JUST IN: Trump Asked Point Blank If He Was 'Joking' About Possibly Seeking Third Term

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In a press gaggle on Air Force One, President Trump was asked if he is going to seek a third term in office.

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00:00You said you were not joking about a third term, about possibly wanting a third term.

00:05Does that mean you're not planning to leave office on January 20th?

00:08I'm not looking at that, but I'll tell you, I have had more people ask me to have a third

00:13term, which is, in a way, a fourth term because of the other election. The 2020 election was

00:18totally rigged. So it's actually sort of a fourth term in a certain way. I just don't

00:22want the credit for the second because Biden was so bad. He did such a bad job.

00:28And I think that's one of the reasons that I'm popular, if you want another term.

00:32I think I'm popular because we've done a great job. I think we've had the best almost

00:36100 days of any president. And most people are saying that. And it's an honor. We're

00:43bringing back our country. We're respected as a country again. And we're strongly respected.

00:49And people are amazed. I was with some very important people today, and they said that

00:54they've never seen a turnaround of a country as fast as this. Even look at our border.

00:59We have nobody coming in. And you can't come into our country, but you have to come in

01:05legally. But we have nobody coming in to our country. It's almost shut down. They've never

01:11seen anything like it limits a president to two terms. Is it your understanding that they

01:18have to be talking about? I'm just telling you, I've had more people say, please run

01:24again. I said, we have a long way to go before we even think about that. But I've had a lot of

01:29people. Yeah, I just wanted to ask, do you think that's an appropriate precedent to set,

01:35even if it wasn't you in this position to see a president serve a third term?

01:41I don't want to talk about a third term now, because no matter how you look at it,

01:47we got a long time to go. We have a long time. You know, we have almost four years to go.

01:53And that's a long time. But despite that, so many people are saying you've got to run again.

01:58They love the job we do. Most importantly, they love the job.

02:03Would you say your relationship with Vladimir Putin is at its lowest point right now?

02:07No, I don't think so. I don't think I don't think he's going to go back on his word.

02:13You're talking about Putin. I don't think he's going to go back in this world. I've

02:17known him for a long time. We've always gotten along well, despite the Russia, Russia, Russia

02:23hoax. It's a hoax created by Clinton and Schiff and all of these lunatics. And that really was

02:29a dangerous point. That was a very dangerous thing they did to this country. It was a pure,

02:34unadulterated scam hoax. But no, I think I think he'll be OK.

02:41But if he isn't, I was disappointed in a certain way. Some of the things that were said over the

02:46last day or two having to do with Zelensky, because when he considers Zelensky not credible,

02:54he's supposed to be making a deal with him, whether you like him or you don't like him.

02:57So I wasn't happy with that. But I think he's going to be good.

03:02And I certainly wouldn't want to put secondary tariffs on Russia. But

03:07if they were put on, it would not be very good for the nation.

03:11But we put secondary tariffs on, as you know, in Venezuela.

03:16And it's had a very strong impact on Venezuela. You know that every ship just got out and they

03:21left. A lot of them left. They dropped the hoses right into the ocean and they left.

03:26They didn't want to be there for a minute because they didn't want those

03:30tariffs to catch on or they didn't want me to see them there. So

03:34the Venezuelan secondary tariffs, all secondary tariffs are

03:38very strong because essentially it says if you disobey our orders,

03:42you cannot do business in the United States of America. And that's the cash cow.

03:48Will that apply to Chinese companies buying Russian oil as well, if you plan to go ahead?

03:53So if in the case of Venezuela, as you know, China pulled up anchor and left.

03:58They were there. They had two ships there and they left.

04:01They left empty. They didn't want to take a chance. No, we're not playing games.

04:05Okay. Any other questions?

04:08Are you planning to leave office January 20th,

04:112029? Are you saying you might not go ahead? Any other questions?

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