The 22nd Amendment says, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice," and it also says vice presidents who eventually become president can be elected to two terms if they have served less than two years of their predecessors' terms, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Donald Trump has joked about running for a third term as president even though it would flout the rules of the US constitution.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) is aiming to introduce a House resolution that would reiterate President-elect Donald Trump's inability to run for a third term.

I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you do something,” Trump reportedly told his GOP colleagues in the House, as they met ahead of congressional leadership elections. “Unless you say, ‘He’s so good,

US president-elect Donald Trump spoke in the House of Representatives, jokingly mentioning a possible third term, ABC News informs. "I suspect I won't be running again unless you do something else, unless you say he's so good we've got to figure something out,