MAGA chatter about an unconstitutional third term for Donald Trump is back — because it never goes away. He could make it disappear with a few definitive sentences. Occasionally, he breaks character and shows he knows it ain’t happening, but there’s always an asterisk, as in these comments on Monday. Per Reuters:

Some supporters have suggested that one way around the prohibition would be for Trump to run as vice president, while another candidate stood for election as president and resigned, letting Trump again assume the presidency. “I’d be allowed to do that,” Trump said on Monday, in an exchange with reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew from Malaysia to Tokyo. But he added: “I wouldn’t do that. I think it’s too cute. Yeah, I would rule that out because it’s too cute. I think the people wouldn’t like that. It’s too cute. It’s not — it wouldn’t be right.”

But here’s the asterisk:

Referring to the possibility of a third term, Trump said: “I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.” When pressed by a reporter whether he was not ruling out a third term, he said, “Am I not ruling it out? I mean you’ll have to tell me.”

Actually, Trump

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