{"id":2418164,"date":"2025-03-31T19:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-would-love-facing-obama-in-third-term-showdown-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:50:37","slug":"trump-would-love-facing-obama-in-third-term-showdown-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-would-love-facing-obama-in-third-term-showdown-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump \u2018would love\u2019 facing Obama in third-term showdown &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-would-love-facing-obama-in-third-term-showdown-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418164&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent statement, former President Donald Trump expressed excitement about the idea of possibly facing off against former President Barack Obama in a hypothetical third-term election. During an event where he was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">signing executive orders<\/a>, Trump responded positively when asked if the Democratic party could consider running Obama against him if he attempted to seek a third term for himself. While he emphasized that he hadn\u2019t pursued the idea seriously, he mentioned that people have been encouraging him to run again. Trump noted that there are ways to campaign for a third term, despite the 22nd Amendment, which limits presidents to two terms in office, making it unlikely that he could effectively challenge that rule. Trump\u2019s comments come amidst ongoing discussions about his political future, and his rapport with Obama appears to have softened, as both were seen sharing laughs at a recent funeral for former President jimmy carter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump &lsquo;would love&rsquo; facing Obama in third-term showdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2079747\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he &ldquo;would love&rdquo; to run against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Barack Obama\">Barack Obama<\/a> for a third term.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, while signing executive orders, Trump was asked by a reporter if &ldquo;there was a thought&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democrats\">Democratic Party<\/a> could run Obama against him if he tried running for a third term. Trump seemed to welcome the challenge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3364719\/fcc-chairman-disney-fair-shake-ditch-dei\/\">FCC chairman giving Disney and other companies a &#8216;fair shake&#8217; to ditch DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3364657\/trump-dhs-sued-requiring-illegal-immigrants-register-government\/\">Trump DHS sued for requiring illegal immigrants to register with government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3364647\/trump-administration-reviewing-9-billion-harvard-funding-antisemitic-discrimination\/\">Trump administration targeting $9 billion in Harvard funding over &#8216;antisemitic discrimination&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I would love that,&rdquo; he responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Boy, I&rsquo;d love that. That would be a good one. I&rsquo;d like that,&rdquo; Trump added, saying people were asking him to run but that he hadn&rsquo;t looked into it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3363792\/trump-hints-running-for-unconstitutional-third-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP HINTS AT RUNNING FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL THIRD TERM: &lsquo;I&rsquo;M NOT JOKING&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They do say there&rsquo;s a way you can do it, but I don&rsquo;t know about that,&rdquo; he continued, boasting of his accomplishments at the beginning of his second administration.<\/p>\n<p>The precedent set by George Washington meant no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insurrection-latino-group-headed-by-former-dnc-member-writes-biden-attacks-gop-governors-sending-help-to-border\/\" title=\"\u2018Insurrection\u2019: Latino Group Headed By Former DNC Member Writes Biden, Attacks GOP Governors Sending Help To Border\">president served<\/a> more than two terms until Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served four terms. The states ratified the 22nd Amendment in 1951, banning presidents from running for a third term.<\/p>\n<p>Trump would be unlikely to secure enough votes to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-how-kamala-wants-to-run-bidens-election-grenade-and-a-desert-showdown-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: How Kamala wants to ..., Biden\u2019s election grenade, and a desert showdown - Washington Examiner\">constitutional amendment reversing<\/a> the 22nd Amendment, with some within the Republican Party itself likely to oppose the measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3281762\/trump-obama-funeral-laughs-go-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP AND OBAMA'S FUNERAL LAUGHS GO VIRAL\">TRUMP AND OBAMA&rsquo;S FUNERAL LAUGHS GO VIRAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" told NBC News on Sunday\"> told NBC News on Sunday<\/a> that he wasn&rsquo;t joking about the prospect of a third term and that there are &ldquo;methods&rdquo; to go about it. However, he remained evasive on the topic, saying he preferred to focus on the present.<\/p>\n<p>As of January, Trump and Obama appeared to be on cordial terms, with the two going viral for talking and laughing at former President Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s funeral.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2079747\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2079747\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump expresses desire to face Obama in a third-term race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2418165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25009541851889-e1743461705836.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5315,12152,50676,3634],"class_list":["post-2418164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-obama","tag-showdown","tag-third-term-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25009541851889-e1743461705836.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418164"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418168,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418164\/revisions\/2418168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}