US President Donald Trump has said he would consider seeking a third presidential term — something barred by the constitution.
“I’m not joking,” he told US broadcaster NBC in a phone interview on Sunday night. “There are methods which you can do it.”
“I have had more people ask me to have a third term, which in a way is a fourth term because the other election, the 2020 election, was totally rigged,” he said, still maintaining the incorrect belief that Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential race.
NBC suggested Vice President JD Vance could run for office, then “pass the baton” back to Trump.
“Well, that’s one [method],” Trump said, “but there are others too.”
When asked to specify another, he replied: “No.”
He qualified that plans for a third term, which would require a constitutional amendment, are still somewhat distant.
“I don’t want to talk about a third term now because no matter how you look at it, we’ve got a long time to go.”
The 78 years-old president would be 82 at the time of the next elections in 2028.
