Jon Stewart Says Trump Is ‘Definitely’ Planning to Serve Third Term: You Don’t ‘Build a 90,000 Square Foot Ballroom for the Next Guy’

On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart pointed out all the signs that Donald Trump may be planning for a third term in office.

Late into Monday night’s monologue, Stewart played a clip of a journalist asking Trump on Air Force One if he’d be “willing to challenge the court” to serve a third term as president. Trump’s response: “Well, I haven’t really thought about it.”

Stewart facetiously exclaimed in response, “Yes! He’s doing it! ‘I haven’t thought about it.’ That’s the tell for whenever he’s asked about something that he is definitely going to do that is dubious legally, ethically, or morally. He says he hasn’t thought about it, but of course, we know he’s thought about it, because he already has the merch.” The late-night pundit then cut to a photo of two “Trump 2028” hats sitting on the Oval Office desk.

“Now, of course, the negative nellies are going to have issues. They’ll say presidents cannot serve more than two terms, due to the 22nd Amendment,” Stewart added. “But what’s interesting about Trump is he’s actually worked through the various scenarios of running for a third term he has not thought about.”

Back on Air Force One, a reporter asked Trump if he would run as vice president to get to a third term. Although the president asserted he’d “be allowed to do that,” he repeatedly deemed the tactic “too cute” for him to try.

“Too cute? No, that’s why you don’t go to a Build-A-Bear as an adult,” Stewart joked. “Running as a vice president to skirt the 22nd Amendment isn’t cute. But he’s the kind of guy who’s like, ‘I respect Americans too much to play games. If I’m going to run again, I’m going to rip off the Constitution’s head and shit down its neck.’ And truth is, indications are very clear he’s going to do it. You don’t move into a house, knock down a wing and build a 90,000 square foot ballroom for the next guy.”