President Trump sat down this week for a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, talking about the possibility of a third term, territorial expansion, a tax increase for millionaires and his past "exaggeration" about bringing a quick end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

The interview, conducted Tuesday at the White House and published Thursday morning, comes as Trump nears the close of the first 100 days of his second tenure in the Oval Office, which have seen a blitz of executive action, intensifying constitutional fights, a roiled global economy and dizzying cuts to the federal workforce.

Here are five key takeaways from the sprawling Time interview:

Doesn’t ‘believe in using loopholes’ for third term

Trump last month said he’s “not joking” about serving a possible third term, despite a constitutional restriction limiting presidents to two terms, and suggested “there are methods [with] which you could do it.”

But when Time asked about those comments, Trump told the outlet that he didn’t “believe in loopholes” and didn’t want to discuss what methods he may have been referring to.

“I'd rather not discuss that now, but as you know, there are some loopholes that have been discussed that are well known. But I don't believe in loopholes. I don't believe in using loopholes,” Trump said.

Time also asked about whether he might run as vice president to his current second-in-command, JD Vance, as a workaround for a third term.

“I don’t know anything about, what, look, all I can say is this, I am being inundated with requests. I'm doing a good job,” Trump said.

The president’s talk of a third term, which is barred by the 22nd Amendment, has alarmed some Democrats, while........

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