President Trump did not rule out a third term for his post on Sunday, and he told NBC News that he was “not joking” about this possibility, and suggested that there are “methods” to circumvent the period in the constitution.
Mr. Trump told host, host Christine Wilker, that “many people” wanted to spend a third term, according to a copy of the interview presented by the network.
He said: “Many people want me to do that.” “But we have – my thinking is, we have a long way to cut it. I focus on the current.”
Any attempt to search for a third state will contradict Edit 22And that begins, “no one will be elected to the president’s office twice.”
On Sunday, after issuing the interview, the White House repeated Mr. Trump’s point that he was focusing on his current mandate, adding that “it is too early to think about the idea.”
“The Americans agree and support President Trump and his first policies in America,” Stephen Cheung, the White House, said in a statement. He added that Mr. Trump was focusing on “retreating from all harm” conducted by the Biden administration and “making America great again.”
Mr. Trump You often hope for the idea From the third period, especially in the gatherings and speeches that made its supporters, although it is often treated as a sense of humor. The interview was the first time that Mr. Trump indicated that he is seriously considering the idea. Really he has Similar to a kingHe showed a rapprochement of authoritarian leaders and presented experts and historians of the governance tactics They compared to authoritarianism.
Mr. Trump’s allies amplified that he could serve another period. Three days after Mr. Trump’s oath for the second time, actor Andy Oglaz from Tennessee I suggest amending the constitution This would make Mr. Trump qualified for a third term. Such action will be very difficult: constitutional amendments require the approval of two -thirds of the Congress voting and then ratification of three quarters of the states.
Democrats in Congress, are concerned about the possibility of such legislation, I made a decision To prevent gaps to a period of time.
In the interview, Mrs. Wilker noticed that she had heard a joke for him to spend a third term several times. Mr. Trump explained that he considered it a real possibility.
“No, no, I am not joking,” he said. “I am not joking.”
Mrs. Wilker asked Mr. Trump if he had been submitted to plans, and said he did not do that – but he added that there are “ways you can do.”
Mrs. Wilker suggested one of the possibilities: The presence of Vice President JD Vance at the top of the ticket in 2028, only to pass the office to Mr. Trump after the victory. Mr. Trump admitted “This is one way” that can happen.
“But there are others too,” he said. “There are others.” Mr. Trump refused to say what could be.
Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame A researcher in the election law said that there was an opposition point of view on providing the twenty -second amendment – which focuses on being a “elected” president without addressing the idea of ascending to the office. However, he said this road would be complicated due to the twelfth amendment.
Mr. Muller indicated that the twelfth amendment states that “no one unconstitutionally unqualified for the president’s office must be eligible for the Vice President of the United States.”
Mr. Muller said he strongly suspects that he would provide a road to a third state to Mr. Trump.
He said: “You must have a lot of pieces in place in order to be practically viable, in addition to this complex legal theory.”
Speaking with correspondents on Air Force later on Sunday, Mr. Trump tried to look at questions about his previous statements that he was open to search for a third term. He repeatedly said he did not want to talk about it, but he repeated that many people asked him to do so.
When asked if this means that he would not leave his position in January 2029, Mr. Trump said: “I do not look at that.”
