Seeking a third term in presidency? Trump: Not joking

On Sunday, President Trump stated that he enjoys working and seeking a third term as president is not a joke, but it is too early to consider such a move at this time. During a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said, “Many people want me to do so.” However, he emphasized that there is still a long way to go, as the current administration has just begun.

“I’m focused on the present term at the moment, but considering a third term is not a joke,” Trump told the media. He added, “It is too early to contemplate this now.”

When asked about how he would campaign for a third term, Trump said, “You know, there are ways to make it happen,” but he refused to provide further details on the specific methods.

According to the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution passed in 1951, a president can only serve two terms, each term lasting four years, regardless of re-election. This amendment came after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for four terms. Roosevelt passed away during his fourth term, and Vice President Harry Truman took over as president. Roosevelt remains the only president in U.S. history to serve more than two terms, with his presidency overlapping the Great Depression and the start of World War II.

To overturn the constitutional amendment would require a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as approval by three-quarters of the legislatures of the 50 states in the U.S.

One of Trump’s allies, Republican federal congressman Andy Ogles from Tennessee, proposed a resolution just days after Trump’s inauguration in January to allow a president to be elected for a third term but serving for no more than two consecutive terms over four years.

The content of this proposed amendment states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”