President Donald Trump suggested that the United States ought to do away with term limits just as China recently did, it was reported on Saturday.
Trump spoke before a crowd of Republican donors in his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to CNN.
During his remarks, he praised Chinese President Xi Jinping, who recently enacted reforms that will allow him to rule as president indefinitely.
‘He's now president for life,’ Trump said of Xi. ‘President for life. And he's great.
‘And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day.’
During the speech, Trump also criticized the ‘rigged system’ in Washington.
President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that the United States ought to do away with term limits just as China recently did. Trump is seen left with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this past November
During his remarks, Trump praised Xi, who recently enacted reforms that will allow him to rule as president indefinitely. Trump is seen above with First Lady Melania Trump in Washington on Saturday
Xi is seen above attending the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People
He also said he wished the Justice Department would launch an investigation against Hillary Clinton over the use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
Trump has frequently used his Twitter feed to criticize his attorney general, Jeff Sessions.
The president went after Sessions – whom he went after mercilessly on Twitter earlier in his term – a day after Sessions said his agency's internal inspector general would probe allegations of illegal surveillance against Trump campaign officials.
'Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse,' Trump wrote, leaving out a question mark at the end of his inquiry.
'Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn't the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL!'
Sessions, who has been on the receiving end of multiple presidential online shots throughout his turbulent tenure, defended his own 'integrity and honor' in the face of Trump's attack.
'We have initiated the appropriate process that will ensure complaints against this Department will be fully and fairly acted upon if necessary,' Sessions said in a statement.
Then the former Alabama senator added: ‘As long as I am the attorney general, I will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this Department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner according to the law and the Constitution.'
Trump on Saturday also blasted two other frequent targets of criticism – Clinton and former President George W. Bush.
Trump on Saturday also blasted two other frequent targets of criticism – Hillary Clinton (right) and former President George W. Bush (left)
'Is Hillary a happy person? Do you think she's happy?' he said.
'When she goes home at night, does she say, “What a great life?” I don't think so. You never know. I hope she's happy.’
Trump also lambasted Bush for his decision to invade Iraq in 2003 after claiming that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
'Here we are, like the dummies of the world, because we had bad politicians running our country for a long time,' he said.
Trump said the Iraq invasion was ‘the single worst decision ever made’ because it was tantamount to ‘throwing a big fat brick into a hornet’s nest.’
'That was Bush. Another real genius. That was Bush,' Trump said sarcastically.
'That turned out to be wonderful intelligence. Great intelligence agency there.'
Trump has used the Iraq War and the errors made by US intelligence agencies to discredit those who claim that Russia meddled in the 2016 elections.
The American intelligence community believes that President Vladimir Putin directed Russian cyber operatives to hack into the election to help Trump defeat Clinton.
Trump has largely resisted those claims. Russia has denied the hacking allegations.