Overview
- Axios reported that Bannon is laying groundwork for 2028 by exploring a PAC, sounding out potential staff, and courting state GOP organizers, even as he dismisses a run as "bullsh*t."
- Bannon says his focus is enabling a third term for President Trump and he is assisting with an Alan Dershowitz book due in March that argues how Trump could serve again.
- His recent moves include staging a large Grapevine, Texas event with WarRoom and Patriot Mobile featuring Glenn Beck and announcing a February "WarRoom: Texas" presence ahead of the March 3 primary.
- Associates envision a nontraditional, studio-driven operation to pressure candidates toward an "America First" agenda, with Bannon publicly targeting JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz on policy.
- Legal experts broadly say a third term is barred by the 22nd Amendment, and early polling and betting markets rate Bannon as a long shot compared with frontrunner JD Vance.