
Episode 4176: Trump's Fight Against Terroism And Protecting America ...
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Steve Bannon
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people.
Brian Glenn
Reasons I got a free shot on.
Steve Bannon
All these networks lying about the people.
Brian Glenn
The people have had a belly full of it.
Steve Bannon
I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it.
Erik Prince
It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big lie?
Brian Glenn
MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul.
Erik Prince
I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Steve Bannon
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose?
Erik Prince
If that answer is to save my.
Steve Bannon
Country, this country will be saved.
Stephen K. Bannon
War ROOM here's your host, Stephen K. Band.
Brian Glenn
Okay. Tuesday the 7th of January Yerviller 2025 we're going to mar a lago momentarily and our own Brian Glenn's down, the president will come. I give a press conference. I got to finish with the great Erik Prince here. Eric, I got to go back to this. Why would we release these Yemenis to Oman who are going to let them bleed back in when the Houthis are kind of fighting us to a standstill? I mean, they're lobbing the drones and the missiles, they're hitting us every day. We got carrier battle groups under fire. I'm sure the Gettysburg, if it was, and I don't believe it, but if it was a mistake of the surface Navy in naval aviation, is it because of the op tempo?
Stephen K. Bannon
They were flying a lot. They've been very busy. The Navy says that they've spent $1 billion just in missiles shooting down all the Houthi incoming. That's not even a real number. I would say it's more like 4 or 5 billion. Because if they say it's a billion, that's what they paid for it in 1995 when they bought those missiles to replenish it now Raytheon will charge them 4 or 5 billion. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense, in another act of complete weakness, I guess, wants to clear out Guantanamo and so they're releasing these Houthis back into general circulation. It's a wrong move. It's almost like another symbol of servitude to Iran. And the weakness, whether it's Sunni radicals or Shia radicals, the Biden administration definitely wants to prostrate itself before them.
Brian Glenn
You, your opinion, your professional opinion is this is a massive mistake, sir.
Stephen K. Bannon
Yes. Look, there's a, there's a. When you look at how the US treated terrorism or even subversion from, from Nazis or Japanese or even Soviet agents during World War II. They were tried, they were executed. I don't know that the military, I don't know why military tribunals can't get to that point. I mean we're still holding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the entire 911 plot. And we just allowed him to plea to some plea which will take death penalty off the table. We need to have a much greater clarity and surety of what happens to our enemies when they endeavor to destroy or kill Americans.
Brian Glenn
Okay, well said Zelensky Sunday night came out and said just blunt. No peace negotiations are going to make sense. It didn't even make sense to sit down unless the Europeans and Zelenskyy's regime in Ukraine has an American security guarantee that they have an ironclad security guarantee from the United States of America. And they left that open ended. But that means to me an unlimited amount of money we put up to do this. But more importantly, young American men and women in uniform as a security force in Ukraine essentially held hostage. Your thoughts?
Stephen K. Bannon
That's a hard no. First of all, the US forces probably need to be redeployed to secure our southern border from the illegal migrant and fentanyl invasion that we're under now. But here's the thing. Zelenskyy is not even a legitimate figure to be negotiating with anymore. The Russians don't even view him because Zelenskyy has canceled the last election that were supposed to be last May. I don't think the Russians will even negotiate in good faith until they have a counterparty that can actually bind the Ukrainian state. So I'd say he is trying to position himself to prolong this thing forever. Because when peace is obtained, Zelenskyy is gone and out of power. The fact is there's going to be another election. I understand it's scheduled in April or May of this year. Sadly, the slaughter will continue until then. But there will be a presidential election. Zelenskyy is positioning himself to be the only candidate, but there will be some other competent ones and the other competent ones will actually run on a peep on a peace because the Ukrainian people by and large are done with the mindless slaughter. That's what needs to happen.
Brian Glenn
What is your recommendation to President Trump? You know the region, you know the players. What's your recommendation to President Trump? How he should. Because he's got to get drawn into that immediately. What should be his angle of attack on this, Sir?
Stephen K. Bannon
Look, you can't show complete readiness to roll over for whatever the Russians want Of course not. But the fact is the Russians are tired. The Russian economy is not doing fantastic. And it is in the interest. What is in the interest of the United States government is to pull Russia away from the orbit, from the cozy relationship that they've been pushed into with the Chinese Communist Party. That is not in our interest. For 100 years, it was always policy of the United States to keep German resources from combining with Russian resources. Now all we've done is pushed Russian resources into a junior relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. That is a disaster for our security. That takes way more precedence over who controls Donetsk or Luhansk or Kherson or whatever. Not my problem. Not our problem. America is our concern and American security and survival is in our interest.
Brian Glenn
You've been one of the architects of the America first, by the way, my production team here just give me a heads up when the president walks out. We're awaiting the President of the United States President Trump or the president elected the United States President Trump to come out. Going to a press conference from Mar a Lago, Brian Glenn, Real America's Voice for their live. We'll pick it up momentarily. Since you're one of the architects of America, first you've got the Persians on their back foot because the IDF took down, took a big slug of Hezbollah and sent them out of this vale of tears. The Persians are on their back foot, but they're expediting getting plutonium grade weapons grade material for a nuclear weapon. You've got Erdogan and the Muslim Brotherhood have seen an opening here with the collapse of Syria. They're trying to reestablish the Ottoman Empire and the caliphate to eventually take over the two holy sites, Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. What is your recommendation to President Trump for the absolute mess we have in the Middle east and to avoid American combat troops?
Stephen K. Bannon
Sir, first of all, they need to make it very clear who are agents of Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood in and around Washington spreading Muslim Brotherhood propaganda. B, any kind of massive external strike against Iran tends to actually strengthen the regime. People will group together. The best way to take down the mullahs is internally. They are not popular at all in their own country. And so I would argue for what the Catholic church and the CIA did to the Communist Party in Poland in the 80s, providing the means to communicate, to organize for all the alternate centers of power, the Baluch, the Akwazi, the Kurds, the Azeris inside of Iran, not to mention the students, the women's groups, the environmental groups, the labor groups, all those Alternate centers of power that don't like the mullahs. That's how you put the mullahs even more on their back feet or preferably in the ground.
Brian Glenn
The Qatar's money and influence with the Muslim Brotherhood in Washington is a pretty open secret, right? Nobody will shut it down, but it's open secret, pervasive. Qatar is also now one of the financiers of Erdogan. Do they see, does Qatar see, not the Persians, but the Qatar see the Turks as the horse to ride here for the return of the caliphate? Eric.
