President Donald Trump said he “would love” to run against former President Barack Obama for a third term.
On Monday, while signing executive orders, Trump was asked by a reporter if “there was a thought” the Democratic Party could run Obama against him if he tried running for a third term. Trump seemed to welcome the challenge.
“I would love that,” he responded.
“Boy, I’d love that. That would be a good one. I’d like that,” Trump added, saying people were asking him to run but that he hadn’t looked into it.
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“They do say there’s a way you can do it, but I don’t know about that,” he continued, boasting of his accomplishments at the beginning of his second administration.
The precedent set by George Washington meant no president served more than two terms until Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served four terms. The states ratified the 22nd Amendment in 1951, banning presidents from running for a third term.
Trump would be unlikely to secure enough votes to pass a constitutional amendment reversing the 22nd Amendment, with some within the Republican Party itself likely to oppose the measure.
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Trump told NBC News on Sunday that he wasn’t joking about the prospect of a third term and that there are “methods” to go about it. However, he remained evasive on the topic, saying he preferred to focus on the present.
As of January, Trump and Obama appeared to be on cordial terms, with the two going viral for talking and laughing at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral.