The president told the Israeli-American Council National Summit 'a lot of them say, 'you know he's not leaving.''
President Donald Trump addresses the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida on December 7, 2019. He raised the prospect of serving more than two terms as president."These people are so stupid. One of them said, 'you know he's going to win, don't you, and you know at the end of his second term, you know he's not leaving. He's not leaving, you know that.
"I thought he was kidding, he's for real. So now we have to start thinking about that because it's not a bad idea," he said to cheers and smattering of laughter. "When they all scream 'four more years! Four more years!' I always say, 'make it 12 years and you'll drive them crazy," he said, referring to the media, adding,"If I don't get the building built, it's never going to get built."Trump's apparent taunt came amid media speculation in some quarters about whether he would leave office should he lose in 2020 or serve two terms.
in November that Trump"could lose by a landslide in 2020 and I still think he would say 'it's rigged, fake news, deep state.'Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen told a House hearing back in February,"I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.", David Javerbaum, told Channel 4 News that if Trump loses in 2020,"he won't go gentle into that good night.
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