Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters in the hallway outside his office on Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he has spoken with Donald Trump about the possibility of the president seeking a third-term but that he sees no path for it as any change to the US Constitution would be well after Trump has left office.

“It’s been a great run. But I think the president knows, and he and I have talked about, the constrictions of the Constitution, as much as so many of the American people lament that,” said Johnson, who is a constitutional lawyer, in response to a question about his comfort-level with the president floating a 2028 bid.

The president, he said, is trolling members of the other party when he talks publicly about the t

See Full Page