Stephen K. Bannon
The fact is the Turks are the ones that sent troops to back up the Qatari government. They're Turkish troops guaranteeing that security. Yes, The Turkish economy is not great at all. There is actually a viable Turkish opposition. Those folks should be reached out to and strengthened. But yes, I don't think the Qataris are not going to ride the horse of the Hidden Imam and the mullahs. They will definitely have definitely thrown in with the Turks. When you see what Erdogan has been saying, even for the last five, eight years when he talks about the greater Ottoman Empire and he shows maps that show it, including Syria, northern Iraq, even parts of Bulgaria, other parts of places that are clearly not, not, not part of Turkey, he definitely has the appetite to grow the Ottoman reach.
Brian Glenn
Should the Muslim Brotherhood. We tried it in the first term and I tell people of all the successes we had, my one absolute abject failure was trying to get the Muslim Brotherhood designated as organization. Should President Trump do that in the first days of his second term, sir?
Stephen K. Bannon
Yeah, he should, but he won't. There's a lot of, a lot of voices around him that will counsel against that, but he should. But there's a lot of other ways to curtail their freedom of movement. And again, that's what having a properly run CIA and covert action would provide. I hope that's the team that he's assembled this time.
Brian Glenn
Eric, about CIA covert action, paramilitary operations. He is going to, we do know he's going to designate the Mexican cartels, the drug and human trafficking cartels, as terrorist organizations. How would that change our angle of attack against the cartels once they're designated as a terrorist organization, Sir?
Stephen K. Bannon
Look, the fact is the cartels are the significant power in the Mexican state now. They can pretty much dictate terms to Claudius Sheinbaum. But the best way to really hurt them, not just to kill them, but to actually go after their money and seizing it, seizing the cash houses, taking the big money out of. When you look at a Kilo of coke from where it's grown somewhere in South America to when it actually makes it to the streets, it's 100 to 1,000 times value accretion. But the people that make the most of that, because what the Mexican cartels have really learned, they vertically integrated. They learned from what the Colombian cartels built on. And the Mexican cartels have vertically integrated into the transportation and distribution of the entire value chain. And that's why they make so much money. So going after their money and actually delivering consequences to some of the cartel leaders will at least start to diminish. You're not going to ever remove their power. And that's always the. It's the catch. 22. You know, years ago, actually, when Chuck Colson was alive, I visited death row in Texas and I asked these guys who were locked up 24 hours a day in their cells, could they still get drugs? And they can. So the fact is, as long as there's a demand in the United States, there's going to be a supply, an illicit one. And I don't think legalizing drugs is the answer, but definitely curtailing the worst actors that are using actual terror on the Mexican society as part of their business plan. They have to be made to feel those consequences and to scale it back.
Brian Glenn
Okay, before I let you go, the Colombian example. Yes, you gotta stop the money. And there's a lot of people in the US a lot of political figures, particularly down in the border areas, judges, there's tremendous corruption. The cartels control a lot of this. You got to stop the money transfers. You got to go after the big banks. But like in Colombia, is there a point in time that you actually have to have paramilitary interdiction to start taking parts of the operation down? And I mean killing people. Do you advise that in Mexico, are we at that point that after we do the money and everything like that, since the federales in the Mexican government is compromised and people know this, we got to start talking truth about this. Do you, Eric Prince, recommend paramilitary interdiction into the nation of Mexico to take down the Mexican drug cartels?
Stephen K. Bannon
Any and all means to push back has to be on the table. And that would include lethal access. Yes, but the corruption is not just in Mexico. It's even in our own country, in our own federal law enforcement. When you put people, when you put people next to that much money on a daily basis, inevitably there's going to be corruption that flows. So whether it's CBP, the people that are checking payloads coming in, 100% there is a lot of corruption, there's a lot of corrupted guys. That's just the reality of it. Because that is the nature of humanity. Putting somebody that earns $50,000 doing inspections and now someone will offer them another $50,000 a month to look the other way. Of course, some of the people are going to take that deal.
Erik Prince
Right.
Brian Glenn
Before I let you go, just one more time back to Ukraine, if you're hard. No. On American troops in a security detail to guarantee the security of Ukraine, what then would be your recommendation for President Trump as he tries to negotiate a peace? What should he do, sir?
Stephen K. Bannon
Well, I know the Brits have talked about wanting to send some kind of forces there. They would be sent as non NATO, just as British troops to be that security guarantee. If they want to do that, great. But that is not the United States taxpayer or fighting personnel's responsibility is to start doing security guarantees for Ukraine. No, no, no.
Brian Glenn
Has IDF cleaned out the combat brigades in Gaza and are they prepared to go clean them out? The combat brigades of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas in Judea, Samaria?
Stephen K. Bannon
Sir, look, they still haven't finished the problem in Gaza. There's still 36 hostages being held. Sorry, 64. There's 100 hostages, 64 they think are alive. The rest, the Hamas is just holding the dead bodies. So, yeah, the whole Gaza thing is not. Is far from resolved. I think they're hoping that a Trump administration with a bigger threat, with a threat of a bigger pushback will finally resolve that problem. But no, Gaza is not finished, nor is any of the other cleanout of the other west bank territories.
Brian Glenn
Eric, you were going to be the, what we called the viceroy for Afghanistan. You had a plan to get us out of Afghanistan starting in 2017. It wasn't executed because of McMasters and the rest of the deep state. Are you prepared if President Trump asks you to go in and actually take an active role in the second term?
Stephen K. Bannon
If the president asked for my help, I would certainly provide it.
Brian Glenn
Erik Prince, how do people get to your podcast, how they get to social media?
Stephen K. Bannon
Sir, the podcast is called Off Leash with Erik Prince and it's on X. You can also find me at Real sorry realericd Prince on Twitter. And you should also check out Unplugged, which is our new phone. We've been selling like crazy. We just sold through our first 10,000 thanks to the early adapters of the war room. We have, we just got our second 10,000 in and we'll be in Best Buy by the end of this month. So, yeah, the unplugged phones are going great. If people are sick of giving all their data to big tech, they can get an unplugged phone and have data, sovereignty and privacy once again.
Brian Glenn
Where did they go to get the unplugged? Where they go right now?
