Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has claimed that Donald Trump will once again occupy the Oval Office in 2028 even though such a move would be unconstitutional.
Bannon, who served as a senior aide during Trump’s first term, made the controversial comments in a new interview with The Economist, released on October 23.
Still a staunch supporter of the former president, Bannon suggested that there’s a “plan” in motion to keep Trump in power after his second term would legally have ended openly dismissing the U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment, which prohibits any individual from serving more than two presidential terms.
“There are many different alternatives,” Bannon said. “At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is but there’s a plan. He’s gonna get a third term. Trump is gonna be president in ’28, and people just need to get used to that.”
Bannon went on to argue that Trump’s potential path back to the White House in 2028 would actually be easier than his campaigns in 2016 or 2024, claiming it “won’t matter” who the Democratic Party nominates.
Perhaps most strikingly, Bannon described Trump as a “vehicle of divine providence.”
“He’s not perfect. He’s not churchy or particularly religious,” Bannon continued. “But he’s an instrument of divine will. You can tell by what he’s accomplished. We need him for at least one more term and he’ll get that in ’28. We had longer odds in ’16 and ’24 than we’ve got in ’28. We have to finish what we started.”
Bannon’s remarks arrive amid growing concern that Trump may attempt to consolidate power beyond constitutional limits.
Over the weekend, thousands joined “No Kings” protests across roughly 2,500 U.S. cities to express alarm at the possibility of an authoritarian power grab.
Trump, however, appeared to mock the demonstrations on social media, posting AI-generated videos depicting himself wearing a crown.
In a Fox News interview, he addressed the uproar directly. “A king! This is not an act,” Trump said in a preview clip. “You know—they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king.”
