Donald Trump will be one of only two presidents to serve two non-consecutive terms after his US election win this week, second only to Grover Cleveland, who did it in the 1800s.
It’s already a historic victory – but Trump has made comments in the past hinting at a third term in office.
An amendment in the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the United States, prohibits anyone from serving for more than two terms.
But what has the incoming president said, how likely is he to pursue a third term in 2028 – and is it even possible?
Has a third term been done before?
Franklin Roosevelt served as US president four times from 1933 to 1945, because there was nothing in the original US Constitution which limited how many terms a president could serve.
But later the 22nd Amendment limited presidents to two four-year terms, irrespective of whether they were served consecutively or not.
Congress passed the 22nd Amendment two years after Roosevelt’s death and it took effect from the 1952 election, which Republican Dwight D Eisenhower won over Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
No one has been able to serve more than two terms since.
What has Trump said?
It was in the lead-up to the 2020 election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden, that he first started hinting at seeking a third term.
At a rally in August 2020, he told supporters he would win the next election and then possibly “go for another four years” because “they spied on my campaign,” an apparent nod to…
