Donald Trump ’s former right-hand-man has predicted a “populist, nationalist uprising” in Britain to put in Nigel Farage as Prime Minister inside 5 years.
The former US President was in Washington DC in the present day to talk at CPAC, an enormous right-wing convention, which has additionally seen speeches by Liz Truss and Mr Farage this week.
And in a single day he was anticipated to romp to victory within the South Carolina Primary, defeating his final Republican rival Nikki Haley in her residence state and cementing his place because the celebration’s nominee for President.
Speaking to this newspaper on the fringes of the convention, Steve Bannon, who was Mr Trump’s chief strategist within the White House, mentioned he believes the Tories will probably be “crushed” within the subsequent election, with Keir Starmer romping to victory.
He claimed the Reform celebration would flip into “a populist celebration, similar to MAGA has taken over the Republican Party.
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“A populist uprising will take over the Tories after they get this crushing defeat.”
He added: “I think Nigel Farage is going to be the next Prime Minister after Keir Starmer. I think Labour will win huge, you’re going to have a massive financial crisis and they’re not going to be able to solve it.
“The British people are going to sit there going ‘we hate both parties. They don’t have solutions. We need an alternative.”
Mr Bannon, who was a key a part of Mr Trump’s profitable 2016 marketing campaign, has been accused of ties to white nationalists within the US – one thing he denies, as an alternative calling himself an “economic nationalist.”
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But he provoked anger on Friday whereas interviewing Ms Truss for his “War Room” podcast, when he declared far-right thug Tommy Robinson a “hero”
And Ms Truss confronted fury for failing to problem him on the declare – which he repeated to this newspaper yesterday.
In her speech at CPAC, Ms Truss complained her failed premiership had been scuppered by a “backlash” from the media, the company world and “also from people that were meant to work for the government.”
And she used a column on the Fox News web site responsible the so-called “deep state” for sabotaging her 49-day stint in Downing Street.
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“I like the Liz Truss I’m seeing now,” mentioned Mr Bannon. “I wish I’d seen a little bit of that in her while in office, because I have big disagreements about how she tried to do tax cuts.”
Mr Bannon mentioned Ms Truss’ disastrous mini-budget ought to have been accompanied by drastic cuts to public spending.
He mentioned: “You’re on the precipice of a financial crisis in the UK that none of your politicians will talk about. You can’t continue along the levels of public spending you have.”
Of Rishi Sunak, Mr Bannon mentioned: “He’s just a Goldman Sachs guy, he’s trying to run it like an investment banker, but he’s not getting to the point. You guys have to have a national conversation on spending, which is exactly what we’re trying to do here.”
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Trump followers on the convention advised the Mirror this week they anticipated a violent rebellion within the US if Mr Trump will not be re-elected in November.
Asked what would occur if Mr Trump loses, Mr Bannon mentioned: “Oh, that’s not possible. Trump’s winning in a landslide, OK? And let the British people know, we are never going to let them steal it again.
“They stole it in 2020. We will not let this election be stolen.”