Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon believes the chance House Speaker Nancy Pelosi impeaches President Trump in the next month-and-a-half is as sure as “the turning of the earth.”
Bannon, 65, told the New York Post that a “very focused” Pelosi will succeed in bringing impeachment charges against Trump over allegations that he improperly pressured the president of Ukraine to dabble in politically expedient investigations.
“This is serious. As sure as the turning of the earth, he is going to be impeached by Pelosi in the next six weeks,” Bannon said. “Nancy Pelosi is very focused.”
Bannon said the president needs to assemble an impeachment squad in order to fend off efforts to remove him from office.
“You need to augment the legal team,” Bannon said. “You need … a team put together than can focus on [impeachment] 24/7.”
Bannon is still confident in Trump’s odds of beating a Democratic challenger in 2020 but warned that if former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign deflates by the end of the year, two opponents who might be more difficult to beat could join the race.
He said if Biden ends up faltering “[Michael] Bloomberg and [Hillary] Clinton, both will … get into the race.”
“Nobody is on the stage,” he continued. “The Cory Bookers and Kamala Harrises haven’t gotten enough traction to compete with Warren. The hedge fund investment banking corporatist community of the Democratic Party is not prepared to have them.
“Bloomberg or Clinton could be very competitive,” Bannon said. “She is a very formidable candidate and I think Bloomberg would be very formidable.”
Since leaving the Trump administration in August 2017, Bannon has worked on trying to rally right-wing leaders at an Italian academy and just released a new film called Claws of the Red Dragon, which targets Chinese telecom company Huawei.
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