Speaker Johnson: No Path for 3rd Trump Term
Speaker Johnson: No Path for 3rd Trump Term
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Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that he’s spoken with President Donald Trump about the possibility he might seek a third term but said he doesn’t “see the path” for such a move.
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Asked about Trump floating a third term, which is barred under the Constitution, Johnson replied, “Well, there’s the 22nd Amendment.”
“It’s been a great run, but I think the president knows, and he and I’ve talked about, the constrictions of the Constitution,” Johnson told reporters at a Tuesday news conference.
“At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is,” he said.
“It’s too cute. It wouldn’t be right,” he said, while refusing to completely rule out the notion he might serve a third term: “I haven’t really thought about it.”
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Talk of a third Trump term was rekindled after former Trump strategist Steve Bannon told The Economist that there was a plan in place to keep Trump in office past 2029.
Speculation erupted that Trump could somehow run for vice president and claim the presidency after the election — something the president addressed and rejected Monday.
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