FROM DAILY MAIL: Steve Bannon is in the early stages of planning an audacious run for president in 2028, well-placed sources have told the Daily Mail.
The campaign would divide the Make America Great Again movement Bannon helped build by setting up a herculean battle with Vice President JD Vance, who is all but certain to launch his own 2028 candidacy, potentially with Donald Trump’s blessing.
A Bannon-Vance primary would trigger an explosive civil war within Trump’s populist movement, pitting its original architect against its institutional inheritor.
Sources close to Steve Bannon and Trump have told Daily Mail the 71-year-old War Room host has begun soliciting political advice.
Mere days ago, Trump said Vance is his likely successor. Bannon’s potential run emerges is now being leaked to the public, with Bannon besmirching the VP. Daily Mail cited a “source” in Bannon’s inner circle who said Bannon “privately ridiculed the prospect of Vance at the top of the ticket.”
“Love him… but Vance is not tough enough to run in 2028,” the source reportedly quoted Bannon as conveying to multiple people.
Bannon declined to comment to the Daily Mail.
Vance’s spokesperson did not respond to the Daily Mail’s request for comment.
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