President Donald Trump said Sunday that 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m not joking맥스카지노� about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029.맥스카지노�There are methods which you could do it,맥스카지노� Trump said in a telephone interview with NBC News from Mar-a-Lago, his private club.He elaborated later to reporters on Air Force One from Florida to Washington that "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.맥스카지노� Trump lost that election to Joe Biden.Still, Trump added: 맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t want to talk about a third term now because no matter how you look at it, we맥스카지노�ve got a long time to go.맥스카지노�The 22nd Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times in a row, says 맥스카지노�no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.맥스카지노�Any attempt to remain in office would be legally suspect and it is unclear how seriously Trump might pursue the idea. 맥스카지노�This is yet another escalation in his clear effort to take over the government and dismantle our democracy," said a statement from Rep. Daniel Goldman, a New York Democrat who served as lead counsel for Trump's first impeachment. "If Congressional Republicans believe in the Constitution, they will go on the record opposing Trump맥스카지노�s ambitions for a third term.맥스카지노�Steve Bannon, a former Trump strategist who runs the right-wing 맥스카지노�War Room맥스카지노� podcast, called for the president to run again during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month."We want Trump in 맥스카지노�28," he said.Kayla Thompson, a 30-year-old former paralegal in Wisconsin, said she would 맥스카지노�absolutely맥스카지노� like Trump to serve another term.맥스카지노�America needs him. America is headed in the right direction and, if he doesn맥스카지노�t do it, we맥스카지노�re probably headed backwards," said Thompson, who was attending a campaign event Sunday with Elon Musk in Green Bay for a state Supreme Court race.Jeremy Paul, a constitutional law professor at Boston맥스카지노�s Northeastern University, said "there are no credible legal arguments for him to run for a third term.맥스카지노�NBC's Kristen Welker asked Trump if one potential avenue to a third term was having Vice President JD Vance run for the top job and 맥스카지노�then pass the baton to you.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Well, that맥스카지노�s one,맥스카지노� Trump responded. 맥스카지노�But there are others too. There are others.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Can you tell me another?맥스카지노� Welker asked.맥스카지노�No,맥스카지노� Trump replied.Vance맥스카지노�s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, noted that the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, says 맥스카지노�no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.맥스카지노�Muller said that indicates that if Trump is not eligible to run for president again because of the 22nd Amendment, he is not eligible to run for vice president, either.맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t think there맥스카지노�s any 맥스카지노�one weird trick맥스카지노� to getting around presidential term limits,맥스카지노� Muller said.In addition, pursuing a third term would require extraordinary acquiescence by federal and state officials, not to mention the courts and voters themselves.He suggested that Trump is talking about a third term for political reasons to 맥스카지노�show as much strength as possible.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�A lame-duck president like Donald Trump has every incentive in the world to make it seem like he맥스카지노�s not a lame duck,맥스카지노� he said.Trump, who would be 82 at the end of his second term, was asked whether he would want to keep serving in 맥스카지노�the toughest job in the country맥스카지노� at that point.맥스카지노�Well, I like working,맥스카지노� the president said.Trump suggested that Americans would go along with a third term because of his popularity. He falsely claimed to have 맥스카지노�the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years.맥스카지노�Gallup data shows President George W. Bush reaching a 90% approval rating after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. His father, President George H.W. Bush, hit 89% following the Gulf War in 1991.Trump has maxed out at 47% in Gallup data during his second term, despite claiming to be "in the high 70s in many polls, in the real polls.맥스카지노�Trump has mused before about serving longer than two terms before, generally with jokes to friendly audiences.맥스카지노�Am I allowed to run again?맥스카지노� he said during a House Republican retreat in January.Representatives for the congressional leadership 맥스카지노� House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York 맥스카지노� did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the AP.___Associated Press writers Tom Beaumont in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Gary Fields in Washington contributed to this report.