“Let AOC go against Trump”

TOKYO — President Trump said Monday he will not run as running mate J.D. Vance for circumventing the Constitution. Two-term limit for the presidencyBut he said he’s still interested in running again — hoping for a potential 2028 showdown against New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Trump (79 years old) made these statements when a journalist asked about the claim of his former chief strategist Steve Bannon that a secret plan might eliminate the term limit of the Twenty-Second Amendment.

“I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever. It’s absolutely terrible. I have my best numbers,” Trump said aboard Air Force One on his way to Tokyo for meetings with Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi.

Trump, whose approval rating is 45.1% according to The average of recent RealClearPolitics polls has repeatedly manipulated a potential final nomination in what has been widely interpreted as a way to avoid early lame-duck status and also to outwit Democrats — even handing out donations. Trump 2028 campaign hats. For White House guests.

Bannon claimed in interview And with The Economist, “He’ll get a third term…and in time, we’ll make the plan. But there’s a plan.”

Trump has definitively ruled out the most widely discussed option of running for Vance’s running mate and then having Vance resign to circumvent the 22nd Amendment rule that a person can only be “elected” president twice.

“I think people won’t like it. It’s too nice. It won’t be true,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One.

Trump said he could also see Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio making up the GOP ticket in the next election, saying the duo is “unstoppable.”

But he continued to leave the door open for himself.

He added: “All I can say is we have a great group of people, and they’re not. They have (Texas Rep.) Jasmine Crockett, who is a low IQ person. And they have AOC who is a low IQ person. I gave her an IQ test, and have her take the tests that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. She took it very hard.”

“Let AOC go against Trump. Let Jasmine go against Trump.”

Trump told CNBC in August that he “probably won’t” seek a third term, but told NBC in March that he would. “I’m not kidding” About running again.

During his meeting with Air Force One, Trump also revealed that he underwent an MRI while there Annual physical This month. He declined to say why, but said, “It was perfect.”

Trump will be 82 years old at the end of his current term. He will be 86 years old at the end of his third term in 2033.