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\nA man wears a “Trump 2028” cap in September, 2025.
\nPhoto: Stephen Maturen \/ Getty Images \/ AFP\n<\/p>\n
United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would not run for vice president in the 2028 American election, a move some supporters suggest would allow him to skirt term limits and stay in the White House.<\/p>\n
The US Constitution limits presidents to two terms, and Trump began his second in January.<\/p>\n
However, some of his advocates have suggested the Republican could skirt the rule by becoming vice president and then stepping back into a vacated top job.<\/p>\n
Asked whether he would run for vice president in November 2028, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he “would be allowed to do that”.<\/p>\n
But he added: “I wouldn’t do it… I think it’s too cute. It wouldn’t be right.”<\/p>\n
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Photo: AFP \/ Getty Images North America \/ Kevin Dietsch\n<\/p>\n
Trump, who served his initial term from 2017 to 2021, often mentions that his supporters have called for him to govern beyond his current tenure, despite the constitutional restriction.<\/p>\n
The 79-year-old tycoon has also recently displayed red hats emblazoned with the slogan “Trump 2028” on a desk in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n
A popular theory among his supporters is that the current vice president, JD Vance, could run for president in 2028 on a ticket with Trump.<\/p>\n
If Vance won, the theory goes, he would quickly resign and put Trump back in office.<\/p>\n
Trump’s comments came after Steve Bannon, his former advisor and one of the key ideologues of the Make America Great Again movement, said “there is a plan” to keep him in the White House.<\/p>\n
“He is going to get a third term… Trump is going to be president in ’28. And people just ought to get accommodated with that,” Bannon told The Economist.<\/p>\n
Asked about the 22nd Amendment — the constitutional article mandating term limits — Bannon said: “There’s many different alternatives. At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is.”<\/p>\n
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