Steve Bannon
I went to the US’s peak MAGA conference to gauge the state of movement. Here’s what I found
A year into Donald Trump’s second term as president, a visit to the annual conservative AmericaFest convention reveals a splintering of the MAGA movement.
- Michael Koziol
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Palmer admits he spoke to Trump strategist Bannon about 2019 campaign
Palmer, who told the ABC this week he had “never spoken to Bannon”, said on Wednesday he had received a short phone call from the former White House adviser.
- Rob Harris
Shorten says Bannon’s texts about Palmer show he ‘must have been doing something right’
The former Labor leader said: “I worked hard but I didn’t realise that our ambitious reform agenda resonated across the Pacific.”
- Matthew Knott and Rob Harris
‘I had Clive Palmer do the … ads’: Trump lieutenant’s Australian election claim revealed in Epstein files
Trump ally Steve Bannon told paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 he had influenced an omnipresent election advertising campaign by the mining billionaire.
- Rob Harris
Bannon will drive 'Mack truck' through US Constitution to keep Trump in power
The MAGA loyalist said he could and would “drive a Mack truck through the 22nd Amendment” of the US Constitution, which forbids a person being elected president more than twice, to keep Trump in power.
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- Foreign relations
‘Absolutely central’: Why Australia is in Trump’s good books, according to Bannon
MAGA stalwart Steve Bannon says Australia has restored its beloved image in the US post-COVID-19, but ties would be even stronger if Australia had a MAGA-style government.
- Michael Koziol
Joining Trump’s board of peace would be futile
It is difficult to see the huge governance issues will be resolved, given Trump has a right of veto on decisions.
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- Trump's White House
‘He is running in 2028’: MAGA loyalist Steve Bannon on Trump’s long-term agenda
In an interview with this masthead, the MAGA loyalist pledged to drive a Mack truck through the 22nd Amendment – which prevents a person being elected president more than twice – to keep Donald Trump in power.
- Michael Koziol
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- Epstein fallout
Lolita quotes, women’s IDs: Democrats release dozens of new Epstein images
The new images include close-ups of sentences from the book Lolita, scribbled across different parts of a woman’s body. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and political activist Noam Chomsky are also pictured in other images.
- Nolan D. McCaskill
New photos from Epstein vault show Trump, Bannon, Gates and Woody Allen
Some of the photos obtained from the Epstein estate depicted sex toys and aids, while one contained a “Trump condom” purportedly on sale for $4.50.
- Michael Koziol