President Trump Discusses Feasibility Of Third Term: ‘Everybody Wants Me To Do It’

“I’d love to run, but the law is very strong,” he told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews after disembarking from Air Force One.

The president added that he is asked this question “by everyone,” pointing to the crowd at the Patriot Games event in Ohio he had just returned from.

“Even tonight, they’re screaming at the event, ‘2028!’ No, everybody wants me to do it, but the law is very strong,” he continued.

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He's not running he's trolling. And it worked.

— Golden Cric (@Goldeneracric) August 12, 2026

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No serious journalist is asking this question.

— EricNotErik (@EricNotErik61) August 12, 2026

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The important next step is another Republican in office to mainstay all of the foundation that was laid and that will be made in the coming year and he'll make a great contributor as a consultant and he's able to assist in so many ways if the next person that comes to office is…

— Norababora (@Norabeloved1111) August 12, 2026

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Throughout his second term, Trump has walked a fine line between joking about seeking a third term and signaling that he may be serious about the idea.

At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on July 24, Trump opened his speech with a wisecrack about running again.

“Just like my presidency, the second time is always better. It’s always better. And the third time will be better yet. I’m only kidding,” Trump said.

In an interview on March 30, 2025, with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump struck a different chord, explicitly saying he was not “joking” about seeking a third term.

“There are methods which you could do it,” he also told Welker, acknowledging one possible route in which Vice President JD Vance could run for president with Trump as his running mate, win, and then resign — allowing Trump, as vice president, to succeed him and potentially sidestep the 22nd Amendment’s prohibition on being elected president more than twice.

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