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Steve Bannon revealed he is "spending a ton of time behind the scenes on the Irish situation to help form an Irish national party." He promised an "Irish Trump" and stated the MAGA movement was being mirrored by groups in Ireland, Britain, France, and Italy.
Bannon endorsed the new U.S. national security strategy's explicit support for "patriotic European parties" and warnings about Europe's "civilisational erasure," calling it "pleasantly shocking that it was so explicit." His acknowledgment of organizing foreign political parties represented an open admission of American far-right interference in European democracies.
The revelation came as the Trump administration's official national security documents were now explicitly endorsing nationalist movements abroad. Bannon's role as international coordinator of far-right movements continued even as he maintained influence over domestic U.S. policy through his War Room podcast and connections to administration officials. His Irish organizing efforts expanded his previous work with European far-right parties including relationships with Marine Le Pen in France and Viktor Orban in Hungary.