Trump says he'd love a third term. House Speaker Johnson says there's 'no path'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s musings about a potential House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Johnson, the Republican leader who has built his career by drawing closer to Trump, said they have discussed the issue, but the speaker held the line against a Constitution-bending third term.

“I don’t see a path for that,” Johnson said Tuesday at his daily press conference at the Capitol, on day 28 of the federal government shutdown.

Johnson said he thinks Trump understands the situation: “He and I have talked about the constrictions of the Constitution.”

The speaker described how the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment does not allow for a third presidential term and changing that, with a new amendment, would be a cumbersome, decade-long process winning over states and votes in Congress.

“But