WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday he had discussed the limits of the U.S. Constitution with President Donald Trump, and that there was not enough time to amend the founding document to allow the Republican a third White House term.

Trump, 79, on Monday declined to definitively say he would not seek a third term, keeping alive speculation about how he might seek to extend his time in office.

“It’s been a great run. But I think the president knows, and he and I have talked about, the constrictions of the Constitution,” Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill, adding that he had most recently talked to Trump an hour ago during the president’s Asia trip.

“I don’t see a way to amend the (U.S.) Constitution because it takes about 10 years to do that, as you all know,

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