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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” astir trying to service a 3rd term, the clearest denotation helium is considering ways to breach a law obstruction against continuing to pb the state aft his 2nd word ends successful aboriginal 2029.
“There are methods which you could bash it,” Trump said successful a telephone interrogation with NBC News.
He besides said “it is acold excessively aboriginal to deliberation astir it.”
The 22nd Amendment, which was added to the Constitution successful 1951 aft President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected 4 times successful a row, says “no idiosyncratic shall beryllium elected to the bureau of the President much than twice.”
NBC's Kristen Welker asked Trump if 1 imaginable avenue to a 3rd word was having Vice President JD Vance tally for the apical occupation and “then walk the baton to you.”
“Well, that’s one,” Trump responded. “But determination are others too. There are others.”
“Can you archer maine another?” Welker asked.
“No,” Trump replied.
Vance’s bureau did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from The Associated Press.
Trump, who would beryllium 82 astatine the extremity of his 2nd term, was asked whether helium would privation to support serving successful “the toughest occupation successful the country” astatine that point.
“Well, I similar working,” the president said.
He suggested that Americans would spell on with a 3rd word due to the fact that of his popularity. He falsely claimed to person “the highest canvass numbers of immoderate Republican for the past 100 years.”
Gallup information shows President George W. Bush reaching a 90% support standing aft the attacks connected Sept. 11, 2001. His father, President George H.W. Bush, deed 89% pursuing the Gulf War successful 1991.
Trump has maxed retired astatine 47% successful Gallup information during his 2nd term, contempt claiming to beryllium "in the precocious 70s successful galore polls, successful the existent polls.”
Trump has mused earlier astir serving longer than 2 presumption before, mostly with jokes to affable audiences.
“Am I allowed to tally again?” helium said during a House Republican retreat successful January.
