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Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits

The former president discussed his desire for a third term with interviewer Miranda Devine.

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Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits

What this story says

  • Donald Trump said he would 'love' to run for president in 2028, but acknowledged the constitutional limit of two elected terms.
  • The remarks were made to interviewer Miranda Devine for her Pod Force One podcast.
  • Trump claimed an unspecified poll showed him beating all other candidates by a substantial margin.
  • In March 2025, Trump had previously told Kristen Welker he was 'not joking' about another term and mentioned 'methods' to achieve it.

Who covered it

Left 21%(3)Centre 8%(1)Right 71%(10)

Percentages are shares of the 14 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 20 of the 34 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

48/100

Craft

65/100

Hype

65/100

34 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 3 of the 14 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Donald Trump stated he would 'love' to run for president again in 2028, while acknowledging the constitutional restriction preventing him from being elected a third time. The 22nd Amendment limits a person to two elected terms. Trump made these remarks to interviewer Miranda Devine for her Pod Force One podcast.

Trump also claimed a poll showed him beating everyone by a substantial margin. The reports did not identify any polling organisation, survey dates, sample size, or candidates included in this poll. In March 2025, Trump told interviewer Kristen Welker he was 'not joking' about another term and mentioned 'methods' for achieving it, including a hypothetical scenario where Vice-President JD Vance could run and then resign to allow Trump to assume the presidency. Experts interviewed by FactCheck.org described this succession loophole as implausible.

Disagreement on Trump's acceptance of term limits

IBTimes UK reported that interviewer Miranda Devine said Trump appeared nostalgic about his rallies and had 'come to terms with the fact that he won't be running again', distinguishing his wish from a campaign announcement. Devine discussed this exchange on Sunday television ahead of the podcast episode's scheduled release on Monday, 2 November.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports mention the constitutional implications of the 12th Amendment, which bars anyone constitutionally ineligible for the presidency from serving as vice-president, as detailed in the full report. The full report also discussed potential Democratic gains in elections and Trump's 'Mr Veto' strategy, neither of which were mentioned in the digests.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 9 times, most recently on 2 Nov 2026, 23:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

3 rated outlets

  • The left-rated report from IBTimes UK led with Trump's statement that he would 'love' to run again in 2028, immediately followed by his acknowledgement of the constitutional restriction preventing a third term. The report detailed Trump's remarks to Miranda Devine for her Pod Force One podcast, including his claim about a poll showing him beating everyone by a substantial margin, though it noted no polling details were provided. It also referenced Trump's earlier comments to Kristen Welker in March 2025 about 'methods' for achieving another term and the constitutional limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment. The report included comments from individuals questioning the constitutional implications and polling claims.

Centre

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Right

10 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the right coverage of this story. The right-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits?
Of the 14 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 21% are rated left, 8% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 34. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits left or right?
The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 71% of the 14 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.
Is the coverage of Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits biased?
Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits is one event reported by 34 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump says he would 'love' to run in 2028 but faces term limits?
34 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Donald Trump say about running in 2028?
Donald Trump stated he would 'love' to run for president again in 2028. However, he acknowledged that the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution prevents anyone from being elected to the office of President more than twice.
Who interviewed Donald Trump about his potential 2028 run?
Donald Trump made these remarks to interviewer Miranda Devine for her Pod Force One podcast. Devine is a columnist for the New York Post.
Did Donald Trump mention any polls supporting his potential run?
Yes, Donald Trump claimed that a poll showed him beating everyone by a substantial margin. However, the reports did not identify the polling organisation, the dates of the poll, its sample size, or the candidates it included.
Has Donald Trump discussed running for a third term before?
Yes, in March 2025, Donald Trump told interviewer Kristen Welker that he was 'not joking' about another term and mentioned 'methods' for achieving it. Experts have described potential loopholes discussed as implausible.

Read it at the source

34 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

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