Trump vows to serve 8 more years... even though he’s not allowed to

DONALD Trump is eyeing up another eight years in the White House, he told supporters at a rally, four more than he can legally serve.

A triumph in November’s election would seal a second term for the 74-year-old President but he told a crowd in Nevada he was ‘entitled’ to a third – currently banned under the US Constitution.

Mr Trump (below) told the outdoor gathering he was going to win the state, which he lost in 2016, and four more years in the Oval Office.

He then claimed, to the horror of constitutional experts: ‘And then after that we’ll negotiate because we’re probably, based on the way we were treated, we’re probably entitled to another four after that.’

Mr Trump has long claimed his campaign was spied on by the Obama administration and believes scandals such as his impeachment trial and the Russian collusion investigation were attempts to derail his presidency.

Many dismissed Mr Trump’s talk as bullish rhetoric, designed to fire up his support base, but his former lawyer said his words should not be disregarded easily.

Michael Cohen, jailed for paying hush money to women who claim affairs with the President, said: ‘He is going to automatically [from] day number one start thinking how he can change the Constitution for a third term, and then a fourth term.’

The 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution, barring any president from more than two terms, was ratified in 1951 after Franklin D Roosevelt served four terms. Before that, the limit had been an unwritten rule.

The President, who is behind in the polls, later held a second Nevada event, his first fully indoor rally in months, outraging state officials who warned it violated coronavirus restrictions.

Asked later if he had been worried about coronavirus spreading through the crowd in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Mr Trump said: ‘I’m on a stage and it’s very far away. And so I’m not at all concerned.’