Washington – President Trump has suggested in a handful of appearance in recent months and years. Looking at ways For the President to run again, although the constitution limits any person to be selected in the office twice. But in his latest comments on this issue, the President spoke of the third term.
chairman told NBC News in an interview that broadcast on 4 May that “I will become a two-term president.” And when asked on August 5, if he would run again, he said “No, maybe not,” he said, “I would like.”
After telling NBC in March, comments came that he was not “joking” about another tenure in the office after repeatedly publicly presenting about the possibility. He also said at that time that despite constitutional boundaries, “There are ways you can.”
Trump supporters like former strategist Steve Bannon have called the President to run again, and Rape Andy Ogal, a Tennessi Republican, gave an introduction Resolution The constitution was amended earlier this year to allow Shri Trump to be selected for another term. “Not without changes in the Constitution,” the Senate leader’s leader John Thyun also said about the possibility of Sri Trump’s third term serving. He told reporters, “I think you guys keep asking questions and … I think he is having some fun with it, maybe playing with you.”
Experts say that changing the constitution is not very likely. Election law scholar Increased possibility The matter of the third term, whatever is likely, he can serve as a performance of strength to try to overcome the perception that Mr. Trump is a lame-lame president.
Here is a time -line of Mr. Trump’s comments on the third term:
“We are probably entitled to one and four after that”
Mr. Trump flirted with an additional time in the office beyond two conditions when he demanded a reunion in 2020. During A Rally In Minden, Nevada, the President predicted that he would win four more years in the White House, and even suggested that he could go to another tenure after his second work.
“We are going to win four more years in the White House. And then after that, we will talk, right?” Mr. Trump said. “Because we are probably, depending on the way we were treated, we are probably entitled to one and four after that.”
“Are I allowed to run again?”
Short after returning to office, Mr. Trump again referred to another term on one. Rally in Las Vegas On 25 January.
“This would be the greatest honor of my life, not once but twice or three times or four times,” Mr. Trump took a pinch from the crowd for applause, before “no, it would be to serve twice.”
Then on 27 January, Mr. Trump Jokingly said Republican MPs about the third term. Speaking before the House GOP conference in Florida, Mr. Trump postponed the money raised for another race that he said “I think I can’t use myself.”
“But I am not 100% sure, because I don’t know,” the President continued, laughed at the House Republican. “I think I am not allowed to run again. I am not sure. Are I allowed to run again?”
“Should I run again? You tell me.”
National prayer on 6 February in breakfast, Mr. Trump Said“They say that I can’t walk again – this is the expression.”
“So someone said,” I don’t think you can. ” Oh, “the President said.
On 20 February, the President again joked about an additional tenure at a White House event to mark the Black History Month, as he celebrated the support seen from black Americans in the 2024 election.
“Should I run again? You tell me,” Mr. Trump SaidAs supporters chanting, “Four more years!”
“There are ways”
In an interview with NBC’s Christon Velkar on March 30, Mr. Trump said, “I am not joking about the service of the third term”, and first mentioned awareness about the possible routes.
“There are ways you can do it,” Mr. Trump said in a phone interview, “It’s very early to think about it.”
The President pointed to his compatibility rating and suggested that Americans would like to serve him a third term. Mr. Trump told Velkar, “I have more people say,” Please run again, pay attention to “We have a long way before we think about it.” “One Sunday night in the Air Force, he spoke Complain the questions briefly with reporters and a third term and reiterated that it is still a distant idea.
“No matter how you see it, we have got a long time to go. We have a long time. You know, we have about four years to go,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “But despite this, so many people are saying,” You have got to run again. ” They love jobs. ,
Speaking to reporters on Monday at the Oval Office, Mr. Trump denied that he had focused on running for another term.
“People are asking me to run,” he said. “There is a complete story about running for the third term. I don’t know. I never paid attention to it. They say that there is a way you can do it. But I don’t know about it. But I haven’t noticed it.”
Mr. Trump was also asked if it would open the door of the Democrats who had run former President Barack Obama, who had given two consecutive terms against him.
“I would love,” said Mr. Trump. “It will be a good. I will like it.”
“I will become a two-task president”
In another interview with Velkar held on 2 May, Mr. Trump talked about asking for another tenure. The President said, “So many people want me to do this,” he said that “he never had such a strong request.” But he said that “this is something that is the best of my knowledge, you are not allowed to do.”
“This is not something I want to do,” said Mr. Trump. “I’m looking for four great years, and turning it on someone – ideally a great Republican, a great Republican – to take it forward. But I think we are going to be four years and I think four years are very luxurious that is really fantastic.”
Asked about being asked about another term by his colleagues, such as demanding a constitutional amendment, the President said, “This is because the work they are doing is liked, and this is a praise. It is really a great praise.”
The President said, “There are ways to do it,” the President said, proceeding for a possible right-in vote or to choose Vice President JD Vance and changed power for Mr. Trump. But the President said that he “not looking at him” and there have not been official meetings about the possible path.
“I will become an eight -year -old President,” said Mr. Trump. “I will become a two-task president.”
“I would like to run”
In an interview on CNBC’s “Squalk Box” on August 5, Mr. Trump postponed the support seen in the 2024 election among Texas voters, saying “a record is called a record that he says that he says until I run again.” Asked if he is planning to run again, the President replied, “No, not.” He said, “I would like to run,” citing their pole numbers.
“People love tariffs, and they love business deals,” said Mr. Trump. “And they love that foreign countries are no longer stopping us.”
Ketleen Yilek contributed to this report.
