Some Trump allies have floated the concept of maintaining Trump within the White Home past 2028, and the president has additionally introduced up the concept on various events in a way that appeared to poke at his political opponents.
Trump, who at 78 was the oldest US president on the time of his inauguration, could be 82 if he took on one other four-year time period following the November 2028 election.
George Washington in 1796 set the precedent for a two-term presidency, a self-imposed restrict that was noticed by most US presidents for greater than 140 years till Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
Roosevelt, a Democrat who was president throughout the Nice Melancholy and World Struggle 2, broke custom and served a 3rd time period, then died months into his fourth time period in 1945. This paved the best way for the modification on time period limits in 1951.
Longtime Trump adviser Steve Bannon stated in a Mar 19 interview with NewsNation that he believes Trump will run once more in 2028. Bannon stated he and others are wanting into methods to make that occur, together with analyzing the definition of a time period restrict.
“We’re engaged on it,” Bannon stated.
