Former Trump strategist insists he’s ‘going to get a third term’

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00:00Former Trump strategist insists he's going to get a third term.

00:04Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon claimed the president will secure a third term in

00:082028, insisting there is already a plan in motion, even though the Constitution limits

00:14presidents to two terms.

00:16In an interview with The Economist's top editors, Bannon doubled down on his claim

00:20that Donald Trump will return to the White House in 2028, despite having already served

00:24two terms.

00:26He's going to get a third term.

00:28So Trump 28, Trump is going to be president in 28, and people just ought to get accommodated

00:32with that, Bannon stated.

00:34The political strategist has previously floated the idea of a third Trump term.

00:39One idea involved Trump running as vice president, with the presidential candidate stepping aside

00:44after the election.

00:45Bannon dismissed worries about the 22nd Amendment during his interview.

00:49He argued that it shouldn't prevent Trump from seeking a third term.

00:53There's many different alternatives.

00:55At the appropriate time, we'll lay out what the plan is.

00:58But there's a plan.

00:59And President Trump will be the president in 2028, Bannon said.

01:03Calling Trump an instrument of divine will, he argued that a third term is needed to

01:08finish the job.

01:09The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zannie Minton-Bettos, pushed back.

01:12I'm trying to understand the coherence of the things you've just told me in the last few

01:16minutes.

01:17On the one hand, you've said the Constitution is fit for purpose.

01:21Secondly, you said that President Trump needs another term, even though the 22nd Amendment

01:25makes pretty clear that he cannot have another term.

01:29The journalist said,

01:29Minton-Bettos warned even if Trump finds a workaround, he will still be undermining the

01:35amendment.

01:35If the American people, with the mechanisms we have, put Trump back in office, are the

01:41American people tearing up the Constitution?

01:43Would the American people be going against the spirit of the Constitution, ma'am?

01:47Bannon asked.

01:49I think yes, actually, because I think what you will end up with is a populist justification

01:53for a quasi-dictatorship.

01:55Minton-Bettos responded.

01:57However, according to Bannon, that's not true at all.

02:00Bannon claimed Trump's return reflects the will of the American people.

02:04He then dismissed concerns about constitutional risks and paving the way for authoritarianism.

02:10The will of the American people is what the Constitution embodies, and so I think we're

02:14going to be in good hands there, Bannon said.

02:17We need to finish what we started, and President Trump is the instrument, a providential instrument

02:22to finish that, to finish this job.

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