Bannon Says 'Plan' to Keep Trump in 2028

Steve Bannon told The Economist there is “a plan” to keep Donald Trump in the White House and declared “he’s gonna get a third term,” predicting Trump will be president in 2028. Bannon said there are “many different alternatives” to the 22nd Amendment and pledged the team would lay out specifics later, but he offered no concrete legal pathway. He framed Trump as a “vehicle of divine providence” and said 2028 would be easier to win than 2016 or 2024. Legal experts and critics point to the clear constitutional bar on a third term and raise practical concerns about Trump’s age — he would be 82 on Election Day 2028 and could be 86 by the end of another term. Election-integrity officials have also expressed alarm that lingering false fraud claims are fueling threats to democratic norms, and Trump has at times entertained the idea and sold 2028 merchandise, but the proposal remains politically and legally controversial and unspecified.