US politics live: Former top Trump adviser predicts he will ‘run and win’ again in 2028, defying US law

The man who was once Donald Trump’s top adviser has made a confident - and ominous - prediction about the President’s political future.

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Donald Trump’s former top political adviser, Steve Bannon, has predicted he’ll “run and win” again in 2028, defying the provision of American law that limits presidents to two terms.

“I’m a firm believer that President Trump will run and win again in 2028,” Mr Bannon told News Nation host Chris Cuomo today.

“A man like this comes along once every century, if we’re a little lucky. We’ve got him now, he’s on fire, and I want to see him again in 2028.”

The complicating factor here is the 22nd amendment to America’s Constitution, which explicitly says “no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice”. It was passed in the 1940s, after the four-term presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.

Meanwhile Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of effectively rejecting a US-backed ceasefire proposal, reporting a barrage of strikes on civilian infrastructure hours after Moscow agreed only to pause attacks on the energy grid.

During a 90-minute phone call on Tuesday, US time, Mr Trump pushed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin into agreeing to the – very limited – 30 day ceasefire in Ukraine.

But both sides have said they are working toward a longer peace plan.

Though Mr Zelensky welcomed the proposed energy truce, he said Mr Putin has “effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire”.

Read on for more updates.

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