BURSTCable news commentator Bill O'Reilly dismissed the possibility of President Trump running for a third term, calling suggestions he could seek to stay in power unlikely.
“That’s a fantasy, and I don’t really consider those kinds of things,” O'Reilly said while appearing on Chris Cuomo's NewsNation program. “It’s not gonna happen, never will happen. It’s not worth my time or your time. Donald Trump will serve out his second term, hopefully he’ll be successful, and then JD Vance will run for president in ’28, unless something happens. That’s what’s gonna happen.”
The pundit's comments were first highlighted by Mediate.
The president turned some heads last week when he said, "Hopefully we’re gonna be doing this at least three more times," during a meeting with the Irish leader, joking, “When I say 'at least,' they go absolutely crazy."
But some Trump allies have voiced support for the idea.
Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief of staff, said during a separate appearance on Cuomo's show that Trump "will run and win again in 2028."
“A man like this comes along once every century, if we’re lucky," Bannon said. "We’ve got him now.”
But O'Reilly called that suggestion "fringe stuff."
"Steve Bannon would like Trump to be president until he’s 112, and ... that’s fine," he said. "It doesn’t mean anything."
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