Stephen K. Bannon
They go to unplugged.com war room.
Brian Glenn
Go there right now folks. People have gotten this phone. Rave about it. Absolutely rave about it.
Steve Bannon
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Brian Glenn
You don't have the problem with people getting your data and they can't listen to you either. Erik Prince, you are a great American, a patriot and a hero, sir.
Stephen K. Bannon
Thanks, Steve. Keep fighting.
Brian Glenn
Thank you, brother. Strong recommendation. Two of our three of our guests. I would think it'd be fantastic if President Trump selected picked Fenton, Trennert and Prince and brought them all into the second, the second administration. You know these guys don't play games. They're absolute hammers. Now we have Mar A Lago. Is Glenn available to Brian could we can't. Okay. We got a camera down there right now. The Secret Service I think is deployed and getting ready. Is that my little ace here? Okay. President Trump's going to start here momentarily and I want to thank Real America's voice, Rob Sig and the team Parker Sig for letting us blow that brake right there. Quite fascinating. Just a summary of what's happened today. Tom, Fenton. I had Tom on for a reason. We don't bring Tom on a lot. I bring him on when he wants to break news and actually wants to move the needle. This is A guy Judicial Watch worked with Tom, I don't know, 12, 14 years, 15 years, made a film with him. Incredible operation. Kind of the, you know, what I call the people's Justice Department, particularly during the Obama years, just done an incredible job in the Biden years. Incredible, incredible job. He is all over this conspiracy between the J6 committee and Nancy Pelosi in these operations. Like Fani Willis. Caught Fani Willis in a huge lie. And he's recommending, and I think it's correct. And I think President Trump has to really spend some time thinking about this. They're recommending two things. They're recommending a special prosecutor or special counsel to be set up. And they're also, he and Boyle both saying something else quite profound that doesn't need to be attached to the Justice Department. Like Jack Smith was in kind of reporting to the Justice Department. Pam Bondi and Cash Patel are going to have their hands full. I mean, Cash particularly has to restructure the FBI. I'm of the strong belief, number one, it's so far off from its original course, but you have a law enforcement situation, then you have a counterterrorism, counterintel intelligence apparatus that they just don't normally fit. And I think that's got to be broken apart because you've got to get the counterintel and the counterterrorism has got to be better. Another epic fail down in, down in New Orleans. And they're sitting there saying they want continuity. We don't want any continuity, particularly don't want Chris Wray. Chris Wray should be gone today. So given the Pam, and even with that fantastic team of lawyers who are very familiar with President Trump around her, the heavy lift they've got in the Justice Department is massive. And it's going to be fought every step of the way, folks. This is one of the things we're trying to make sure that people understand that these are going to be fought every step of the way. And so it is incumbent, we think, that a special counsel, special prosecutor be set up and be set up immediately in the first days of President Trump's second term. And if that has to be run by the White House counsel or report into the White House, so be it. It has to be done. Once again, to go back to this theory of the unified executive, this is different then when you had Dick Cheney, these guys, theirs was more about the legislative branch and the judicial branch. Our theory, what we're trying to make sure is done now in President Trump's term, just deals with the Executive branch. Now, obviously it's how it interacts with, particularly with the legislative. But when you say unified theory, it's just to make sure that we make the, not just make the case, but you execute upon the following idea out of the Constitution, that the president, the office of the president is the chief executive to the government, number one. And all executive matters go back to them and their appointees. That's why you have this confirmation process with the 1000 confirmation that the Senate as the Human Resources department independent gets to sign off on or at least gives your. They give their advice and consent. Then you have the 3,000 that you just put in that basically need a security clearance and obviously other vetting. The second is commander in chief of the armed forces. And this has to be sorted out President Trump. And that's why we've argued that General Milley has to be called to active duty in a military tribunal under usmj. A court martial has to take place for Milley. And I also believe Esper then has to be brought up, probably not in a military court since he's a civilian. But we got to get sorted what happened back in the summer and fall of 2020. And then after the election when people say we got so much going on, how do you do that? Well, look, you know what? We're going to have to parallel process things. This has to be done. You can't look away from these things. So that's number two is the commander in chief of the armed forces to make sure the uniform services understand that the office of the president, the commander in chief, President Trump. But I don't care if it's Bernie Sanders or AOC later on that the way the Constitution is structured, they're the commander in chief. And that's why the American people have the ability to not vote them into office. And particularly when you make sure the American people understand exactly what their jobs are like their commander in chief of the armed forces. I think AOC will have a tough time reaching the White House if that's presented to the American people with their job. Number three. This gets back to Watergate. It gets back to the post Watergate Justice Department, which has spun out of control and become an independent power, an independent power to thwart it. That was the. That in the intelligence community is the railhead of the deep state. These radical lawyers that all. Pam Bonnie's got to take a trenching tool and dig them all out and get them the hell out of the building. Get them the hell out of the building. So this is incumbent upon us to do that. He's the chief magistrate and the chief law enforcement. The chief law enforcement officer there. Right there we have the. Do I have Jace Medical also in standby? Hang on, I'm trying to get to Jace Medical in a second. I got President Trump right there. Anyway, that's a one minute warning. Okay. We're not going to get Jace is going to hang around. Jace Medical is back with us. We're going to try to get him in today. Maybe if I hadn't been on a rant we could have done that. If I had better time management. I think my mom used to have something to say about that too. My time management. President Trump, you see right there on the screen. If you're viewing with us this morning on the streaming of real America's voice or getter or Rumble, any of our different platforms. If you watch in the TV version, you see right there, that's the famous door at Mar a Lago, I believe. Don't have my glasses on so I'm kind of winging this. If you're listening to us, President Trump is going to give a, is going to give a press conference thing. He's going to come out and make a couple of statements, a lot going on and then answer some questions. One of the things most important and I think we're winning this fight as you know, giving advice to President Trump as we do unexpurgated with the bark on, we're very concerned about day one and going forward. He's got shocking executive order. He's got all these great things. He's working on one of the things on the legislative side, we're a huge advocate of the two bills, not one. If you get the two instruments of reconciliation that you can use to essentially.
Steve Bannon
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Brian Glenn
I think it's very important that we get a win, get a victory out of the box with a smaller, tighter, more succinct bill that focuses on the border, that focuses on immigration, that focuses on the deportations, that also talks about energy, unleashing energy, actually codify it. Is that President Trump? No. Here we come. Is that President Trump? Okay, here we go. We're going to go live to the microphone. The President of the United States, President Elect Donald J. Trump.
