Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said that President Donald Trump would seek a third term in 2028 and claimed that a “plan” is in place for Trump to avoid being restricted to two terms by the 22nd Amendment.
In an interview with The Economist, Bannon made no mystery of Trump’s intention to run again.
“He’s gonna get a third term, Trump ‘28,” Bannon said. “Trump is gonna be president ‘28, so people just ought to get accommodated with that.”
When asked about the two-term limit set in place by the 22nd Amendment, Bannon said that the Trump allies were considering “different alternatives” to allow Trump to run again.
“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 said.
Bannon went on to call Trump “an instrument of divine will…to finish what we started.”
“We need him for at least one more term, and he’ll get that in ‘28,” Bannon said.
Trump floated the idea of running for an unprecedented third term in earlier this year. In March, he told NBC that he was “not joking” about seeking a third term, and was considering “methods” by which to run again.
In January, Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced a proposal in the House that would allow Trump to run for a third term, while excluding other former presidents, such as Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has gone on record nixing the idea of a third term for Trump, saying that amending the Constitution to do so would be “a high bar.”
“I think he recognizes the constitutional limitations, and I’m not sure that there’s a move about to amend the Constitution,” Johnson said in April.
Watch Bannon’s interview with The Economist below:
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