President Trump on Sunday said he expects to leave the White House at the end of his second term without trying to run again, which would be prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
The 78-year-old had indicated in late March that he could be open to a third term, saying he was “not joking” about the possibility. “There are methods which you could do it,” he said at the time.
But in an NBC News “Meet the Press” interview that aired on Sunday, the president said he knows it is something “you’re not allowed to do.” A third term for Trump would be barred by the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, which states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
Trump said that many of his supporters are asking him to consider it, which he views as a compliment, but that he isn’t planning on extending his stay.
“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,” he told NBC News.
A third term “is not something I’m looking to do,” he said….