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‘I wish they’d let him run’: Carville talks ‘third term’ for Trump

November 1, 2025 | | Print Article

The Ragin’ Cajun appeared to have a new reason to be upset concerning the possibility of a third term for President Donald Trump.

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As proven through the farcical “No Kings” demonstrations across the country, which would not have been possible were Trump the authoritarian the radicals pretend he is, the left remained hellbent on driving a narrative that the president aims to perpetually remain in the White House. Even after peaceably transferring power in 2021 and Trump himself admitting it remained out of the question for him to seek a third term, the “almost irritated” James Carville expressed why he wishes “they’d let him run.”

Alongside “Politics War Room” co-host Al Hunt, the longtime Democratic strategist was presented with a listener’s questions about claims of a path for the president to top the ticket in 2028.

“I get that question sometimes, and I get almost irritated by it. Understand that Trump couldn’t win — I wish they’d let him run,” said Carville. “I don’t think he’s anywhere close — gonna be sufficiently healthy in another three something, you know over three years to do anything.”

“But he would lose so bad … and the Supreme Court … the language of the 22nd Amendment couldn’t be any clearer. I don’t think they give a sh*t,” he continued as he suggested the same of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, adding the jurist wouldn’t even hear a challenge in such an instance.

Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment reads in part, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”

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That said, much ado had been made by corporate media after onetime White House chief strategist Steve Bannon had claimed that, “At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is. But there’s a plan, and President Trump will be the president in ’28.”

Having carried on with tongue-in-cheek suggestions about another White House bid, Trump himself had said aboard Air Force One earlier in the week, “I would say that, if you read it, it’s pretty clear. I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad. I mean, it’s too bad. But we have a lot of great people.”

Likewise, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had told reporters, “It’s been a great run, but I think the president knows — and he and I’ve talked about the constrictions of the Constitution, as much as so many of the American people lament that. I don’t see a path for that.”

Instead, Trump had taken to suggesting a possible “dream team” comprised of Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who both received high praise: “I’m not sure anybody would run against those two. I think if they ever formed a group, it would be unstoppable, I really do.”

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Meanwhile, reactions to Carville’s prediction about the outcome were Trump being allowed to pursue a lengthier White House stay were anything but in agreement about how that would turn out.

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