Johnson: ‘High bar’ to change Constitution for third Trump term

The degree of uncertainty with this administration on everything is astronomical."

As former governor of the Federal Reserve Frederic Mishkin told Newsweek

Karoline Leavittwhite House press secretary

You guys continue to ask the president this question about a third term and then he answers honestly and candidly with a smile and then everybody here melts down about his answer,

Leavitt told reporters outside the White House Monday

But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it's very early in the administration,

he continued

I understand why so many Americans do wish that he could run for a third term, because he's accomplishing so much in this first 100 days that they wish it could go on for much longer,

Johnson said

Karoline Leavittwhite House press secretary

He gives an honest and candid answer, and then they spiral about his answer,

Leavitt told Fox News Channel's John Roberts

We have four more years to go and look at what the president has done in more than

she said

He starts getting on ballots in various primary states, caucus states, and of course these state party chairmen and chairwomen and so on are not going to stand up to him,

he said

People are asking me to run, there's a whole story about running for a third term. I don't know, I've never looked into it. They do say there's a way you can do it, but I don't know about that,

the president told reporters in the Oval Office

Whether he says he's in the mix or not, he's going to be in the mix because that's Donald Trump. He sucks all of the oxygen out of the political news cycle,

Blizzard said

I think this is an example of a diversion. Trump likes to throw diversions out there strategically at different times,

said Matt Mackowiak, a Republican strategist

I think sometimes the president likes to shake a can with a stone in it, ... get everyone's attention, and then throw it off to the side and watch people scramble."

Nicholas said

Most of the [GOP] base is probably sitting there enjoying how much the mainstream media and the left are losing their minds about that possibility,

said Robert Blizzard, a Republican pollster

Adam White (zoologist)event, critic

I assume President Trump is trying to avoid lame duck status as long as possible,

said Adam White, a law professor at George Mason University

I was with 300 Republicans last night and it didn't come up,

Power told Newsweek on Tuesday

The constitutional amendment [approach] is politically implausible, and the VP strategy is legally untenable,

he added

There’s a constitutional path. You have to amend the constitution to do it,

Johnson told reporters at the Capitol

He can’t do away with it with the stroke of his pen,

Georgetown law professor Michele Goodwin previously told The Independent

I’m focused on the current,

Trump added

I’m not joking...It is far too early to think about it,

the President said

No, it will be to serve twice. For the next four years, I will not rest."

He later clarified