Trump says ‘it’s too bad’ he can’t run for a third presidential term
House Speaker Johnson says there’s ‘no path’ for the US president to stay in the White House beyond a second term
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that “it’s too bad” he was not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to serve.
“If you read it, it’s pretty clear,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Japan to South Korea. “I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.”
The president’s comments, which continue his on-again, off-again musings about a third term, came a day after House Speaker Mike Johnson said it would be impossible for Trump to stay in the White House.
“I don’t see a path for that,” he told reporters at the US Capitol on Tuesday.
Johnson, the Republican leader who has built his career by drawing closer to Trump, said he discussed the issue with the president, and that he thought Trump understood the situation.