Donald Trump gives update on whether he will run for unprecedented third term

US President Donald Trump says he would like to run for a third term in office but is now unlikely to - despite his previous threats of finding a way to remain in power.

The 79-year-old is on his second non-consecutive term having previously led America from 2017 to 2021. The Constitution restricts presidents to two campaigns at the Whitehouse with allies of the Republican encouraging him to try to seek an extension.

But speaking to reporters today, Mr Trump hinted again that the door is not totally closed when pressed on an unprecedented third term. He says part of the reason why he wants to is his poll numbers. It comes after a lip reader revealed exactly what Donald Trump and Keir Starmer said to each other on the golf course.

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"I'd like to run, I have the best poll numbers I've ever had - you know why? Because people love the tariffs," the President said in his media briefing today. Then asked if he will run, he responded: “No, probably not, probably not. I’d like to… I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had.”

A third term would mean Mr Trump would make history in becoming the first President to do so since Franklin D. Roosevelt as the constitutional limit was approved in 1947. Speaking in March, the tycoon said: "Well, there are plans... There are – not plans. There are methods – there are methods which you could do it, as you know."

Mr Trump will exploit methods to dodge the constitutional limit stopping US presidents from serving three terms, his former adviser claimed just weeks ago. Steve Bannon, who was White House Chief Strategist, believes he will win if he is able to find a way to run for the third stint as leader.

The Trump Organisation is selling red caps which read "Trump 2028" in an apparent reference to the next US presidential election. "There are methods which you could do it. President Trump is going to be eligible, is going to run again, and will win again," Mr Bannon, who was in his advisory role from January 2017 to August 2017 and has since retained links with Mr Trump, said in a podcast called Apocalypse Now?.

Mr Bannon, who himself now has a daily live podcast, added: "I will tell you, on the afternoon of the 20th January of 2029, he's going be in the White House signing executive orders."

America's constitution restricts presidents to a maximum of two terms in office. However, Mr Trump previously stated there were "methods" – if not "plans" – find a way to get around this and remain power.

Speaking on the Daily Mail podcast, hosted by David Patrikarakos, Mr Bannon insisted he was sure the 78-year-old US President would find a way to circumvent the limit.

Referring to bizarre theories Joe Biden "stole" the 2020 election, Mr Bannon added: "The whole reason he came back and ran again was his burning conviction that he had won in 2020, it had been stolen... His inner group and our audience - almost to a person, I think it's almost 100 per cent - believe strongly to the core of their being that the 2020 election was stolen."

Mr Bannon added: "I think President Trump's doing what a world leader and the leader of the free world and the president of United States and our commander-in-chief should do - to show the guys respect and try to make sure that we can get some sort of accommodation."