Could Donald Trump seek a third term as president?

Former and incoming President Donald Trump has previously implied that he could run for the White House again in 2028.

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00:00Could Donald Trump seek a third term?

00:07Former and incoming President Donald Trump has previously implied that he could run for

00:12the White House again in 2028. It's a rumour that's also been thrown around by his supporters

00:17and opponents alike, with the former sometimes alluding to false claims that the 2020 election

00:22was stolen from Trump and the latter warning of the damage it would do to US democracy.

00:27Putting it simply, Donald Trump can't run for a third term as President in 2028

00:32because the US Constitution forbids it. The 22nd Amendment specifically and unequivocally states

00:38that no one can be elected President more than twice, in either consecutive or non-consecutive

00:43terms, as is the case with Trump. To run again, the President-elect would have to repeal the 22nd

00:48Amendment, which is nigh impossible as it would require an overwhelming level of support from

00:53the House of Representatives, the Senate and the individual states. It's worth pointing out that

00:58some of Trump's references to serving a third term may not be as malevolent as they first seem.

01:03According to CBS News, during a rally in July, he said that people wouldn't have to vote anymore

01:09if he won in 2024. However, put into context, it was only a hyperbolic claim that he would

01:14improve the US to such a degree that there wouldn't be a need for elections anymore.

01:19In another example, he asked an NRA rally whether he should be considered a three-term

01:23or a two-term President, but this seemed to refer to his false claims that he was cheated out of the

01:282020 election. Franklin Roosevelt is the only person to have served as US President more than

01:34twice. He served four terms between 1933 and 1945, before the 22nd Amendment came into force in 1951.

01:43That naturally leaves him as the longest serving US President ever, at 4,422 days in total.

01:50At the other end of the table is William Henry Harrison, who died just 31 days into his term.