Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

Believe Trump When He Says He Wants a Third Term

The president has repeatedly mulled another stint in the White House. It's a mistake to think the Constitution would stop him.

March 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM UTC

By Nia-Malika Henderson

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

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Finally, all joking and the Constitution aside, President Donald Trump said he hasn’t ruled out running for a third term.

“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call with Meet The Press anchor Kristen Welker. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”