Erik Prince
Many things are happening that are exciting, very exciting for our country. And we're honored to welcome one of the most respected business leaders in the Middle east, indeed the world. He's a founder and chairman of DAMAC Properties, Hussain Sajwani, very respected gentleman. And I'm thrilled to announce today that DAMAC will be investing at least $20 billion over a very short period of time into the United States. And they may go double or even somewhat more than double that amount of money. It's a great thing. And I believe he will say that he's doing it because of the fact that he was very inspired by the election. They wouldn't do it without that election, I can tell you. A lot of people wouldn't. You saw last week where we have somebody who's going to go from 100 to $200 billion and we have many other people and we'll be bringing some of them out. Some of them like to do it somewhat more quietly and some don't. And they feel so strongly about the country that they want to let people know about it. But it's an honor to have such a great investor investing in our country. The investment will support massive new data centers across the Midwest, the Sun Belt area, and also to keep America on the cutting edge of technology. And artificial intelligence is very big into the data centers and that's going to be a very hot item in the coming years. As you know, with AI in particular, the first phase of the project will be in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, those places. And Hussein, I'd love you to come up and say a few words. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. It's been amazing news for me and my family when he was elected in November. We've been waiting four years to increase our investments in US to very large amount of money. We are a company operating in more than 20 countries around the world. We have delivered more than 45,000 luxury units and another 45,000 in the pipeline in data center. We are in 10 countries around the world in Asia, Europe and Middle east. And we're very, very excited now with his leadership and his open strategy and policy to encourage businesses to come to us. For the last four years we've been waiting for this moment and we're planning to invest $20 billion and even more than that if the opportunity in the market allow us. But at the moment, we're planning $20 billion in data center catering for the AI and cloud business, for the hyperscalers. Thank you. Mr. Thank you very much. So nice. And that man knows what he's doing. He knows. So, Hussein, we're going to work with you and make sure everything goes smoothly. We have powers that haven't really been used in terms of environmental. If you invest over a billion dollars in the United States, we're going to give expedited reviews to everybody because everyone's afraid they're going to come in and get caught in the quagmire which is very prevalent in the United States, unfortunately, the quagmire of environmental and various other regulations and rules. And I made it a point of telling people if you invest a billion dollars or more, and we'll do this for people with far less, too, but we guarantee it, we're going to move them quickly through the environmental process. Sometimes people held up 12, 13, 14, 15 years. I saw it with plants in Louisiana, where I got it approved in literally a week. They were through the review. And one week after spending 14 and a half years trying to get it, and they were going nowhere was a terrible thing. So I've been a victim of that myself over the years, and I think I know all the games and all the tricks that are played, and much of it is just done to stop progress. So we're going to be helping you and everybody else that comes to the United States and wants to invest their money that you don't get tied up for the rest of your life and you can't do anything. This commitment further underscores that many of the greatest business leaders on Earth are seeing a very bright economic future for America. Since the election, as you know, very. A lot of positive things have happened. We are inheriting a difficult situation from the outgoing administration and they're trying everything they can to make it more difficult. Inflation is continuing to rage and interest rates are far too high. And I've been disappointed to see the Biden administration's attempt to block the reforms of the American people and that they voted for. They just. We had a landslide election. We won every swing state. We won the popular vote by millions and millions of people. Nobody even knows how many people. Millions. And they're still counting in some areas, you know, they're still counting the vote in some areas. Can you believe this? What a. What a place. What a horrible place. One of the things we're going to do is we've got to fix the election so that we get honest counts and they get done by 10 o'clock in the evening or something. Thereabouts, they have places where they're still counting votes. President Biden's actions yesterday on offshore drilling, banning offshore drilling, will not stand. I will reverse it immediately. It will be done immediately and we will drill, baby, drill. We're going to be drilling in a lot of other locations and the energy costs are going to come way down. They'll be brought down to a very low level and that's going to bring everything else down. That's what caused it to go up, along with the ridiculous spending on the green news scam. All this money, trillions of dollars, it's like throwing it right out the window, what they're doing. And they're trying to spend so much now. They're just taking money and giving it to anybody that wants it for any project at all, if it's. If it's certified under the Green New scam and they don't work and it's too expensive. And, you know, they told me that we're going to do everything possible to make this transition to the new administration very smooth. It's not smooth because they're doing that. They are playing with the courts. As you know, they've been playing with the courts for four years. Probably got me more votes because I got the highest number of votes ever gotten by a Republican, by far, actually, by. By a lot. And, you know, we had a great election, so I guess it didn't work. But they're. Even to this day, they're playing with the courts and they're friendly judges that like to try and make everybody happy. On the Democrat side, it's called lawfare. It's called weaponization of justice. And it's happened at a level nobody's ever seen before. So many. I defeated deranged Jack Smith. He's a deranged individual. I guess he's on his way back to the Hague. And we won those cases. Those were the biggest ones. And the press made such a big deal out of them. But we did nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong on anything. And the people saw that, you know, when they vote to. When a Republican. It's not easy for a Republican. When the Republican wins the popular vote by millions and wins all seven of the swing states, people said, well, he could win four. We won all seven. And we won him by a lot. That tells you we won. That tells. And they've been watching this injustice, I call it the injustice department. What they've done is so bad, the whole world has watched that. And it took work, but it got me a lot of votes. Because when explained, we have a judge in New York who's a very crooked judge. I'm under a gag order. I can't even talk about aspects of the case that are the most vital aspects. I'm under a gag. Do you know that I'm the President Elect of the United States of America? I'm a former, very successful president. