Talking with reporters on board Air Power One en path to Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump once more refused to rule out a bid for a 3rd presidential time period, regardless of the twenty second Modification limiting presidents to being elected twice.
“I’d like to do it,” Trump stated when requested concerning the prospect of a 2028 presidential bid. “I’ve my finest numbers ever. It’s extremely horrible. I’ve my finest numbers,” he continued.
“Am I not ruling it out? You will have to inform me,” Trump stated when pressed on the matter. “All I can inform you is that we have now an ideal, an ideal group of individuals, which they do not,” he added, referring to the Democratic Get together.
President Donald Trump alights from Air Power One upon arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 27, 2025.
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The twenty second Modification of the Structure expressly forbids a president from being elected to workplace “greater than twice.”
Requested about whether or not he could be keen to combat in courtroom over the legality of one other presidential bid, Trump responded, “I have not actually thought of it.”
“We now have some superb folks, as you recognize, however I’ve had, I’ve one of the best ballot numbers I’ve ever had,” Trump stated earlier than turning to speak concerning the successes of his present time period in workplace.
When pressed about these “superb” potential Republican candidates for the 2028 presidential contest, Trump talked about members of his personal administration.
“We now have nice folks. I haven’t got to get into that, however we have now one in every of them standing proper right here. We now have, JD, clearly the vp is nice. Marco’s nice,” Trump stated, referring to Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Trump dismissed the prospect of working on the 2028 Republican ticket as vp. “Yeah, I would be allowed to try this,” Trump stated. “I assume I feel it is too cute. Yeah, I’d rule that out as a result of it is too cute. I feel the folks would not like that. It is too cute. It isn’t — it would not be proper.”
Trump was later requested concerning the well being checks he acquired at Walter Reed hospital earlier this month, with the president mentioning that if his well being screenings come again to disclose one thing dangerous he “would not run.”
“And if I did not suppose it was going to be good, both, I’d let you recognize negatively. I would not run. I would do one thing. However the physician stated a few of the finest reviews for the age, a few of the finest reviews they’ve ever seen,” Trump stated.
Trump advised reporters that he acquired an MRI scan as a part of the “superior imaging” checks.
“It was excellent,” the president stated.
When requested what that MRI was for, Trump referred the query to his physician. “I feel they gave you a really conclusive — no person has ever given you reviews like I gave you,” Trump stated.
