Former State Department advisor: Trump teasing critics

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00:00And on the topic of elections, can Trump serve a third time as U.S. president?

00:06We have heard him speaking about this.

00:08So the United States 22nd Amendment does have a prohibition on any president serving three

00:15terms.

00:16This would be very difficult for Trump to enact in the courts because ultimately each

00:20state is the judge of its own elections and who is allowed to appear on the ballot.

00:25So the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the Wisconsin Supreme Court might each give different

00:31verdicts, but it will be very difficult for Trump to appear on any ballot.

00:35I think this is mostly in jest at the moment.

00:38He likes to propose ideas like this to sort of annoy some of his domestic critics, partly

00:44because again, elections are not determined by the president, they're determined by the

00:48states and he does not control the state governments.