have lost count of how many times someone — myself included — has doubted President Donald Trump. But while he may love to troll and exaggerate, I no longer doubt his ability to follow through. For months he has been saying that he might be able to run again, and this time Americans should assume he is seriously looking into how to do it.
Trump hasn't always sounded so open to another term. During a May 4, 2025, interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," he told host Kristen Welker that while many people had been asking him to run, "it's something that, to the best of my knowledge, you're not allowed to do." "There are many people selling the 2028 hat," he continued. "But this is not something I'm looking to do."
Fast-forward to October, and thinking seems to have shifted. "I would love to do it," he told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I have my best numbers ever." Pressed with a follow-up question, he continued, "Am I not ruling it out? I mean you'll have to tell me."
And just like that, historians and constitutional law professors started spiraling.
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