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Steve Bannon’s Long-Shot Pope Prediction Came True

SAW IT COMING

Just nine days ago, Bannon said a “dark horse” was being overlooked in discussions about the next pope.

Many were surprised that Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope on Thursday, but Steve Bannon apparently saw it coming.

The MAGA firebrand told Piers Morgan at the end of April that the Chicago-born Prevost was one of the underdogs in the running for the papacy.

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