Chicago – March 31, 2025
President Trump declined to explicitly say he won’t stay in office past Jan. 20, 2029, telling reporters: “We have a long way to go before we can even think about that.”
Trump’s remarks to reporters came on Air Force One, as he returned to Washington from Florida, where he spent the weekend.
Trump was repeatedly asked about his remarks earlier in the day to NBC News in which he was quoted as saying he “was not joking” about a third term in office. He told reporters Sunday night: “I’m not looking at that, but I’ll tell you I’ve had more people ask me to have a third term.”
The Constitution mandates a two-term limit for president.
When pressed on it later, Trump said: “I don’t want to talk about a third term now because no matter how you look at it, we have a long time to go. We have almost four years to go. And that’s a long time.”
Trump told NBC News that “there are methods” that would allow him to serve a third term in office.
