trump elected to non-consecutive terms. The amendment was enacted in 1951, largely at the behest of Republicans who had been displeased that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times.

“Americans overwhelmingly approve and support President Trump and his America First policies. As the President said, it’s far too early to think about it and he is focused on undoing all the hurt Biden has caused and Making America Great Again,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement.

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