Steve Bannon hints at Trump running for president again in 2028 saying he’ll win a third term even if it’s unconstitutional
Donald Trump is reportedly exploring ways to bypass the U.S. Constitution’s very clear two-term presidential limit, according to his former advisor and far-right media figure Steve Bannon. While the 22nd Amendment plainly prohibits any president from serving more than two terms, Bannon appears convinced that Trump could still find a workaround — and is already teasing the idea publicly. The Trump Organization has even begun selling new merch stamped with “Trump 2028,” as if that’s not alarming enough on its own.
“There are methods which you could do it. President Trump is going to be eligible, is going to run again, and will win again,” Bannon said on the podcast Apocalypse Now?, where he mused freely about Trump’s supposedly inevitable return. For context, Bannon served as Chief Strategist in the Trump White House for just eight months — but has remained one of Trump’s most loyal ideologues, even after serving a prison sentence for contempt of Congress.
Now hosting his own podcast, Bannon confidently declared: “I will tell you, on the afternoon of the 20th January of 2029, he’s going be in the White House signing executive orders.” According to Bannon, this outcome is somehow within reach, despite the constitutional limit. He didn’t explain how Trump could legally get around it — because he can’t — but he hinted at vague “methods,” just enough to stoke fantasies in MAGA circles.
On another podcast, hosted by David Patrikarakos for the Daily Mail, Bannon continued to push the idea that Trump could retake the White House for a third term, leaning hard into debunked election conspiracies. “The whole reason he came back and ran again was his burning conviction that he had won in 2020, it had been stolen…” he claimed, again pushing the lie that still forms the core of Trump’s narrative.
“His inner group and our audience – almost to a person, I think it’s almost 100 per cent – believe strongly to the core of their being that the 2020 election was stolen,” Bannon continued, never acknowledging the dozens of court cases and official audits that disproved this claim. Despite losing the popular vote twice and inspiring a violent insurrection, Trump and his circle still seem to think the presidency is something he’s entitled to.
Meanwhile, Trump hasn’t exactly been subtle about wanting back in. He’s already ramped up isolationist economic rhetoric and reignited his beloved trade war ideas. As the global economy teeters, central banks are eyeing policy shifts in response to market instability that’s been magnified by Trump’s public comments. Bannon praised Trump’s foreign policy as well, saying that he hopes to avoid a “kinetic war” with China, but stressed that the former president wants to treat China with “respect” while aiming for “some sort of accommodation.”
All of this is happening as international tension builds, especially around Taiwan — a self-governed democracy that China wants to reclaim by 2027. Despite everything, including his own criminal record, Bannon says Trump is still the man for the job. “I think President Trump’s doing what a world leader and the leader of the free world and the president of United States and our commander-in-chief should do – to show the guys respect and try to make sure that we can get some sort of accommodation,” he said.
It’s wishful thinking at best, delusional at worst. The Constitution exists for a reason, and no matter how many red hats he prints with “Trump 2028,” there’s still no legal path for him to serve three terms. But that’s never stopped Trump from trying to bend reality — or his supporters from cheering him on.