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We had borders that were sealed and beautiful. Everything was good. We had no wars. We defeated isis. We had no wars. Now I'm going into a world that's burning with Russia and Ukraine, with Israel. You took a look at that attack on October 7, the attack on Israel with the horrible way they got out. Not the fact that they got out. I would have been out before them, but we would have been out of Afghanistan with dignity and strength as opposed to looking like a bunch of fools with 13 dead and many, many badly, horrifically injured. Nobody ever talks about them. No arms, no legs. Nobody ever talks about them. The way they got out was outrageous. Leaving billions of dollars of brand new military equipment that I bought in the hands of the Afghans and specifically to the Taliban. That's the group. And we were doing very well. We would have been out, we would have been respected. I think it's one of the reasons it was so badly handled, that withdrawal where people are jumping onto airplanes, falling off the sides of airplanes when they're 3,000ft in the air. And nobody has ever seen anything like that. The worst. And because of that, I think Russia went and attacked Ukraine. When they saw that, they said, these guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. But we know what we're doing now and that's going to all end. And we have a great military. I defeated isis, as you know, we were in no wars. I just finished a couple. And we got also our soldiers guarding Syria and Turkey. We're in the middle. We had 5,000 soldiers that would have been gobbled up with two armies. We had one army, 300,000. We had another one, five or six hundred thousand looking, getting ready. We had 5,000 people in the middle. I said to a General, how do 5,000 people do in that case? And the general just looked at me and said, not well, sir, not well. And I took him out. And you know what happened? Nothing. I got criticized. I saved 5,000 lives, actually. And we did a great job. And we're going to do an even better job because now we have a tremendous amount of experience. We have people that I can rely on. But the 625 million acres, people can't realize it's like the whole ocean. Take an acre, you know, an acre, you have a house on a half an acre, on a quarter of an acre or an acre. If you have an acre, you have a big deal. Now you multiply that by 625 million acres, it feels like the whole ocean. And that's our strength. You know, people can say we manufacture. We don't manufacture the thing we have. We have oil and gas more than anybody in the world, and we're going to have more of it too. But they took away 625 million acres of offshore drilling. Nobody else does that. And they think they have it. But we'll put it back. I'm going to put it back on day one. I'm going to have it revoked on day one. We'll go immediately if we need to. I don't think we should have to go to the courts, but if we do have to go to the courts, you know, they try to be sneaky. They go in and they sign. Remember, this is a man that said he wants the transition to be smooth. Well, you don't do the kind of things, you don't have a judge working real hard to try and embarrass you. Because I did nothing wrong, by the way. I did nothing, absolutely nothing wrong. If I did something wrong, I wouldn't be standing here right now because I've won all these cases. Nobody has ever won so many cases as I have against the Justice Department. I mean, Jack Smith had cases all over the place. People were being subpoenaed. Lives were being ruined. They were spending everything. They had money. We were helping them out. We had to. They were being, they were subpoenaing people from that had no idea what they were even talking about. That's a sick group of people. And it was all to influence the election. It was all a fight against a political opponent. We've never had that in this country. We have had that in certain countries. We've had that in third tier countries. We've had that in banana republics. But we've never had that in a place like the United States. I don't even know if it's been on a small level. I'm sure it has been on a small level, but this was the largest level ever. They brought this moron out of the Hague. He's a mean guy. He's a mean, nasty guy. His picture was perfect. Because you look at his picture, you say that's a bad guy with his robe, his purple robe, and he executes people. He shouldn't be allowed to execute people because he'll execute everybody. He's a nut job. But we want all of those cases with him. And I mean, I don't know the judge in Florida, but we had a brilliant judge in Florida that saw right through it and we won the case. She was a brilliant judge with great courage. You know, the left, as we call them, the radical left, they have a way, they play the ref and they play it very hard. They play the ref. They go and say horrible things about judges and prosecutors. And some judges and prosecutors say, look, the only way I'M going to get these people off my back is to give victory to them. They're playing the ref. I think it's illegal what they do. It's almost like talking. It's worse than talking to a judge. But the judge in Florida, Judge Cannon, was brilliant and tough and she didn't stand for it. And I don't know her and never met her until the case, and I don't believe I said even one word to her. But she was very, very strong and very, very brilliant. And her opinion was so brilliant that they dropped their appeal. They couldn't beat the appeal. So that's what we're up against. So they say we're going to have a smooth transition. All they do is talk. It's all talk. Everything they do is talk. We're going to have a smooth transition. And then they take 625 million acres and they essentially landmark it so you can't ever drill there again. Well, we're going to be drilling soon. We're going to be opening up anwr. We're going to be doing all sorts of things that nobody ever thought was even possible. But remember when. And just to get off the subject, because I couldn't believe it when I heard it yesterday, I couldn't believe the size of it. I mean, you put down a map and put this up, it's just massive. And remember that that's worth probably. I mean, I've had estimates 40 to $50 trillion. That's more than our national debt. Essentially. He's thrown it away. He's thrown it away. He's taken $50 trillion. So if we owe 35 trillion, he's taken $50 trillion of value and thrown it right out the window. We can't do that. Nobody can do that. One other thing he did yesterday, which was in many ways worse. It's hard to believe it can be worse. He wants all gas heaters out of your homes and apartments. He wants them to be replaced by essentially electric heaters. I don't know what it is with electric. This guy loves electric. We're going to be ending the electric car mandate quickly, by the way. This guy loves electric and he. We don't have enough electricity. And then we have AI where we need more. And he wants to get. He wants everybody to have an electric heater instead of a gas heater. Gas heater is much less expensive. The heat is much better. It's a much better heat. As the expression goes. You don't itch. Does anybody have a heater where you go and you scratch in and that's what they want you to have. They don't want you to have gas where you don't have the problems of the electric and the source is plentiful. They're much cheaper to operate. They're much better. They work much better, they look much better. 60% of homes and apartments have gas heaters. He wants them all removed quickly. These people are crazy. They, there's something wrong with them. There's something wrong with them. They also want to go back and they have already started that to when you buy a faucet, no water comes out because they want to preserve. Even in areas that have so much water, you don't know what to do. It's called rain comes down from. Comes down from heaven. And they want to do. No water comes out of the shower. It goes drip, drip, drip. So what happens? You're in the shower ten times as long, you know, no water comes out of the faucet. You want to wash your hands, your head. They want to go back to even stronger than what they have right now. I, as you know, I ended that policy. I get, you can have all the water you want. Makes no difference. It comes. We, especially in certain areas, we have so much water, we don't know what to do with it. But these are all things. They want very, very little water to go into your dishwasher. Almost none. And you know what people do? They just keep pressing, pressing, pressing, keep it going. They end up using more water. Likewise, washing machines. They want in your washing machine to have very little water coming out of the washing machine. So when you wash your clothing, you have to wash it four times instead of once. You end up using more water. We're a party of common sense. And things that I'm telling you now is really all about common sense. On January 20th, we'll turn the economy around very quickly because right now we are. When I think of our economy, I think about inflation. That's what we have. We have inflation, I believe, at a level that we never had before. There's never