The president of the United States, Donald Trump, made again this Friday at the White House correspondents’ dinner the joke that he has repeated the most in recent days, which consists of the possibility of presenting his candidacy in the 2028 general elections, despite the fact that the US Constitution prevents him from doing so.
During his speech at the evening, held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, the president appeared dressed in a red cap on which the number ‘2028’ could be read and assured that he could compete for the “fourth term.”
“I want to announce my desire to run for a fourth term as president. I won three times and I will do it again,” Trump said, referring to his repeated refusal to recognize Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 elections, the results of which he has questioned for years alleging alleged electoral fraud for which evidence has never been presented.
The event, which was repeated after the attack on April 26, had a much smaller attendance than usual: around 700 guests compared to the around 2,600 who usually attend this annual event. In addition, the security device was reinforced by the Secret Service, which limited access to the venue and required all attendees to present a QR code to enter.
Trump cannot run for election in 2028
Despite his continuous jokes, Trump cannot run in the 2028 presidential election. The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes that no person can be elected president more than twice. The Republican will already exhaust that limit upon completing his second term, after having governed between 2017 and 2021 and having returned to the White House after the 2024 elections.
Even so, the president usually states that many followers of the MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) movement ask him to continue in office beyond 2029. On different occasions he has also pointed out as possible successors within the Republican Party the vice president, JD Vance, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, two names that already sound like potential candidates for the 2028 presidential elections.
