Critics Fear The Worst After Donald Trump ‘Jokes’ About Sticking AroundPresident-elect Donald Trump raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he told House Republicans: “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s so good we’ve got to figure something else out.’”Sarah Matthews, a former Trump White House press aide turned fierce critic of her onetime boss, suggested the comment was “in jest.”But she warned on MSNBC that “nothing should be taken unseriously” when it comes to Trump. “So, maybe there is a chance that he means it. “But I do think that it is weird to joke about.”Watch here:Trump, however, has previously riffed on serving more than the constitutionally-limited two terms in the White House. https://t.co/WhpcldeGAn — Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 13, 2024Trump basically just told republicans on the hill he’d be open to a third term if they can make it possible. https://t.co/DOV6zUDQwT — Julian Duque (@julianduquegr) November 13, 2024The New York Times is just incapable of meeting the moment right now.

Source: Washington Post November 14, 2024 07:27 UTC