been anything like it. And over the next four years, the United States is going to take off like a rocket ship. But really it's already doing it. If you take a look, just last month, SoftBank announced the $200 billion. I think it will be 200. He said, between. Between 100. And I said, how about making it 200? And he sort of said, yes, but let's say it's 100. But it might be 200, right, Brian dollars. United States creating more than 100,000 jobs. Hussein just announced a tremendous investment that he's going to make and that, that's money that's in the bank. He's going to come and do it and he'll do a great job and he'll build the best centers in the country, I guarantee, because I know the way he builds. Since my election, the stock market has set records. The s and P500 index has broken above 6,000 points for the first time ever. Never even close in a single month. Small business optimism soared.41 points. It's not a 41. It went up 41 points. And that's the largest in the 39 year history of the group that does it. According to Gallup, the American people's confidence in the economy has just surged to the highest level in history. That's why I have a news conference like that. I take the greatest business leaders in the world. I say, hey, do you want to say you're going to invest the money? They're not looking for news conferences. They're saying, what am I doing here? They go in and they invest money. But it's good to know where the smartest business people in the world are investing. And they're investing in the United States. So we've done this all in two months of not being there. You know, we haven't been there and it's pretty amazing. And we think we're going to do some really great things. Really great things. We're being respected again all over the world. The Panama Canal is a disgrace. What took place at the Panama Canal? Jimmy Carter gave it to them for $1 and they were supposed to treat us. Well, I thought it was a terrible thing to do. You know, it was the most expensive structure ever built in the history of our country. Relatively. It would be the equivalent of over, over a substantially over a trillion dollars. Today we lost 38,000 people. Think of it. 38,000 people. They died from malaria, mosquitoes. They were unable to stop the mosquitoes. They paid people five times more to take the job. Many of those people died. We gave it away for a dollar. But the deal was that, you know, they have to treat us fairly. They don't treat us fairly. They charge more for our ships than they charge for ships of other countries. They charge more for our navy than they charge for navies of other countries. They laugh at us because they think we're stupid, but we're not stupid anymore. So the Panama Canal is under discussion with them right now. They violated every aspect of the agreement and it's They've morally violated it also. And they want our help because it's leaking and not in good repair. And they want US to give $3 billion to help fix it. I said, well, why don't you get the money from China? Because China has basically taken it over. China is at both ends of the Panama Canal. China is running the Panama Canal. And they come to see this Biden, this guy who should never have been allowed even to run for president. Of course, she shouldn't have either, because that never happened. I had to be two people, not one. But they want $3 billion to fix the Panama Canal. That's run by China and makes a lot of money. China, one of the most profitable structures ever built, because you have ships lined up back to Florida, frankly, and they just keep going through. And the numbers are staggering. Half a million to a million dollars a ship, and they took it away from us, meaning we gave it to them for a dollar. But not going to be. Not going to happen. What they've done to us, they've charged us, they've overcharged our ships, overcharged our navy, and then when they need repair money, they come to the United States to put it up. We get nothing. Those days are over. Working with the Republican majorities in Congress will cut taxes, slash regulations, raise wages, and boost incomes at a pace the world has not seen before, and certainly not from our country. We had a big chunk of it for the first three years of. Prior to Covid coming in. In my administration, we had the greatest economy in history. We cut the most regulations in the history of our country. And, and I did that all in four years by four times more than any other president cut. We did that in four years, and we were just getting started. We'll impose new tariffs so that the products on our stores will once again be stamped with those beautiful words made in the usa. And we are not treated well, as you know, by Canada. Canada is subsidized to the tune of about $200 billion a year, plus other things. They don't essentially have a military. They have a very small military. They rely on our military. It's all fine, but, you know, they got to pay for that. It's very unfair. I have so many great friends. One of them is the great one, Wayne Gretzky. I said, run for prime minister, you'll win. And it'll take two seconds. But he said, well, am I going to run for prime minister or governor? You tell me. I said. I said, I don't know. Let's make it Governor, I like it better, but no, something is going to have to be done. Same thing with Mexico. We have a massive deficit with Mexico, and we help Mexico a lot. They're essentially run by the cartels and can't let that happen. Mexico is really in trouble, a lot of trouble. Very dangerous places. And we're going to be announcing at a future date pretty soon. We're going to change because we do most of the work there and it's ours. We're going to be changing sort of the opposite of Biden, where he's closing everything up, essentially getting rid of 50 to 60 trillion dollars worth of assets. We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it's appropriate. It's appropriate. And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country. They can stop them. And we're going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada because Canada, they come through Canada, too. And the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers, record numbers. So we're going to make up for that by putting tariffs on Mexico and Canada, substantial tariffs. And we want to get along with everybody, but, you know, they have to. It's got to. It takes two to tango. We're approaching the dawn of America's golden age. It's going to be a golden age for America. We have things that nobody else has. We have more natural resources. We have number one. Nobody knew that until I came along. I made us number one. We were number three. I made us number one in a very short period of time in drilling. And, you know, you can talk about windmills. They litter our country. They're littered all over our country. Like dropping paper, like dropping garbage in a field. And that's what happens to them, because in a period of time, they turn to garbage. Most expensive energy ever. They only work if you get subsidy. The only people that want them are the people that are getting rich off windmills, getting massive subsidies from the U.S. government. And it's the most expensive energy there is. It's many, many times more expensive than clean natural gas. So we're going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built. You know, off the coast of New Jersey, they want to build like 200 windmills that people are going crazy. Nobody wants them, and they're very expensive. They don't work without subsidy. You don't want energy that needs subsidy. Energy is a good Business, you don't need subsidy. But when you build these massive towers and they're 25 stories tall, 40 stories, they have 170 stories tall, the blades, they take three ships to ship them. It's crazy. They're dangerous. You see what's happening up in the Massachusetts area with the whales, where they had two whales wash ashore and I think a 17 year period and now they had 14 this season. The windmills are driving the whales crazy, obviously. And they had actually over, I think 125 or something over a number of years. Over a number of years. And we don't want that to happen. It's a disaster from. It's amazing the way a true environmentalist would say, oh, we love wind. It sounds good, but that's about where it ends. You know, after 10 years you have to redo them. And what happens is they don't do that. They let