‘I am not joking, there are methods’: Trump says he’s considering ways to serve 3rd term as US president | World News
US President Donald Trump has opened the Pandora’s box not ruling out the possibility of serving a third term as the US president, which is prohibited the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment and claimed that “there are methods” to implement it and emphasized that he “wasn’t joking”.
“A lot of people want me to do it. But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the adminration,” Trump told NBC News in a telephonic interview on Sunday.
When asked if there were strategies in the adminration to allow him to seek a third term, Trump responded saying “There are methods which you could do.”
President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an interview with NBC News that he was “not joking.” https://t.co/r4qXWPcnVu
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 30, 2025
The president was asked if he would want to continue for a third term, he said “I like working, I’m not joking,” Trump said, when asked to clarify. “But I’m not, it is far too early to think about it.”
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The 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution, ratified in 1952, states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
In order for the Trump adminration to amend the US Constitution and abolish the two-term limit for the presidential role, a two-thirds vote of the Congress would be required or two thirds of the states would be required to demand a constitutional convention to propose changes.
President Trump highlighted the election results of November and said that it seems “a lot of people would like me to” hold office for a third term.
A CNN report quoted an outside Trump ally Steve Bannon who claimed that the Republican president was eligible for the third term since the amendment doesn’t specify “consecutive” terms.
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