He was speaking on Steve Bannon’s popular War Room podcast and it was a meeting of minds between one of the architects of Maga and the financial adviser-turned podcaster and campaigner. Bannon recently said he has been helping to form an Irish “national party”, working “behind the scenes” on “the Irish situation”. And how receptive would an Irish audience be to the former White House strategist’s vision for the country? So could Hobbs be an Irish Trump? Irish Times crime and security correspondent Conor Gallagher, an expert in the Irish far-right, explains.

Source: The Irish Times January 16, 2026 16:23 UTC