The United States President, Mr. Donald Trump on Monday said that he would “love” to run against Barack Obama in 2028 for a third term, which is not allowed by the Constitution.
Obama was the first black President of the United States of America.
Though, Trump said this in the Oval Office when asked about a hypothetical election matchup by newsmen.
He said, “I’d love that. That would be a good one. I’d like that.
“No people are asking me to run, and there’s a whole story about running for a third term. I don’t know. I never looked into it. They do say there’s a way you can do it, but I don’t know about that, but I have not looked into it. I want to do a fantastic job. We have four years…It’s still close to four years,” he added.
The 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution specifies that a person cannot be elected to the presidency more than twice, whether the terms are consecutive or not.
President Trump is currently serving his second term, leaving some of his allies to suggest that a path to a third stint in office could be secured via succession rather than an election.
Seeking to amend the Constitution to remove the 22nd Amendment’s prohibition would be nearly impossible, given the two-thirds majority required in both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states.
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