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The Editors

Episode 820: Third Term Threats

The Editors

National Review

Politics, Charles C. W. Cooke, Conservatism, Conservative, Policy, Government, News, Jim Geraghty, Rich Lowry, Michael Brendan Dougherty, Current Events, Noah Rothman, Madeleine Kearns, Society & Culture, Public Policy, National Review

4.44.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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0:00.0

Will Trump serve a third term in Azora, Mamdani, getting attacked for being a Muslim?

0:21.1

We'll discuss all this and more on this edition of the editors. I'm Rich Lowry, and joined, as always, by the right, Honorable Charles, C.W. Cook, Audrey, the reporter, Falberg, and the good neighbor, Noah Rothman. You are, of course, listening to a Nashville podcast. Our sponsors this episode are Donors Trust, Vera, and St. John's College. more about all them them and due course. So for some reason, you're not already following us on a streaming service, by the way. You can find us everywhere from Spotify to Apple Podcasts. If you like what you hear here, please consider giving us a glowing five-star review wherever you listen to your podcast. If you don't like what you hear here, please forget. I said anything. So Audrey, Trump had a press availability on Air Force One.

0:57.9

For some reason, you weren't there. But we all know what he said. He was asked about serving a third

1:04.6

term. Steve Bannon had an interview with the economist where he said, just wait, we have the plan to make

1:09.5

this work. Trump will definitely

1:11.0

still be president four years from now when he begins serving his third term. Trump ruled out

1:18.4

running as J.D. Vance's Veep, but said he'd really like to do it because his numbers are so good.

1:25.0

We'd really like to serve a third term because his numbers are

1:27.7

so good. What do you make of it? Yeah, I mean, this is not surprising. I imagine that he's going to

1:33.2

spend the next few months or maybe even years continuing to play around with this idea. He loves the

1:41.1

attention. He loves being the center of every new cycle. He just truly loves being

1:46.8

president. I don't think he would ever agree to be a vice president, even if vice president,

1:53.3

Vance, you know, agreed behind the scenes to let Trump take the reins if he ended up winning.

1:59.6

But look, I think part of the point of this is that he

2:03.6

likes to play kind of play this game where he's like messing with reporters. And I remember

2:09.9

Thune was asked about this in March because again, we had a news cycle about this, you know,

2:15.7

several months ago. And he said, I think you guys keep asking the

2:19.2

question. I think he's probably having some fun with it and probably messing with you. But, you know,

2:24.0

then soon put his foot down and when pressed further, he said that he wouldn't agree to this

2:28.2

without change into the Constitution. I do think if this actually happened, we'd see the Senate

2:32.9

stand up to this.

2:35.7

Obviously, some senators would get behind the president.

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