Donald Trump said on Monday (October 27, 2025) that he would not run for Vice President in the 2028 American election, a move some supporters suggest would allow him to skirt term limits and stay in the White House.

The U.S. Constitution limits presidents to two terms, and Mr. Trump began his second in January.

However, some of his advocates have suggested the Republican could skirt the rule by becoming Vice President and then stepping back into a vacated top job.

Asked whether he would run for Vice President in November 2028, Mr. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he “would be allowed to do that”.

But he added: “I wouldn’t do it… I think it’s too cute. It wouldn’t be right.”

Mr. Trump, who served his initial term from 2017 to 2021, often mentions that his supporters have called for him to govern beyond his current tenure, despite the constitutional restriction.

The 79-year-old tycoon has also recently displayed red hats emblazoned with the slogan “Trump 2028” on a desk in the Oval Office.

A popular theory among his supporters is that the current Vice President, J.D. Vance, could run for President in 2028 on a ticket with Mr. Trump.

If Mr. Vance won, the theory goes, he would quickly resign and put Mr. Trump back in office.

Mr. Trump’s comments came after Steve Bannon, his former advisor and one of the key ideologues of the Make America Great Again movement, said “there is a plan” to keep him in the White House.

“He is going to get a third term… Trump is going to be President in ’28. And people just ought to get accommodated with that,” Mr. Bannon told The Economist.

Asked about the 22nd Amendment — the constitutional article mandating term limits — Mr. Bannon said: “There’s many different alternatives. At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is.”

Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House.

In an interview with the BBC posted on Saturday (October 25, 2025), Ms. Harris said she expects a woman will be President in the coming years, and it could “possibly” be her.

“I am not done,” she said.

The formerVice-President said she hasn’t decided whether to mount a 2028 presidential campaign. But she dismissed the suggestion that she’d face long odds.

“I have lived my entire career a life of service and it’s in my bones. And there are many ways to serve,” she said. “I’ve never listened to polls.” She’s recently given a series of interviews following the September release of her book, “107 Days.” It looks back on her experience replacing then-President Joe Biden as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee after he dropped out of the race.

She ultimately lost to Republican President Donald Trump.

In an interview with The Associated Press last week, Ms. Harris, 60, also made clear that running again in 2028 is still on the table. She said she sees herself as a leader of the party, including in pushing back against Trump and preparing for the 2026 midterms.

Meanwhile, political jockeying among Democrats for the 2028 presidential contest appears to be playing out even earlier than usual.

Several potential candidates are already taking steps to get to know voters in key states, including California Gov Gavin Newsom, term-limited Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and California Rep. Ro Khanna. Upwards of 30 high-profile Democrats could ultimately enter the primary.