Donald Trump Tells House Republicans He Won't Seek a Third Term Unless They 'Figure' Out a Way to Allow It

Donald Trump.Photo:Bill Pugliano/Getty Bill Pugliano/Getty President-electDonald Trumptold House Republicans that he won’t seek a third term as president — unless they find a way to make it possible. “I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you say, ‘he’s so good, we’ve got to figure something else,’ " Trump said while addressing the House Republican Conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The crowd chuckled in response to his remark.

Donald Trump Tells N.C. He 'Didn't Have to' Come See Hurricane Damage: 'I Could've Been on a Beautiful Beach'

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media in Swannanoa, North Carolina, on October 21, 2024.Photo:JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Donald Trumpsaid he “didn’t have to be” on the campaign trail touring hurricane-battered portions of North Carolina while speaking in one of the state’s hardest-hit areas nearly one month after disaster struck. During a press conference in Swannanoa, one of the ravaged towns in western North Carolina, Trump, 78, seemingly suggested he “didn’t have to be” there to “work” that day, and that he “could have been on a beautiful beach” instead.

Donald Trump Tells Women They'll 'No Longer Be Thinking About Abortion' If He Wins the Presidency

Donald Trump.Photo:Spencer Platt/Getty Spencer Platt/Getty “Women are poorer than they were four years ago, are less healthy than they were four years ago, are less safe on the streets than they were four years ago, are more depressed and unhappy than they were four years ago, and are less optimistic and confident in the future than they were four years ago!” Trump’s post began. He continued, “I will fix all of that, and fast, and at long last this national nightmare will be over.

Donald Trump Thanks Voters for Electing Him, Says 'Nobody Expected That. Look at All Those Victories'

Donald Trump speaks at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 06, 2024.Photo:Joe Raedle/Getty Joe Raedle/Getty Donald Trumpaddressed the public in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6. Speaking at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida, Trump, 78, claimed victory in the 2024 presidential election, shortly before it was confirmed that he’d won thekey state of Pennsylvania. “Look at all those victories. Nobody expected that, nobody. So I just wanted to thank you very much for that,” Trump said in his speech after he had alsowon the swing state of Georgia.

Donald Trump Threatens to Deny California Federal Disaster Aid as President If They Don’t Do What He Asks

Donald Trump on Oct. 12, 2024.Photo:AP Photo/Alex Brandon AP Photo/Alex Brandon Donald Trumpis threatening to withhold fire-fighting aid from California. The former president, 78, addressed rally-goers in Coachella, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 12, stating that if elected, he would deny federal disaster aid to the state unless GovernorGavin Newsomcomplies with his demands. “We’re going to take care of our farmers, we’re going to take care of your water situation and we’ll force it down his throat and we’ll say, ‘Gavin if you don’t do it we’re not giving you any of that fire money that we send you all the time for all the forest fires that you have’,” Trump declared at the rally, according toThe Independentand clips of the event posted on social media.