Trump Signals Interest in Unconstitutional Third Term During Pennsylvania Rally

'I'd Like To Do That': Trump Can't Stop With This Unconstitutional Obsession

President Donald Trump once again flirted with the idea of seeking a third term in the White House, garnering cheers and applause from a crowd of supporters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Bragging about his election win in the state, Trump continued to claim that Democrats “cheat like hell” before delivering a line that has seemingly become a staple of his rally speeches. “Maybe we should run again. Should we run one more time?” Trump said. “I’d like to do that. I’d like to, but I got more votes than any candidate in the history of Pennsylvania. Can you believe that vote?” Trump in Pennsylvania: "Maybe we should run again. Should we run one more time? I'd like to do that" pic.twitter.com/wPewSq7oEX— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 23, 2026Throughout his second term, Trump has teased the idea of seeking a third term despite the US Constitution prohibiting it. Just last month, Trump suggested he would be in office well past 2028. In addition to the rhetoric, the president proudly sells “Trump 2028” merchandise in his official Trump store.Noted Trump ally and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has also pushed for a third term. “He’s gonna get a third term,” Bannon told The Economist last year. “Trump is gonna be president in ’28, and people just ought to get accommodated with that.” Bannon has never offered specifics on how Trump would overcome the specific language of the 22nd Amendment.At the end of this hypothetical illegal third term, Trump would be 86 years old.When asked by reporters about the prospect of a third term, Trump has brushed off the idea without completely ruling it out. Last year, he told NBC News that he was not joking, saying, “A lot of people want me to do it.”“I’m not looking at that,” he told reporters on Air Force One in March 2025. “But I’ll tell you, I have had more people ask me to have a third term, which in a way is a fourth term because the other election, the 2020 election, was totally rigged, so it’s actually sort of a fourth term.”

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Trump, 80, Wants to Run for President Again

President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of running for an unconstitutional third term.At a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Trump fell back on one of his favorite talking points: winning elections.“We won it by a lot,” he said, referring (hopefully) to the 2024 election. “Maybe we should run again. Should we run again?”The crowd at the Mack Trucks facility responded with cheers. Chuckling, Trump continued, “I’d like to do it. I’d like to do it.”Trump in Pennsylvania: "Maybe we should run again. Should we run one more time? I'd like to do that" pic.twitter.com/wPewSq7oEX— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 23, 2026As the president knows, running for a third term would violate the Constitution. Even if it was allowed, it seems unlikely that the 80-year-old could physically manage it: Trump regularly dozes off during Cabinet meetings, and his health status is murky at best.Trump has repeatedly referenced running for a third term, and has said in the past that he is “not joking” when he brings it up. The president has also reportedly discussed running again with his lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, who’s writing a book about that very scenario.The Trump Organization even sells “Trump 2028” hats for $55. Last year, the price was $50, but the Trump family is clearly in a hard spot financially: They’ve only made $4 billion since Trump’s second term.

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