ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: 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 adviser 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.”
Trump rules out vice presidential run to stay in power after 2028
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Trump rules out vice presidential run to stay in power after 2028
- 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”
- The 79 year old tycoon has also recently displayed red hats emblazoned with the slogan “Trump 2028” on a desk in the Oval Office
Mexico’s Sheinbaum to hold a support rally following major protests
- Sheinbaum called for supporters to gather in the capital on the weekend in what analysts said was an attempt to demonstrate her support in the face of growing scrutiny
MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has organized a large rally in the country’s capital on Saturday to shore up her support following a month of political pushback and major protests.
The killing of Mayor Carlos Manzo in restive Michoacan state had sparked two days of demonstrations in November with protesters setting fire to public buildings.
Just weeks later, thousands marched through the streets of Mexico City to protest drug violence and the government’s security policies. That was followed by the abrupt departure of the country’s attorney general, Alejandro Gertz, in December over reported disagreements with Sheinbaum’s administration on crime policy.
Sheinbaum called for supporters to gather in the capital on the weekend in what analysts said was an attempt to demonstrate her support in the face of growing scrutiny.
“We close this 2025 with the historic celebration of seven years of transformation,” Sheinbaum said in a post on X.
Sheinbaum took office in 2024, following the six-year tenure of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with both leaders representing the left-wing Morena party.
“Let us together defend the people’s achievements ... in the Zocalo of Mexico City,” Sheinbaum added, referring to the capital’s main public square where weeks ago protesters criticizing her government’s security policies had clashed with police.
Though Sheinbaum has seen high approval ratings in her first year of power, they dipped slightly in recent months, easing from 74 percent in October to 71 percent at the start of December, according to the Polls MX survey summary.
- ‘Reshape the narrative’ -
Analysts told AFP the president not only faces scrutiny from her political opponents and members of the public, but from within her own party.
This gathering in the Zocalo, the country’s main square, is an “attempt at internal support, to reshape the narrative, to call for unity,” said political analyst Pablo Majluf.
Political columnist Hernan Gomez Bruera told AFP that Sheinbaum is “an incredibly efficient president” who likes to be in control and demands a lot from her team. But she is also “very thin-skinned” and “has difficulty dealing with dissent,” he added.
Despite a slight slip in poll numbers over the past few months, the leftist leader, who is Mexico’s first woman president, is still benefiting from a decline in poverty levels that began under her predecessor.
Sheinbaum has also won praise among her supporters for keeping at bay US President Donald Trump’s threats of high trade tariffs and military action on Mexican soil against drug cartels.
Sheinbaum met with Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington on Friday to discuss trade on the sidelines of the draw for the 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by all three countries. She said on X following the meeting that the three nations maintain a “very good relationship.”
