Republican President Donald Trump said yesterday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the US constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.
Trump, who took office on January 20 for his second, non-consecutive White House term, has made allusions to seeking a third one but addressed it directly in a telephone interview with NBC News.
“No, I’m not joking. I’m not joking,” Trump said, but “it is far too early to think about it.
“There are methods which you could do it, as you know,” he said, declining to elaborate on specific methods.
US presidents are limited to two four-year terms, consecutive or not, according to the 22nd Amendment of the US constitution.
A proposal to overturn a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 50 US states.
Some Trump allies have floated the idea of keeping Trump in the White House beyond 2028, and the president has also brought up the idea on a number of occasions in a manner that seemed to poke at his political opponents.
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