US president says he’d ‘love’ a third term in the White Office. You can even buy a $50 ‘Trump 2028’ baseball cap to show your support.
United States President Donald Trump refused to rule out a bid for a third presidential term on Monday, despite the US Constitution limiting presidents to two terms of four years each. He is currently serving his second term.
“I would love to do it,” Trump, 79, told reporters on board Air Force One en route to Japan during his weeklong tour of Asia. “I have my best numbers ever.”
Monday’s indication from Trump, the oldest US president ever to take office, was perhaps the clearest yet among his repeated claims that he might run again for office in 2028 – when he would be more than 82.
Trump already has a $50 baseball cap on sale, emblazoned with the slogan “Trump 2028”. The president pointed out a hat with the words “four more years” – on display in the White House gift shop, alongside other Trump 2028 hats – to European leaders Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron as they toured the presidential residence in Washington, DC, in August.
So, how serious might Trump actually be about running in 2028?
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