Trump seeks serving a third term as president, says he is very angry with Putin

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US President Donald Trump on Sunday indicated he is considering running for a third term in office.

"So many people are saying, 'you've gotta run again'. They love the job we're doing. Most importantly, they love the job we do," Trump said in comments to reporters on Air Force One en route from Florida to Washington.

Still, Trump added: “I don’t want to talk about a third term now because no matter how you look at it, we’ve got a long time to go.”

According to Associated Press the 22nd Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times in a row, says “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”

Any attempt to remain in office would be legally suspect and it is unclear how seriously Trump might pursue the idea.

Trump also voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump was referencing comments Putin made that he "considers Zelenskyy not credible."

"He's supposed to be making a deal with him, whether you like him or whether you don't like him. So I wasn't happy with that," Trump said.

Putin repeated his claim that Zelenskyy, whose term expired last year, lacks the legitimacy to sign a peace deal.

Nonetheless, Trump reiterated that he and Putin have a “very good relationship," and shifted some of his criticism to Zelenskyy.

“He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal," Trump said, referring to an agreement that would provide the US with access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.

“If he does that, he’s got some problems. Big, big problems.”

“We made a deal on rare earth. And now he’s saying, well you know, I want to renegotiate the deal," Trump said.

"He wants to be a member of NATO. He was never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that

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