Steve Bannon revealed that ‘there’s a plan’ in place to allow Donald Trump to stay in the White House past the next presidential election in 2028.
Trump’s former top advisor has previously teased the idea that the president could evade the 22nd amendment – which limits people from being elected president more than twice.
In an interview with The Economist, Bannon spelled out in plain terms that team Trump has strategized how to keep him in the White House.
‘At the appropriate time we’ll lay out what the plan is, but there’s a plan and President Trump will be the president in ’28,’ he said.
When questioned about Constitutional law, Bannon reassured the interviewers that there were ways around it.
‘There’s many different alternatives. At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is, but there’s a plan.’
Bannon is certain that the president will win re-election in 2028 no matter who the Democrats run.
‘He’s gonna get a third term. Trump is gonna be president in ’28, and people just sort of [need to] get accommodated with that,’ Bannon said.
Steve Bannon revealed that ‘there’s a plan’ in place to allow Donald Trump to stay in the White House past the next presidential election in 2028
In an interview with The Economist, Bannon spelled out in plain terms that team Trump has strategized how to keep him in the White House
The longtime believer in the president went even further, referring to Trump as ‘a vehicle of divine providence.’
‘He’s not perfect. He’s not churchy, not particularly religious, but he’s an instrument of divine will. And you could tell this by how he’s been able to pull this off. We need him for at least one more term, right? And he’ll get that in ’28.’
Bannon even said that it will be easier to win in 2028 than it was in 2024 and 2016.
‘We had longer odds in ’16 and longer odds in ’24 than we’ve got in ’28. We have to finish what we started.’
Bannon’s remarks come as The New York Times reported that election integrity officials across the country were alarmed by a call with the Department of Homeland Security last month.
Heather Honey, DHS’ point person on the issue, spoke about the debunked claim that Trump’s 2020 loss was caused by widespread voter fraud.
Further, speaking to conservative activists in March, she seemed to let on that there could be a plan in place to alter the rules going forward.
One suggestion was Trump declaring a national emergency in order to put new rules on election officials at the state and local levels, potentially following an investigation into the 2020 election that could show it was fraudulent.
Election integrity officials across the country were alarmed by a call with the Department of Homeland Security last month. Heather Honey (pictured), DHS’ point person on the issue, spoke about the debunked claim that Trump’s 2020 loss was caused by widespread voter fraud
‘And therefore, we have some additional powers that don’t exist right now and therefore, we can take these other steps without Congress and we can mandate that states do things and so on,’ she said in March
She did make one cautious note, that the rest of the president’s inner circle might not go for it.
‘I don’t know if that’s really feasible and if the people around the president would let him test that theory.’
Honey added that voting machines have been rigged to favor Democrats and those in cybersecurity who try to dispel misinformation about elections have ‘strayed from their mission.’
Two other Trump loyalists, lawyer Kurt Olsen and activist Marci McCarthy, have also been hired of late at DHS.
Olsen worked with Mike Lindell to promote the notion that the 2020 election was stolen, while McCarthy spread incorrect claims about voting machines in Georgia as chairwoman of the DeKalb County Republican Party.
McCarthy now works at an agency – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – that put all of its election experts on leave or reassigned them since Trump took office.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called the report out for alleged hypocrisy when reached by the Daily Mail for comment.
Two other Trump loyalists, lawyer Kurt Olsen and activist Marci McCarthy (pictured), have also been hired of late at DHS
DHS responded to the New York Times report by praising the work Kristi Noem has done on election integrity
‘During the Biden Administration, liberal mainstream media outlets did not have any issue with CISA performing duties outside of its statutory authority – to include censorship, branding, and electioneering.’
‘Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem, CISA has returned to serving as the national coordinator for securing and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure.’
They added that the Trump administration’s work was in line with one of his early executive orders.
‘CISA is focused squarely on executing its statutory mission: serving as the national coordinator for securing and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure and is delivering timely, actionable cyber threat intelligence, supporting federal, state, and local partners, and defending against both nation-state and criminal cyber threats.’
Bannon first revealed in March that he was crafting a plan to help Trump stay in the White House until 2032.
Bannon, who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign before a brief tenure at the White House as Trump’s strategist, announced in a NewsNation interview in March that he is preparing a legal path for the president to run in 2028.
The former White House strategist also denied reports that he has presidential ambitions after coming in second place behind VP J.D. Vance in a poll last month asking conservatives who the next GOP presidential nominee should be.
‘I’m a firm believer that President Trump will run and win again in 2028, so I’ve already endorsed President Trump,’ Bannon answered when asked if he is going to run.
Steve Bannon at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in February. On Tuesday he said that he is crafting a plan to enable President Donald Trump to run for president in 2028
‘A man like this comes along once every century if we’re a little lucky,’ he continued. ‘We’ve got him now, he’s on fire, and I’m a huge supporter. I wanna see him again in 2028.’
Host Chris Cuomo then pressed Bannon on exactly how he would enable the Republican to run for a third term despite the Constitution outlawing presidents from being sworn in three times.
Not willing to reveal his playbook to the audience just yet, the conservative media executive gave a cryptic answer.
‘We’re working on it,’ he told Cuomo. ‘I think we’ll have a couple of alternatives.’
Then Bannon teased a bit of his strategy.
‘We’ll see what the definition of term limit is,’ he continued.
Cuomo shot back in to clarify that Bannon, who was sent to prison for four months in 2024 after being found in contempt of Congress for not appearing before the January 6 Select Committee, was not planning an insurrection.
Instead, the host explained, Bannon is looking into litigating his way to a third Trump term.
‘You are not suggesting revolution or overthrow or anything that people would condemn?’ Cuomo asked.
Bannon said that was not that plan, adding ‘we’re huge believers in democracy.’
‘But this is many years in the making, so we’ve had greater long shots than Trump 2028,’ the former Trump counselor shared.
‘Got a lot of stuff we’re working on there. We’re not prepared to talk about it publicly, but in a couple of months, I think we will be.’
The 22nd Amendment specifically bans presidents from serving more than two terms.
‘No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,’ the Amendment, ratified in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times, states.
Trump has also floated his interest in running for a third term.
‘Am I allowed to run again?’ the president asked House Republicans last month.
One of those GOP members, Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., even introduced legislation in January to amend the 22nd Amendment.
His bill would stipulate that no president could be elected to a third term if they previously served two consecutive stints as president.
Ogles said in a statement after filing the proposal that he believes Trump will need another eight years to carry out his goal of reshaping America after Joe Biden’s presidency.
‘President Trump’s decisive leadership stands in stark contrast to the chaos, suffering, and economic decline Americans have endured over the past four years,’ he wrote.
