NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has promised not to run for president for a third time. "This is not something I'm looking t...
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has promised not to run for president for a third time.
"This is not something I'm looking to do. I'm looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward," Trump told NBC News in an interview.
"I’ll be an eight-year president, I’ll be a two-term president. I always thought that was very important."
The US constitution’s 22nd Amendment says "no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice." Amending the constitution to abolish that limit would be extremely difficult, requiring the support of either two-thirds of both the House and Senate or two-thirds of state legislatures. Both routes would then require ratification from three-quarters of the states.
The next US presidential election will be held in 2028. Trump previously said he could be nominated for a third term, while media reported that he had instructed the Justice Ministry to study the legality of his potential participation in the 2028 presidential polls.
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