President Donald Trump would be willing to serve temporarily as the House speaker while Republicans decide on a permanent replacement, according to his counselor Kellyanne Conway.
Conway said on Fox News that if Republicans decided to elect President Trump as speaker, he would “certainly consider serving for a short period of time” as long as a permanent replacement could be chosen “in the near future.”
The position would be temporary, though, as Trump would only serve until a long-term speaker could be selected.
Trump has previously expressed interest in the role and said in a September 2018 tweet that it “could be an interesting challenge.”
No U.S. president has ever served as House speaker before. However, Trump did serve as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2000, and he held the position of chairman of Trump Entertainment Resorts from 2005 to 2009.
