Trump’s Embarrassing Secret Confession to Aides Revealed

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President Donald Trump keeps floating a potential third presidential term because he’s desperate to stay politically relevant, according to a former senior aide.

Trump privately told staffers that one reason he has publicly mused about https://www.thedailybeast.com/bannon-details-dark-new-plot-for-trumps-third-term/" rel="">serving another term, despite being constitutionally barred from seeking one, is to avoid being perceived as a lame duck and slipping into “irrelevance,” the former senior aide https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-setbacks-fuel-lame-duck-talk-he-turns-80-2026-06-10/" rel="">told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

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