{"id":21187,"date":"2025-10-29T12:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21187\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:42:14","slug":"trump-suggests-he-knows-he-cant-run-again-its-too-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21187\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Suggests He Knows He Can\u2019t Run Again: \u2018It\u2019s Too Bad\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump seemed to concede on Wednesday that he was not eligible to serve a third term, lamenting that it was an unfortunate result of the constitutional prohibition that he has mused about<\/a> violating for months.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea, the last leg of his three-country diplomatic tour across Asia<\/a>, Mr. Trump said it was \u201ctoo bad\u201d that he couldn\u2019t run in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the greatest economy we\u2019ve ever had, I have my highest poll numbers that I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d he boasted (his approval rating remains low, at 43 percent, according to a New York Times average<\/a>). \u201cAnd, you know, based on what I read, I guess I\u2019m not allowed to run. So we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remarks came after House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> said on Tuesday there was no path around the Constitution\u2019s two-term limit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see a way to amend the Constitution \u2014 I don\u2019t see the path for that,\u201d Mr. Johnson said \u2014 but not before complimenting the \u201cTrump 2028\u201d cap that the president likes to wear and display in the Oval Office, and noting that it was still fun to entertain the idea.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump, asked about Mr. Johnson\u2019s conclusion, which the speaker said he had discussed with the president, said he didn\u2019t \u201cwant to talk about it\u201d before listing accomplishments, such as resolving several conflicts and rising stock prices, that he said made him the ideal candidate.<\/p>\n

Since retaking the White House, Mr. Trump has repeatedly teased that he may never leave. For several months, Mr. Trump has discussed serving a third term<\/a>, vacillating between joking to goad his critics and signaling that it would be one of many ways he would seek to test the bounds of his constitutional authority.<\/p>\n

Just this week, Mr. Trump said, \u201cI would love to do it,\u201d when asked about serving another four years.<\/p>\n

Asked on Wednesday whether he had been \u201ctrolling\u201d or serious about serving, Mr. Trump indicated that he had come to terms with the 22nd Amendment<\/a>, which states that \u201cno person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice,\u201d regardless of whether the terms are consecutive. .<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you read it, it\u2019s pretty clear \u2014 I\u2019m not allowed to run,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s too bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump\u2019s former strategist, said vaguely that there was \u201ca plan\u201d<\/a> to help the president get elected to a third term.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is going to be president in \u201928, and people ought to just get accommodated with that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump\u2019s allies have floated the possibility of finding a legal loophole, such as a scenario in which Mr. Trump runs on a ticket as vice president and ascends to the presidency once elected.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Mr. Trump said that although it would be legal for him to do that, he wouldn\u2019t want to. \u201cI would rule that out, because it\u2019s too cute,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the people wouldn\u2019t like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has said that the Republican Party has other great candidates, and has floated the notion of his vice president, JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio running together on a ticket.<\/p>\n

Annie Karni contributed reporting from Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump seemed to concede on Wednesday that he was not eligible to serve a third term, lamenting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[14134,1452,416,75,84,83,9,24,63,14133,1069],"class_list":["post-21187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-constitution-us","tag-donald-j","tag-elections","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-term-limits-political-office","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}