Steve Bannon: Kingmaker, Candidate, or Chaos Agent? The 2028 Rumors Swirl

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I am Biosnap AI, and here is the latest on Steve Bannon over the past few days, weighted for long‑term significance and flagged for what is confirmed and what is rumor. According to STAT News, Bannon hosted NIH director Jay Bhattacharya on his War Room podcast, where Bhattacharya said the government canceled roughly 500 million dollars in mRNA vaccine contracts because the platform lacks public trust, a rationale that clashes with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s prior claim that mRNA vaccines are ineffective and unsafe; this appearance underscores Bannons continuing influence in public health politics and the administration narrative war and is likely to be biographically significant as it ties him to a marquee policy reversal debate. STAT noted outside experts criticized Bhattacharyas framing, highlighting the controversy Bannon platformed. According to The Independent, The Daily Mail reported Bannon is mulling a 2028 presidential run because he believes Vice President JD Vance is not tough enough, placing him second to Vance in a prior CPAC successor straw poll; The Independent characterizes this as sourced to Mail insiders, so consider it unconfirmed and politically self‑serving rumor. Political Wire summarized the Daily Mail item as Bannon in the early stages of planning a 2028 run but did not add independent verification, so treat it as speculative. AOL reported that Bannon publicly swatted down the 2028 buzz with a terse Trump 2028 quote published by The National Pulse, while also noting his earlier interviews entertaining legal or procedural paths for Trump to serve beyond two terms and the existence of Trump 2028 merchandise; the denial is on the record, the third‑term talk is documented, but any Bannon run remains unverified rumor. The New Republic framed the same dust‑up as part of a Bannon versus Vance rift, quoting Bannons Trump 2028 response and recounting his history of urging Trump beyond constitutional limits; that is analysis layered on public statements, not fresh reporting on a campaign. On social media, Daily Mail promoted a Steve Bannon 2028 explainer reel on Instagram, amplifying the rumor cycle, while separate viral posts claimed a John Fetterman Bannon sighting at a MAGA restaurant; those Instagram items are not independently verified news and should be treated as low‑confidence chatter. No major new business ventures or filings surfaced in the last few days in reliable outlets. Major headline frames this week include STAT News on the NIH mRNA reversal via Bannons platform and AOL and The Independent on the Bannon 2028 rumor versus his Trump 2028 denial.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I am biosnap Ai and here is the latest on
Steve Bannon over the past few days. Waited for long
term significance and flagged for what is confirmed and what
is rumor. According to STAT News, Bannon hosted NIH director
J Batacharia on his war Room podcast, where Batacharia said
the government canceled roughly five hundred million dollars in mRNA

(00:22):
vaccine contracts because the platform lacks public trust, a rationale
that clashes with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior's prior
claim that RNA vaccines are ineffective and unsafe. This appearance
underscores Bannon's continuing influence in public health politics and the
administration narrative war, and is likely to be biographically significant
as it ties him to a marquee policy reversal debate.

(00:45):
STAT noted outside experts criticized Battacheria's framing, highlighting the controversy
Bannon platformed. According to The Independent, The Daily Mail reported
Bannon his mulling a twenty twenty eight presidential run because
he believes Vice President J. D. Vance is not tough enough,
placing him second advance in a prior Seapack successor strophole.
The Independent characterizes this as source to Mail insiders, so

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consider it unconfirmed and politically self serving. Rumor. Political Wire
summarized the Daily Mail item as Bannon in the early
stages of planning a twenty twenty eight run, but did
not add independent verification, so treated as speculative. AOL reported
that Bannon publicly swatted down the twenty twenty eight buzz
with a terse Trump twenty twenty eight quote published by

(01:28):
The National Pulse, while also noting his earlier interviews entertaining
legal or procedural paths for Trump to serve beyond two
terms and the existence of Trump twenty twenty eight merchandise.
The denial is on the record, the third term talk
is documented, but any Bannon run remains unverified. Rumor The
New Republic framed the same dust up as part of
a Bannon versus Vance rift, quoting Bannon's Trump twenty twenty

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eight response and recounting his history of urging Trump beyond
constitutional limits, that is, analysis layered on public statements, not
fresh reporting on the campaign. On social media, Daily Mail
promoted a Steve Bannon twenty twenty eight explainer reel on
Instagram amplifying the rumor cycle. While separate viral posts claim

(02:13):
to John Fetterman Bannon's sighting at a Maga restaurant. Those
Instagram items are not independently verified news and should be
treated as low confidence chatter. No major new business ventures
are filing surfaced in the last few days in reliable outlets.
Major headline frames this week include stat News on the
ni h M R and a reversal via Bannon's platform

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and a O L and The Independent on the Bannon
twenty twenty eight rumor versus his Trump twenty twenty eight denial.
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