PoliticoDonald Trump again jokes about extending his term past 2024
- The prospect of Trump extending his presidency beyond two terms is a frequent refrain among the president and his boosters
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Arren Kimbel-Sannit on politico.com on September 9, 2019.
US President Donald Trump on Monday once again joked about extending his presidency beyond the constitutional confines of eight years, trying out a favourite bit on a new audience: Fifa President Gianni Infantino.
The two were fielding questions from reporters outside the White House after meeting in part about gender equity in soccer – or how to make women's soccer “even better and more equitable, etcetera, etcetera,” as Trump put it – when the president jested about extending his term to 2026, the year the Fifa World Cup will take place in North America.
“Gianni, we're going to have to extend my second term because 2026 – I'm going to have to extend it for a couple of years,” he said.
“I don't think any of you would have a problem with that,” he continued, apparently addressing the press corps assembled outside the White House.