Let that sink in, Steve Bannon openly warned Donald Trump’s next move, while everyone’s distracted by Epstein and Iran
While the country’s attention is split between Epstein bombshells and missiles over the Middle East, Steve Bannon is quietly telling anyone who’ll listen that Donald Trump is going to be president in 2028, despite the Constitution and every rule, norm, and amendment standing in his way.
It would be so easy to file this under “things unhinged people say on podcasts” and move on. But Steve Bannon isn’t just some podcast dude. He’s the guy who turned that very unhinged talk into actual government policy twice.
Bannon, who has worked as an advisor and close confidante to Trump for many years, recently said that “we’re working on five or six different alternatives that President Trump could run again and be president.”
And that’s not all. “On the afternoon of January 20th, 2029, Donald Trump is going to be president for his third term.”
Bannon even told The Economist that Trump is “going to get a third term. And people just ought to get accomodated with that.”
Well, constitutional scholars, legal experts, the majority of the population, and common sense itself would beg to differ, but Bannon has never let any of those things slow him down before.
The temptation is to dismiss all of this as a Bannon ego trip, especially since he wants to be seen as the indispensable architect of Trumpism in America. A source close to Trump told the Daily Mail that the president has “lost his patience” with Bannon, who has a habit of presenting himself as the voice of MAGA.
The slow rise of theocracy, one unhinged comment at a time
The timing of Bannon’s comments, and the relative lack of sustained outrage in response to them, is the story withing the story. The news cycle in early 2026 is a crowded and punishing one. From the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict to the slow trickle of Epstein file revelations, and even other Trump shenanigans that come out of the left field, the media can hardly get around to addressing the other unconstitutional things that Trump gets around to on a daily basis.
The 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951 precisely because Americans watched Franklin Roosevelt win four consecutive terms. Steve Bannon is not a stupid man. When he says there’s a plan, the right response is to take him seriously, and perhaps start asking some hard questions from the administration that touts itself as the great defender of American democracy.
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