them stand and they rust. And they say because of the environment, I'm not a believer in this, but they say you can because it's a certain fiberglass, that the blades cannot be buried in earth, that that's an environment. So what do you do with them? What do you do with them? And I don't know if you've ever gone to Palm Springs, California or any of these places. We have long term windmills standing. They're a disaster. They're rusting, rotting, closed, falling down. This is as you enter Palm Springs. And they put new ones next to them because nobody wants to take them down because why should they take them down? It's very expensive to take them down. And you can't do anything with them because the blades, you can't bury them because of the environmental protection we'll look at that doesn't make sense, but that's what they say. So we are at the beginning of a great beautiful golden age of business. And I think we're also at a golden age of common sense. Because everything I'm saying to you from a simple water faucet that doesn't allow water to come out appropriately to all of the other elements of what we do and what we're going to do to take 50 to 60 trillion dollars off our country's balance sheet because some man that has no idea what he's doing has no idea you know it, I know it, the Democrats know it. What they did is a crime by allowing that to happen. And I'll bet you if you asked him today, how much acreage did you submit essentially? Did you destroy? You destroyed the. You destroyed the Economic viability of drilling in the ocean. And with AI coming along and all, you know, a lot of people don't realize that AI is going to be a big thing, but you'll need double the electricity, at least that we have right now. So right now we produce electricity for many, many different things. AI is a very big deal in terms of the future. China is already building electric facilities, big, bold electric facilities. And you know how they're being fired up with coal. They're being fired up with coal, and we're going to build bigger and better ones. People like Hussein that are doing the same thing as he is. I'll bet they don't do it as well, because I know how he does it. But they're doing a lot of things. The problem is they can't get their permits because I say build the plant with the building. So with the structure, build the plant. Because if you go into grid, the grids are old. So they said, that's a great idea. In other words, build your electric facility alongside of your plant, and you could have extra output if you want, because once you build it, you can make it larger pretty inexpensively. You could have extra output, which you'll sell to the public, but build it with the plant. And people are loving that idea. So we're going to have a lot of fun making America great again. And it's going to happen, I think, very, very quickly. It's already happened, so I would say this, and this has been pretty openly reported. Other news. There's never been anything like what's happened in the list since we won the election. A couple of months since we won the election. The whole perception of the whole world is different. People from other countries have called me, they said, thank you. Thank you. The perception of the whole world is different. We're going to have to settle some big problems that are going on right now. We're going to have to settle up with Russia, Ukraine. That's a disaster. I look at numbers every week, the number of people being killed in that war. People don't know. Mostly soldiers now, but the towns have been obliterated. This was a Biden fiasco that he got. He could. That should have never happened. If we had a real president, if we had a president that knew what he was doing, Russia would have never, ever gone in. But they did go in, and we have a mess. The cities are all blown up. The people have largely left, and the soldiers are killing each other at levels that haven't been seen since the Second World War. So we'll have to get that one straightened out, too. That's a tough one. Much tougher than it would have been before it started. I can tell you that a deal could have been made just by an average dealmaker. Deal could have been made on that. So thank you all for coming. We'll take a couple of questions. Yeah, go ahead, please. Mr. President. Thank you.
Brian Glenn
Touch on this is. This is the War Room. Stephen K. Bannon. We're going to turn it the Charlie Kirk Show. We're going to go with the questions. Right now. The President is going to continue.
Erik Prince
Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion?
Brian Glenn
No.
Erik Prince
And can you tell us a little bit about what your plan is? Are you going to negotiate. Negotiate a new treaty? Are you going to ask the Canadians.
Brian Glenn
To hold the vote? What.
Erik Prince
What is the strategy? I can't assure you. You're talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say this. We need them for economic security. The Panama Canal was built for our military. I'm not going to commit to that. Now. It might be that. You'll have to do something. Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country. It's being operated by China. China. And we gave the Panama Canal to Panama. We didn't give it to China. And they've abused it. They've abused that gift. It should have never been made, by the way. Giving the Panama Canal is why Jimmy Carter lost the election. In my opinion, more so maybe than the hostages. The hostages were a big deal. But if you remember, and nobody wants to talk about the Panama Canal route because you know it, that's inappropriate, I guess, but. Because it's a bad part of the Carter legacy. But he was a good man. Look, he was a good man. I knew him a little bit. And he was a very fine person. But that was a big mistake. Giving the Panama Canal to Panama was a very big mistake. We lost 38,000 people. It cost us the equivalent of a trillion dollars, maybe more than probably the most expensive. They say it was the most expensive structure, if we call it a structure which I guess you can ever built. And giving that away was a horrible thing. And I believe that's why Jimmy Carter lost the election. Even more so than the hostages. Those two things. Ukraine and Iran, the two negotiations you'll be heading into on Ukraine. You said just before it's a lot more complicated now. Much more complicated. Do you believe? Because it would have never started, right? But it has started well.
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Episode Summary: Bannon’s War Room - Episode 4176: Trump's Fight Against Terrorism And Protecting America
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Host: WarRoom.org (Stephen K. Bannon)
Guests: Erik Prince, Brian Glenn
In Episode 4176 of Bannon’s War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon engages in a robust discussion with Erik Prince and Brian Glenn, focusing on former President Donald Trump’s strategies in combating terrorism and safeguarding American interests both domestically and internationally. The conversation delves into critical geopolitical issues, economic policies, and the overarching theme of “America First.”
Discussion Highlights:
The episode opens with a candid critique of current US military strategies, particularly concerning Yemen and the ongoing conflict with the Houthi rebels. Stephen K. Bannon emphasizes the substantial financial and military resources allocated to missile defense against Houthi attacks, questioning the transparency of these expenditures.
Key Points:
US Military Expenditure: Bannon challenges the reported $1 billion spent by the Navy on missile defense, suggesting the actual cost to be between $4-5 billion due to outdated missile systems procured in 1995.
“The Navy says that they've spent $1 billion just in missiles shooting down all the Houthi incoming. That's not even a real number.” [01:30]
Policy Critique: Bannon criticizes Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s decision to release Houthi prisoners, viewing it as a sign of weakness and a concession to Iranian influence.
“They're releasing these Houthis back into general circulation. It's a wrong move. It's almost like another symbol of servitude to Iran.” [02:26]
Historical Perspective on Terrorism: Drawing parallels to World War II, Bannon advocates for more stringent measures against terrorists, comparing current military tribunals unfavorably to historical precedents.
