President Donald Trump said he would "love" to run against former President Barack Obama in a hypothetical third-term run for the presidency that he has floated in recent days.
"I know it's hypothetical right now, but if you were allowed for some reason to run for a third term, is there a thought that the Democrats could try to run Barack Obama against you?" Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Trump on Monday evening from the Oval Office.
"I'd love that," Trump responded. "I'd love that …. That would be a good one. I'd like that. And no, people are asking me to run, and there's a whole story about running for a third term. I don't know, I never looked into it. They do say there's a way you can do it, but I don't know about that."
Trump said that he has not looked into the potential legal avenues of running for a third presidency, saying he has nearly four years left of his term and is focused on doing a "fantastic job."
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1951, prevents presidents from serving more than two terms. The amendment was ratified after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as president for four terms.