Escalating his fight with House Speaker Paul Ryan and other members of his own party, Donald Trump says members of Congress should face term limits. It is a dramatic flip-flop for Trump. In a 2008 interview with NY1, he strongly denounced the concept of forcing politicians from office. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report.

Donald Trump said this in a 2008 NY1 interview about term limits:

"I'm not a believer in term limits. I think a term limit is when you go into a voter booth and if you don't like somebody, you press a button."

And earlier this week, he said this when proposing term limits for members of Congress:

"When it comes to Washington D.C., it is time to drain the damn swamp." 

Trump says he wants House members to get the boot after three terms. Senators would only be allowed to serve for two under his plan.

The announcement this week comes as Trump's rift with top Republicans in Washington is growing. And in many ways, it is a stunning rebuke to the highest-ranking Republican in office, House Speaker Paul Ryan, who is in his ninth term in Congress.

"If I'm elected president, I will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress," Trump said.

The push this late in the presidential campaign appears to be a warning shot for longtime lawmakers like Ryan, even more so given Trump's strong opposition to term limits in the past.

"I see so many very good politicians, great politicians be literally thrown out of office because of term limits in the height of their power. I've also seen other people come in and take their position who are horrible, and by the time they understand what they are doing, it's time for them to get out," he said in a 2008 NY1 interview.

This exchange with NY1 was initially seized on by a pro-Clinton Super PAC, American Bridge, which tweeted out the video.

"I think it's people that really press it that want to run for office and the only way they are going to get a chance to be in office, I guess, is to term limit people out because they can't win an election," Trump said in 2008.

The discussion of term limits came up with NY1 because then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council had just voted to extend term limits and allow Bloomberg to run for a third and final term.