Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has claimed that plans are in place to help Donald Trump secure a third presidential term despite constitutional limits.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has claimed that there are plans to help President Donald Trump serve a third term, defying the U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment, which restricts presidents to two terms.
In an interview with The Economist, Bannon said, “He’s gonna get a third term, Trump ‘28, Trump is gonna be president ‘28 so people just ought to get accommodated with that.”
When pressed by editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes about constitutional limits, Bannon responded, “There’s many different alternatives. 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.”
Bannon, who served in Trump’s administration for seven months before being dismissed, argued that Trump faced “longer odds in ‘16 and longer odds in ‘24” but that “the country needs him to be President of the United States.”
Describing Trump as an “instrument of divine will,” Bannon said, “We need him for at least one more term, and he’ll get that in ‘28.”
Trump has repeatedly hinted at extending his presidency, recently posting a Truth Social video suggesting he could rule indefinitely.
Constitutional experts, including former Harvard professor Laurence Tribe, have warned that the 22nd and 12th Amendments may not fully prevent attempts to bypass the two-term limit.