In comments to Politico, published in Playbook on Thursday, Bannon said that the president’s second term would be “four years of Donald Trump in payback mode.”
The “payback” would likely be in response to Democratic-led investigations into the president, special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe and negative media coverage, all of which Trump has derided as personal attacks throughout his first term.
Bannon also suggested that a second Trump term is likely, unless Democrats veer away from their current strategy and pool of candidates.
“Every other day I see another person jumping into the race. I think those people are rational and the people around them are rational,” Bannon said of the Democrats running for president. “They must see something in the field that makes them feel like they can make a run. … I don’t see anybody in that field as of now who can take on Trump one-on-one.”
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