Americanswers…on 5 Live! Will Kamala Harris (and Donald Trump) run for president again?

Americast

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Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It’s just over a year since the 2024 presidential election but attention is already turning to 2028 with both candidates from last year’s race expressing a desire to run again. Kamala Harris told the BBC over the weekend that she “wasn’t done” with public service, while Donald Trump said on Monday morning that he’d “love” to stand again for a third term. We answer your questions on whether Donald Trump plans to override the constitution for a third term in office, and whether he’d have support of the American public.

Meanwhile, the president is back in construction, this time building a new ballroom at the White House, which has involved demolishing the 103-year-old East Wing in the process. We answer your questions on whether Trump is allowed to demolish parts of the White House and who’s actually paying for the changes.

And, after Kamala Harris’s interview with the BBC, Justin and Anthony take a bit of time off air to chat through some of the issues she spoke about with Laura Kuenssberg and the circumstances surrounding Joe Biden’s eventual decision to withdraw from the election.

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0:32.6	Trust is earned.
0:34.0	This is our BBC.
0:36.1	Welcome to another episode of our Monday question and answer session with Matt Chorley on Five Live.
0:41.8	I was at Milbank with Matt.
0:43.2	Anthony came live from Tokyo as he travels with the president on his tour of Asia,
0:47.9	during which he has presided over a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand.
0:52.8	There were some rather provocative questions on this edition,
0:56.2	including Will Kamala Harris run again for the presidency in 2008?
1:01.3	After brokering that next ceasefire,
1:04.3	is Donald Trump going to formally say that he has ended another war?
1:07.8	And lots of you are asking about the president knocking down the east wing of the White House. He's building a ballroom there. Is it really worth more than 200 million
1:15.2	pounds? Welcome to America Answers on Five Live.
1:21.0	Ameriast. Americaast from BBC News. When Donald Trump calls, they say, yes, sir. Right away, sir.
1:27.6	Happy to lick your boot, sir.
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