U.S. President Donald Trump has not ruled out seeking a third presidential term, despite the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting it. He claimed that "there are ways of doing it" and emphasized that he was "not kidding."
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04-01, 2025Trump stated in a phone interview with NBC News reporter Kristen Welker on Sunday: "A lot of people want me to do it. But... my feeling is, we have to go by the Constitution. We have a long way to go. I'm focused on right now." He also pointed out that it is too early to consider a third term.
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1951, clearly stipulates that "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice." When asked if there was a strategy that would allow him to seek another term, President Trump said, "There are ways that could happen."
Welker mentioned a possible plan in which Vice President JD Vance would run in 2028 and then pass the "baton" to Trump. In response, Trump said, "Well, that's one way. But there are others." However, he declined to elaborate further.
Nevertheless, Trump has often hinted that he might seek a third term. At a rally in Nevada, he stated that "to serve the country, not once but twice, three times or four times, would be the greatest honor of my life," seemingly in jest. But he later clarified: "No, it's twice. I'm not going to rest for the next four years." President's ally Steve Bannon believes that because the amendment does not specify "consecutive" terms, Trump is eligible to run.
In the House of Representatives, Tennessee Republican Congressman Andy Ogles has introduced a bill aimed at initiating the lengthy process of amending the text of the 22nd Amendment, allowing presidents who have served non-consecutive terms to serve one more four-year term. The wording of Ogles' proposal would exclude former two-term presidents who have already retired, such as Barack Obama.
Repealing or amending the 22nd Amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate, and ratification by three-quarters of the states. The only president to serve more than two terms was Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951, several years after Roosevelt's death.
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, told CNN last month: "It's illegal. He has no chance. That's it."
At the end of a second term in January 2029, Trump would be 82 years and 7 months old, making him the oldest president ever, surpassing the record of his predecessor, Joe Biden. Biden will be 82 years and 2 months old when he leaves office.
