--- ---  # Trump Once Again Floats Another Run for President: ‘Should I Try for a Fourth Term?’ by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Jan 22, 2026 11:58 PM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2026. President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2026.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Jan 22, 2026 11:58 PM UTC President Donald Trump is [once again](https://time.com/7328837/trump-third-term-steve-bannon-strategy-lame-duck-republicans-democrats/) floating the idea of running for another term. “RECORD NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE! SHOULD I TRY FOR A FOURTH TERM?” he wrote on [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115941096615143011) on Thursday evening. The Constitution prohibits Trump from serving another term; the 22nd Amendment reads: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.” But Trump and his allies have [repeatedly suggested](https://time.com/7222820/trump-third-term-president-explainer-pathways-constitution-courts-legal-experts/) the possibility of him running for office again. Last year, the Trump Organization started selling [hats](https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-hat/) that say “Trump 2028” and [t-shirts](https://www.trumpstore.com/trump-2028-shirt) that say “Trump 2028 (Rewrite the Rules).” In October, the President [told](https://time.com/7328837/trump-third-term-steve-bannon-strategy-lame-duck-republicans-democrats/) reporters that he “would love to” run for another term. When reporters questioned if he was ruling out the idea, he replied, “Am I not ruling it out? I mean, you’ll have to tell me.” Just days before that, his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has supported the idea of Trump serving another term, told [_The Economist_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijf7K%5F08YWk) that there is a “plan” to get around the 22nd Amendment. Bannon didn’t share what the plan entailed, but said there are “many different alternatives” and the details would be shared “at the appropriate time.” The President has also previously falsely suggested that a hypothetical “third term” would actually be his “fourth term.” Last year, he [told](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-third-term-2028-bill-tom-umberg-california-11366971) reporters that “in a way,” a third term would be a “fourth term because the other election, the 2020 election was totally rigged.” Trump has repeatedly spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being “stolen” from him. Despite Trump’s claim that he’s receiving “record numbers all over the place,” his approval rating is underwater—though he continues to receive strong support from his base. Only about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of his performance in his second term, according to an [AP-NORC poll](https://apnews.com/article/poll-trump-approval-economy-immigration-foreign-policy-0cf4ce30aa2bead033122b6d287e0c7f) from earlier this month. A majority of voters—56%—disapprove of how he has addressed several major issues, including the economy, immigration, managing the federal government, and the cost of living, according to a [New York _Times_\-Siena poll](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/trump-poll-second-term.html) released on Thursday. And about 49% of respondents in the _Times_\-Siena poll said that they believed the U.S. was worse off than it was a year ago, before Trump was sworn in for a second term. Less than a third felt that the country was faring better. Trump [railed against the _Times-_Siena poll](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115939791935000343) on social media, saying that he would include the poll in his “lawsuit against The Failing New York Times” and claiming, without providing evidence, that the results were “fake.” Trump Once Again Floats Another Run for President ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7357298/trump-third-fourth-term-president-constitution-limit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7357298/trump-third-fourth-term-president-constitution-limit/"},"headline":"Trump Once Again Floats Another Run for President: ‘Should I Try for a Fourth Term?’","datePublished":"2026-01-22T23:58:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T00:49:42.699Z","description":"The Constitution prohibits Trump from serving another term, but he has repeatedly suggested the possibility of running for office again.","url":"https://time.com/7357298/trump-third-fourth-term-president-constitution-limit/","keywords":["Donald Trump","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a78dd4115846fcd/6998cd12f1b082cdac6f207a/Trump-Presidential-Run.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chantelle Lee","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a78dd4115846fcd/6998cd12f1b082cdac6f207a/Trump-Presidential-Run.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Trump Attends World Economic Forum In Davos","caption":"U.S. President Trump Attends World Economic Forum In Davos","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7357298/trump-third-fourth-term-president-constitution-limit/","name":"Trump Once Again Floats Another Run for President: ‘Should I Try for a Fourth Term?’"}}]}] ```