‘Don’t see a path for that’: US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks up on third Trump presidency
Trump reignited the discussion around a possible third term for him as the President, despite the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution establishing term limits.
October 28, 2025 10:22 PM IST
First published on: Oct 28, 2025 at 09:30 PM IST
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks with Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler, right, on the way to a news conference on day 27 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
US House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday rejected the idea of Donald Trump becoming the president for a third term. Johnson said he saw no way to amend the US Constitution to allow Trump a third term in the White House, saying it would be too time-consuming and would take a decade.
“I don’t see a way to amend the Constitution, because it takes about 10 years to do that, as you all know, to allow all the states to ratify, what two-thirds of the house and three-fourths of the states would approve,” Johnson, a staunch supporter of the 79-year-old president, said. “So I don’t, I don’t see the path for that, but I can tell you that we are not going to take our foot off the gas pedal.”
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaking at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump won’t rule out contesting in 2028
Johnson’s comments came a day after Trump reignited the discussion around a possible third term for him as the President, despite the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution establishing term limits for the president, stating that no person can be elected to the office more than twice.
Referring to the possibility of a third term, Trump said: “I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.”
US President Donald Trump attends a signing ceremony with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo Tuesday. (Photo: AP)
When pressed by a reporter whether he was not ruling out a third term, he said, “Am I not ruling it out? I mean you’ll have to tell me.”
Just over a month into his second term as US President, Trump had, in March 2025, first hinted at his name being on the ballot in the 2028 elections.
Since then, Trump and many of his supporters have repeated the idea of a third Trump presidency.
‘Not contesting as Vice President’
With the Constitution setting a two-term limit for the US President, some had suggested that Trump could contest the election in 2028 as the Vice Presidential candidate.
However, on Monday, Trump ruled out the possibility of running for vice president in 2028.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks with Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler, right, on the way to a news conference on day 27 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) 
