Trump asserts right to third term despite constitutional limit, claiming 2020 election was ‘rigged’

US President Donald Trump has said he should be allowed to run for a third presidential term after suggesting that the 2020 election was rigged. — AFP pic

First Published: Friday, 23 Oct 2026 7:07 PM MYT

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 — US President Donald Trump has said he should be allowed to run for a third presidential term after suggesting that the 2020 election was rigged.

“I think I have the right to run again, because they cheated,” Trump said at a rally in the state of Iowa yesterday, reported Sputnik/ RIA Novosti.

He again claimed that he won the elections three times but acknowledged that the constitutional limit on the number of presidential terms leaves no room for a different interpretation.

The next US presidential election is due in 2028.

Trump served as US president from 2017-2021. In November 2024, he again won the presidential election and took office on January 20, 2025, becoming the 47th president of the country.

According to the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, no person can be elected president more than twice. — Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti