United States President Donald Trump has expressed regret at not being allowed to run for a third term , acknowledging the limits laid out in the US Constitution after musings about serving beyond his mandate.

“If you read it, it’s pretty clear,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday on board Air Force One while en route from Japan to South Korea. “I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.”

The comments come a day after the president said he was not ruling out the possibility of seeking a third term for the White House, saying he would “love to do it”.

The US Constitution’s 22nd Amendment limits presidents to two terms, and Trump began his second in January.

Changing that with a new amendment would be a decade-long process that requires winning over states and votes in Congress.

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