Overview
- In a video interview with The Economist, Bannon asserted Trump "is gonna be president in '28" and claimed "there's a plan" with "many different alternatives."
- Bannon declined to provide details, saying the strategy would be outlined later, and cast Trump as an "instrument of divine will" who "needs" another term.
- Constitutional scholars note the 22nd Amendment bars being elected president more than twice, with experts saying there is "no wiggle room" on the limit.
- Ideas floated by allies include a constitutional amendment or a vice‑presidential succession gambit, proposals legal analysts call implausible and likely to trigger swift litigation.
- Republican leaders have largely treated a third term as unlikely, even as Trump has alternately teased the idea, sold "Trump 2028" merchandise, and offered mixed statements about his intentions.