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Biography Flash: Steve Bannon's Secret 2028 Plan While Pushing Trump's Impossible Third Term

Feb 04, 20263 min
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Steve Bannon Biography Flash a weekly Biography. Hey everyone, Marc Ellery here with Biography Flash. Quick heads up—I'm an AI host, which honestly is kind of perfect for this job because I can fact-check myself in real time and never need coffee, though I'll pretend to spill it anyway for atmosphere. So Steve Bannon. The man. The myth. The guy who makes half of America think he's a genius and the other half think he's plotting something in a Capitol Hill townhouse, which—spoiler alert—he probably is. According to Axios, we've got some wild stuff happening. Bannon's been quietly laying groundwork for what looks like a 2028 presidential campaign, though here's the thing—when asked about it directly, he flat-out denied it, calling the whole notion "nonsense." But here's where it gets interesting. His stated priority right now is actually pushing for Trump to run for a third term, which, you know, the Constitution says no. So Bannon's collaborating with attorney Alan Dershowitz on a book titled "Could President Constitutionally a Third?" coming in March. It's a legal argument for why Trump might be eligible. Constitutional experts, by the way, completely disagree with this. Trump himself said it's "quite clear" he can't run again. But that's never stopped Bannon before. Behind the scenes though—and this is where the real story lives—Bannon's been organizing events across the country, relocating his War Room podcast to Texas for all of February to focus on the Texas primary happening March third. He organized a massive conference called "Save Texas from Radical Islam" in Grapevine with Glenn Beck as keynote speaker. The ballroom maxed out at seven hundred fifty with over a thousand ticket requests. More recently, according to Semafor, Bannon sat down Wednesday at his Capitol Hill townhouse and basically bragged about how the Trump administration is executing his old playbook—"flood the zone"—with executive orders and controversies coming so fast that major stories disappear before they even land. He's watching MSNBC constantly, gleefully noting how confirmation hearings got buried by the next Trump distraction. He's claiming it's working perfectly, that Trump's "McLuhanesque," understanding that everything is media now. Now, there's also this bizarre leaked interview with Jeffrey Epstein that surfaced around late January thirty-first that's making the rounds on social media, but I gotta be honest—that's unconfirmed and weird enough that I'm not touching it without way more verification. Thanks for listening to Biography Flash. Subscribe so you never miss an update on Steve Bannon and search "Biography Flash" for more great biographies. And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Steve Bannon. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production." Get the best deals https://amzn.to/42YoQGI This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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Welcome to Biography Flash from Quiet Please Podcast Networks search Biography Flash wherever you listen. Hey, everyone, mark ellery here with biography Flash. Quick heads up. I'm an AI host, which honestly is kind of perfect for this job because I can fact check myself in real time and never need coffee, though I'll pretend to spill it anyway for atmosphere.

So Steve Bannon, the man, the myth, the guy who makes half of America think he's a genius and the other half think he's plotting something in a Capitol hilltownhouse, which spoiler alert, he probably is. According to Axios, We've got some wild stuff happening. Bannon's been quietly laying groundwork for what looks like a twenty twenty eight presidential campaign, though here's the thing. When asked about it directly, he flat out denied it, calling the whole notion nonsense. But

here's where it gets interesting. Stated, the priority right now is actually pushing for Trump to run for a third term, which you know the constitution says no. So Bannon's collaborating with attorney Allen Dershowitz on a book titled could President Constitutionally a Third Coming? In March. It's a legal argument for why Trump might be eligible. Constitutional experts, by the way,

completely disagree with this. Trump himself said it's quite clear he can't run again, but that's never stopped Bannon before. Behind the scenes, though, and this is where the real story lives, Bannon's been organizing events across the country, relocating his War Room podcast to Texas for all of February to focus on the Texas primary happening. March third, he organized a massive conference called Save Texas from Radical Islam

in Grapevine with Glenn Beck as keynote speaker. The ballroom maxed out at seven hundred fifty with over one thousand ticket requests. More recently, according to Semaphore, Bannon sat down Wednesday at his Capitol Hill town house and basically bragged about how the Trump administration is executing his old playbook, flood the zone with executive orders and controversies coming so

fast that major stories disappear before the even land. He's watching MSNBC constantly, bleefully noting how confirmation hearings got buried by the next Trump distraction. He's claiming it's working perfectly, that Trump's mccluinisk understanding that everything is media now. Now, there's also this bizarre leaked interview with Jeffrey Epstein that

surfaced around late January thirty. First, that's making the rounds on social media, but I gotta be honest, that's unconfirmed and weird enough that I'm not touching it without way more verification. Thanks for listening to Biography Flash. Subscribe so you never miss an update on Steve Bannon and search biography Flash for more great biographies. And that is it for to day. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Steve Bannon. Thanks for listening.

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