ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Oct 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Donald Trump said on Monday 
that he would not run for vice president in the 2028 American election, a 
move some supporters suggest would allow him to skirt term limits and stay in 
the White House.

The US Constitution limits presidents to two terms, and Trump began his 
second in January.

However, some of his advocates have suggested the Republican could skirt the 
rule by becoming vice president and then stepping back into a vacated top 
job.

Asked whether he would run for vice president in November 2028, Trump told 
reporters aboard Air Force One that he "would be allowed to do that".

But he added: "I wouldn't do it... I think it's too cute. It wouldn't be 
right."

Trump, who served his initial term from 2017 to 2021, often mentions that his 
supporters have called for him to govern beyond his current tenure, despite 
the constitutional restriction.

The 79-year-old tycoon has also recently displayed red hats emblazoned with 
the slogan "Trump 2028" on a desk in the Oval Office.

A popular theory among his supporters is that the current vice president, JD 
Vance, could run for president in 2028 on a ticket with Trump.

If Vance won, the theory goes, he would quickly resign and put Trump back in 
office.

Trump's comments came after Steve Bannon, his former advisor and one of the 
key ideologues of the Make America Great Again movement, said "there is a 
plan" to keep him in the White House.

"He is going to get a third term... Trump is going to be president in '28. 
And people just ought to get accommodated with that," Bannon told The 
Economist.

Asked about the 22nd Amendment -- the constitutional article mandating term 
limits -- Bannon said: "There's many different alternatives. At the 
appropriate time, we'll lay out what the plan is."