White House says US would be ‘lucky’ if Trump stayed for third term

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Source: theguardian.com
White House says US would be ‘lucky’ if Trump stayed for third term

Comments follow reports that US president discussed idea with constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz

The US would be “lucky” if Donald Trump remained in office for a constitutionally prohibited third term, the White House has said following revelations that he discussed the possibility with the lawyer and constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz.

The bold assertion came despite successive polls showing plunging approval ratings for Trump amid widespread discontent over his administration’s economic performance and lingering controversy over his links to the disgraced late financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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