Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) on Monday argued President Trump “wasn’t advocating” for a 3rd time period when he floated a doable 2028 run over the weekend, including that such a transfer would require a “highly unlikely” change to the Structure.
“The president was responding to a query. He wasn’t advocating for that,” Husted advised CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“We all know that you would have to change the Constitution,” he continued. “And that would be highly unlikely.”
Trump, throughout a telephone interview with NBC Information on Sunday, mentioned there are potential workarounds to permit him to serve a 3rd time period.
“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump mentioned. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration. … I’m focused on the current.”
When requested to make clear, Trump maintained that he was “not joking” and advised the community that there are “methods which you could do it.”
Trump pointed to at least one the place Vice President Vance runs for the White Home and passes off the job to him.
“But there are others, too,” Trump added, declining to go any additional or record another avenues.
Any change to the Structure would want both a two-thirds vote of Congress or two-thirds of the states calling a constitutional conference to put out doable alterations. The change would then must be ratified by three-quarters of the states.
