Overview
- At The Atlantic Festival in New York, Maggie Haberman said she does not believe President Donald Trump will try for a third term and added she could be wrong.
- Haberman said Trump will remain the dominant figure in the Republican Party even if he stays out of office.
- Trump has continued to tease a 2028 bid through public remarks and merchandise, while acknowledging the 22nd Amendment bars a third elected term.
- Haberman and Jonathan Swan are the co-authors of Regime Change, a behind-the-scenes book about the start of Trump’s second administration that the president has publicly dismissed and attacked.
- Haberman noted Trump’s age and said he has made more liquid money during his presidency, a dynamic that reduces his practical need to run and could strengthen his out-of-office influence; the 22nd Amendment was adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s third and fourth terms to limit presidents to two elected terms.