Steve Bannon previously worked as a senior adviser to Donald Trump and retains influence in the grassroots Maga movement. Photograph: Enrique Shore/ Alamy Stock PhotoFormer White House strategist Steve Bannon has been helping to form an Irish “national party” as he works “behind the scenes” on what he described as “the Irish situation”, he said in an interview. The Donald Trump ally, whose anti-EU rhetoric previously included an expressed desire “to drive a stake through the Brussels vampire”, told the Politico news website that there would soon be an “Irish Trump”. In relation to Ireland, Mr Bannon said: “I’m spending a ton of time behind the scenes on the Irish situation to help form an Irish national party.”He said the Maga movement was being mirrored by groups in Ireland, Britain, France and Italy. “They’re going to have an Irish Maga, and we’re going to have an Irish Trump.

Source: The Irish Times December 30, 2025 22:50 UTC