The Daily Populous Monday March 31st, 2025 night edition
Authored by usatoday.com and submitted by plz-let-me-in

President Donald Trump on Sunday didn't rule out running for a third term, even though its prohibited by the United States' Constitution, adding that he was "not joking."

"A lot of people want me to do it," Trump said in an interview with NBC News. "But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration."

Trump said he's "focused on the current" term, but asked whether he wants a third term he said: "I like working."

"I’m not joking," he said when asked to clarify. "But I’m not − it is far too early to think about it."

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution bars people from being elected to the presidency more than twice.

There are only two ways to change the Constitution: An amendment can be proposed by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate, or two-thirds of state legislatures can call a constitutional convention. Then three-fourths of the state legislatures or conventions (38 of 50) must ratify it.

Still, Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of running for a third term.

Asked by NBC whether he has been shown plans that would allow him to seek a third term, Trump said: "There are methods which you could do it," including Vice President JD Vance running for president and then giving the role to Trump.

"There are others too," he said, but refused to share them.

Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told News Nation that he thinks Trump will "run and win again in 2028" and that there are "a couple of alternatives" that would allow him to do so, even though there currently aren't under U.S. law.

LuinAelin on March 30th, 2025 at 18:01 UTC »

Yeah.

Time to stop acting like he doesn't mean it. He does

RadioGagaLabHead on March 30th, 2025 at 17:58 UTC »

After 10 years the media still approaches Trump like he's a joke.

We're so fucking doomed.

LaMarr-Bruister on March 30th, 2025 at 17:57 UTC »

He will try some fuckery about consecutive terms, etc…. This is all about a small man with a big ego.