In September, after meeting with congressional leaders about the looming government shutdown, #Trump posted photographs on Truth Social in which trump 2028 hats rested prominently on his Oval Office desk. In October, when discussing the possibility of a third term, Trump said, “I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.”
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Bannon’s statement comes after months of #Trump publicly toying with the idea of running for a 3rd term. Even as Trump insists he is serious, some #Republican leaders have dismissed the idea as a joke, noting the #Constitution does not permit it. White House aides have mocked reporters for taking Trump at his word.
Trump has for years publicly & privately joked about being “president for life.”
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‘The Return of the King’: Trump Embraces Trappings of the Throne
Restored to power, President Trump claimed that God put him there and asserted the right to single-handedly redraw the world map as he sees fit.
In an interview with The Economist, #Bannon vaguely asserted that there was “a plan”to circumvent the #22ndAmendment, which states that “no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice,”regardless of whether the terms are consecutive. He also suggested that he was part of a team developing that plan.
“#Trump is going to be president in ’28, & people ought to just get accommodated with that,”he said.
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https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/inside-the-mind-of-maga-a-conversation-with-steve-bannon
Inside the mind of MAGA: a conversation with Steve Bannon | The Economist Insider
Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, has a worldview that contradicts that of The Economist. He’s a populist nationalist; this publication is classically liberal. But liberalism demands dialogue with those who oppose it. And as liberal values retreat worldwide, understanding Mr Bannon’s ideas—which have animated many people on both sides of the Atlantic—has become essential.
Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, deputy editor, sit down with Mr Bannon in his home in Washington, DC to ask about how he envisions progress, power and America’s place in the world. They discuss what the MAGA movement is trying to create, whether America is at risk of civil war and why he’s certain that Donald Trump needs—and will achieve—a third presidential term.
Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan’ for Trump to Run for a Third Term
The claim comes after months of President Trump toying with the idea, insisting that he is “not joking” about defying a constitutionally-mandated term limit.
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