President-elect Trump floated the prospect of seeking a third term in an apparent joke to House Republicans on Wednesday as they met ahead of internal leadership elections.

“I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you do something,” Trump said, according to pool reports and audio shared with The Hill. “Unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we have to just figure it out.’”

The comment got laughs from the GOP lawmakers in the crowd — several of whom later told reporters that the comment was not serious.

“That was a joke. It was clearly a joke,” Rep. Tim Burchett........

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