Trump ‘not joking’ about third term

US President Donald Trump has said he is “not joking” about potentially seeking a third term in office, telling NBC News in an interview on Sunday that there are “methods” to pursue another run, despite the Constitution’s two-term limit on the presidency.

Trump made the remarks during a phone call from Mar-a-Lago, in what are his most direct comments yet on the possibility of extending his presidency beyond 2029. “A lot of people want me to do it,” he said.

The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1951 following President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unprecedented four election victories, states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”

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