CPAC 2026 cools on Trump 2028 campaign

Published March 26, 2026 6:49pm ET



GRAPEVINE, Texas — Barely two months into President Donald Trump’s second administration, MAGA supporters were plotting how to keep the Republican leader in power beyond a second term— to the horror of Democrats.  

Attendees at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference even staged a press conference to push for reforming presidential term limits in Congress to allow Trump to run for a third term in 2028.

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