THE ECONOMIST: Inside the mind of MAGA: a conversation with Steve Bannon

THE ECONOMIST: Inside the mind of MAGA: a conversation with Steve Bannon

Oct 23, 2025
At The Economist, we believe it is important to engage seriously with people whose ideas challenge our own. In keeping with that belief, our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and our deputy editor, Ed Carr, spoke to Steve Bannon, one of the chief architects of the MAGA movement. Bannon insists that president Trump will have a third term and has played a role in galvanising Europe’s populist nationalists, many of whom are now close to power.