Overview
- The president, speaking to small-business owners in the White House East Room on Monday, joked he would leave office “in eight or nine years.”
- The remark clashes with the 22nd Amendment, which says no one can be elected president more than twice, and it drew laughs from attendees.
- He pushed for cognitive tests for candidates, said he has taken three and “aced” them, and suggested Joe Biden would struggle, though such tests are not required by law.
- Fox News cut away after airing clips of the comment, according to the Mirror’s account, and the White House later posted the full event on YouTube.
- Trump said last October it was “pretty clear” he could not seek a third term, and Speaker Mike Johnson has said he cannot see a scenario where Trump serves beyond constitutional limits.