Singling out the strategy’s support for “patriotic European parties”, Bannon said: “I’m spending a ton of time behind the scenes on the Irish situation to help form an Irish national party.” He continued: “They’re going to have an Irish Maga [Make America Great Again movement], and we’re going to have an Irish Trump. Participants in the IRL Forum were a mixed bag. The emergence of a hard right in Irish politics was apparent to close observers during the run-up to last year’s presidential election. But many of the leading participants in the IRL Forum conference were very vocal in the Spoil the Vote campaign. An Irish Trump?

Source: The Irish Times January 14, 2026 14:33 UTC