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Steve Bannon has been everywhere the past few days stirring headlines, party chatter, and no shortage of constitutional nerves. It started with an electrifying interview with The Economist, where Bannon flatly declared, Trump is going to be president in 28 and people just ought to get accommodated with that. He did not outline the legal roadmap but promised there is a plan. What really upped the ante was his insistence that the movement is now focused on controlling the institutions, guaranteeing victory upon victory, not backing off until Trump secures that third term. Bannon’s comments have fueled a wave of speculation about Project 2025 and whether the political right is seeking to rewrite, or outright ignore, the guardrails of presidential succession.
National outlets have leapt on Bannon’s third-term talk as a serious constitutional stress test. People’s World described scenes of disbelief at the White House: demolition of the East Wing, tourists staring through fences, convinced this signals Trump’s plans to remain long after his second term ends. According to The Fulcrum, Bannon isn’t joking, laying ideological groundwork for a narrative in which rules are as flexible as the operator’s will. This is not just legal maneuvering—it’s the normalization of extraordinary power, they warn, and legal scholars insist any real attempt at a third term would trigger a constitutional crisis.
The View’s co-hosts weighed in, labeling Bannon’s claims as conspiracy territory but not without precedent, given his accurate past predictions around Jan 6. Alyssa Farah Griffin brought constitutional context, outlining how amending the 22nd Amendment would require either supermajority or a constitutional convention, calling the current efforts more theater than reality, but still a potent distraction from real economic concerns.
On social media, Bannon’s video appearances have hit viral trends with warnings: it’s going to get a lot worse, direct calls to dismantle the deep state, expose Washington corruption, reclaim national institutions, and prioritize mass deportations, all presented as existential, do-or-die priorities. This message is amplified by right-wing influencers and anti-establishment accounts sharing clips and soundbites with hashtags like SaveTheRepublic and Trump2028.
At the business and merchandise level, Trump 2028 hats have appeared in the Oval Office, leading to symbolic speculation that the Trump camp isn’t just floating ideas—they’re selling them. This merch move, reported by multiple outlets, signals a strategic campaign to keep the base fired up, constitutional or not. Bannon’s rhetoric and Trump’s coy flirtations with a third term are combining to shape a new political terrain, where implausibility is less a barrier than an invitation to imagine what’s possible.
At every appearance this week, Bannon has played an incendiary mix of strategist and showman, both before live crowds at right-wing summits and in rapid-fire media segments. What’s significant is not just the press coverage, but the coordinated message: the rules are negotiable, the system is being tested, and MAGA intends to control outcomes by any means available, conventional or not.
The bottom line is Bannon’s actions these past few days are turning whispers of constitutional crisis into shouts, making his recent statements and apparent strategy a major long-term marker for both his biography and the trajectory of American politics. For now, there’s no concrete legal path for a Trump third term—only Bannon’s bold warnings, abundant speculation, and a relentless campaign to make constitutional limits look like just another problem to solve.
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