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Donald Trump said he “is not joking” about spending a third term, adding that there are “methods” through which he can overcome the constitutional ban on American presidents who have been elected three times.

In an interview with a phone with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said, “It is too early to think about it,” but he confirmed that he was entertaining this possibility.

“Many people want me to do it,” Trump, 78, said.

“Essentially, I told them that we have a long way, as you know, it is very early in the administration.”

the Edit 22 To the American constitution, “no one may be elected to the president’s office twice.”

But Trump replied, “There are ways you can do.”

It will take two thirds of the vote in Congress or a constitutional conference invited by two -thirds of the states to allow Trump to run for a third term.

Andy OujlisHe presented a Republican member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee, proposing the twenty -second amendment, but there is not enough political support between Congress or states for such a step.

Trump has repeatedly said in public places about the possibility of running for a third term. In entertainment of the far -fetch idea, Trump, who has falsely denied that he lost the 2020 elections, is not only the democratic leaders but tries to protect himself from getting a lame duck in his second term.

In response to a question about whether the Vice Vice President JD Vance could win the White House in 2028 and then hand over the role to Trump, the president said, “This one” is a possibility but added that there are “others too.”

Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategy in Trump in part of his first term He said The US President “will run and win again in 2028”.