Trump’s election was expected by everyone, do you need to know what the US President said about the war between Ukraine and Russia?
Trump raises eyebrows with third term comment
Donald Trump met Republican House members on Wednesday, where he made a comment about running for a third term as president.
“I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s good, we got to figure something else,'” the president-elect said, drawing laughter from some in the crowd.
The US Constitution bars presidents from running for a third term, consecutive or otherwise.
Tom Cole, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said “I think he’s just having a little fun”.
“This is the last run, unless there was a constitutional change that takes three-quarters of the states and two-thirds of Congress to move it through.”
“So not likely to happen. But I’m old enough to remember Ronald Reagan teasing a little bit about that, so it’s not unusual, particularly now right after a big win.”
Democrat Daniel Goldman of New York criticised Trump’s comments, saying any attempt to seek a third term would be “blatantly unconstitutional”.(BBC Source)
Trump talks about Putin and nuclear war on Ukrainecast
Will Donald Trump pull out of Nato? What should we make of his recent appointments? And how worried should we be about the threat of nuclear war?
Jens Stoltenberg, former Nato secretary general, speaks to BBC’s Ukrainecast on these questions and more.
