By Molly Goddard
1:48am PDT, Apr 3, 2025
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House Speaker
Mike Johnson is making it clear
Donald Trump's hopes of a third term are a long shot.
During a press conference on Tuesday, April 1, the representative from Louisiana addressed the current commander-in-chief's hinting that he wants to try to amend the Constitution to run for office for a third time.
Join us to read about what Johnson said about the possibility of it happening…
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"There's a
constitutional path. You have to amend the Constitution to do it and that's a high bar," Mike Johnson explained of Donald Trump possibly changing the rules to stay in the White House.
"The president and I have talked about this, joked about it. He's joked about it with me on stage before," member of Congress added. "You know, we take him at his word."
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After speculation ran rampant about Donald Trump changing precedent, he
addressed the speculation during a Sunday, March 30, interview with NBC's
Kristen Welker.
"You know, a lot of people would like me to do that," the businessman said about running another campaign. "But, I mean, I basically tell them, we have a long way to go, you know, it's very early in the administration."
"Have you been presented with any potential plans that would allow you to serve a third term?" the journalist asked.
"There are plans. There are – not plans," Trump replied. "There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know."
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While some may not be taking Donald Trump's alleged ambition
seriously, when Kristen Welker directly asked him if plans were in motion, he made clear there are ways to work the system.
"Well, that's one [scenario],"the Republican said about his Vice President
J.D. Vance possibly running, winning and allowing his boss to take over. "But there are others too. There are others."
"Sir, I'm hearing – you don't sound like you're joking," Wekler pointed out. "I've heard you joke about this a number of times."
"No, no I'm not joking," Trump stated. "I'm not joking … But, I'm not – it is far too early to think about it."
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Former White House strategist
Steve Bannon recently claimed he is confident Donald Trump will be sitting in the Oval Office again after the next election.
"I'm a firm believer that President Trump will run and win again in
2028, so I've already endorsed President Trump," the former investment banker told
Chris Cuomo during a recent interview. "A man like this comes along once every century if we're lucky. We've got him now. He's on fire and I'm a huge supporter. I want to see him again in 2028."