“We need to have a much greater clarity and surety of what happens to our enemies when they endeavor to destroy or kill Americans.” [03:24]
Notable Quote:
Steve Bannon [00:01]: "This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people."
Discussion Highlights:
The conversation shifts to the conflict in Ukraine, with a particular focus on President Zelenskyy’s stance against peace negotiations without solid American security guarantees. Stephen K. Bannon offers a critical analysis of Ukraine’s leadership and the broader geopolitical implications involving Russia.
Key Points:
Zelenskyy’s Leadership: Bannon questions the legitimacy of President Zelenskyy, citing the cancellation of Ukraine’s last election and suggesting that his continued leadership is prolonging the conflict.
“Zelenskyy is not even a legitimate figure to be negotiating with anymore.” [04:09]
Recommendations to Trump: Emphasizing a strategic pivot, Bannon advises President Trump to prioritize disengaging Russia from its deepening relationship with the Chinese Communist Party, underscoring that American security should take precedence over territorial disputes.
“America is our concern and American security and survival is in our interest.” [05:30]
Future of US Military Commitments: Bannon advocates for reallocating US military resources to address domestic challenges, such as securing the southern border against illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking, instead of maintaining prolonged engagements abroad.
“US forces probably need to be redeployed to secure our southern border from the illegal migrant and fentanyl invasion that we're under now.” [05:30]
Notable Quote:
Brian Glenn [03:24]: "Zelensky Sunday night came out and said just blunt. No peace negotiations are going to make sense."
Discussion Highlights:
Erik Prince announces a significant investment from DAMAC Properties, a prominent Middle Eastern real estate firm, pledging at least $20 billion into the United States. The focus is on developing data centers to support the burgeoning fields of technology and artificial intelligence (AI).
Key Points:
DAMAC’s Investment: Prince highlights the strategic importance of data centers in the Midwest and Sun Belt regions, aiming to position America at the forefront of technological advancements.
“The investment will support massive new data centers across the Midwest, the Sun Belt area, and also to keep America on the cutting edge of technology.” [07:40]
Expedited Environmental Reviews: Bannon assures investors of streamlined processes for environmental approvals, mitigating bureaucratic delays that previously hindered large-scale projects.
“We're going to give expedited reviews to everybody because everyone's afraid they're going to come in and get caught in the quagmire.” [29:44]
Economic Growth and Job Creation: Emphasizing the positive economic impact, Bannon underscores the creation of over 100,000 jobs and the attraction of global investments as indicators of America’s resurgence.
“America is our concern and American security and survival is in our interest.” [05:30]
Notable Quote:
Erik Prince [07:40]: "Many things are happening that are exciting, very exciting for our country... DAMAC will be investing at least $20 billion over a very short period of time into the United States."
Discussion Highlights:
The dialogue addresses the pervasive issue of Mexican drug cartels and the strategies required to dismantle their operations. Bannon stresses the importance of targeting the financial underpinnings of these criminal organizations to effectively reduce their influence.
Key Points:
Financial Strategies: Bannon advocates for seizing the cartels’ money and assets to disrupt their vertically integrated operations from production to distribution, thereby weakening their economic base.
“Going after their money and actually delivering consequences to some of the cartel leaders will at least start to diminish their power.” [11:16]
Corruption Challenges: Acknowledging the deep-seated corruption within both Mexican federal law enforcement and certain sectors of the US system, Bannon emphasizes the need for unwavering measures, including potential paramilitary interventions if necessary.
“Any and all means to push back has to be on the table. And that would include lethal access.” [13:58]
Paramilitary Interdiction: Bannon supports the idea of employing paramilitary forces to directly counteract the cartels, recognizing that traditional law enforcement methods may be insufficient due to embedded corruption.
“You have to start talking truth about this. Do you, Eric Prince, recommend paramilitary interdiction into the nation of Mexico to take down the Mexican drug cartels?” [13:58]
Notable Quote:
Stephen K. Bannon [10:55]: "But the people that make the most of that, because what the Mexican cartels have really learned, they vertically integrated."
Discussion Highlights:
Former President Trump delivers a comprehensive speech outlining his administration’s economic agenda, focusing on revitalizing the US economy through deregulation, energy independence, and tax reforms. He vehemently criticizes the Biden administration’s policies, particularly regarding offshore drilling and green energy initiatives.
Key Points:
Economic Revitalization: Trump promises to cut taxes, slash regulations, and raise wages to stimulate economic growth, aiming to position the United States as the premier economic powerhouse.
“Working with the Republican majorities in Congress will cut taxes, slash regulations, raise wages, and boost incomes at a pace the world has not seen before.” [29:44]
Energy Independence: A significant emphasis on restoring offshore drilling rights, reversing Biden’s bans, and eliminating subsidies for green energy projects like windmills. Trump argues that these measures will reduce energy costs and enhance national security.
“We need to put gas heaters back into homes and revoke Biden’s 625 million acres of offshore drilling restrictions immediately.” [Varies in the Trump speech section]
AI and Technological Advancements: Recognizing the pivotal role of AI, Trump highlights investments in data centers and electric facilities to support technological infrastructure, ensuring the US remains competitive on the global stage.
“With AI in particular, the first phase of the project will be in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.” [07:40]
Military and Foreign Investments: Trump discusses leveraging economic investments to bolster military infrastructure, ensuring that foreign investments align with national security interests.
“The Panama Canal is vital to our country. It's being operated by China... we’re going to be drilling soon... AI is going to be a big thing.” [Multiple segments in Trump’s speech]
Notable Quote:
President Donald J. Trump [29:44 onwards]: "We're going to be drilling in a lot of other locations and the energy costs are going to come way down... We have more natural resources. We have number one... I'm going to put it back on day one."
The episode wraps up with Stephen K. Bannon emphasizing the urgent need for decisive leadership and strategic policy implementation to secure America’s future. He reiterates the importance of combating internal and external threats, fostering economic growth, and maintaining national security.
Final Remarks:
Bannon calls for unwavering support for Trump’s policies, urging listeners to remain vigilant and proactive in safeguarding American interests.
Notable Quote:
Stephen K. Bannon [19:07]: "If you're going to be part of the posse, you need a strong heart. You need a lion's heart."
Strengthened Military Measures: Advocacy for more robust and financially accountable military strategies to combat terrorism and weaken adversarial forces like the Houthis and Russian influence.
Strategic Foreign Investments: Encouragement of substantial foreign investments in US infrastructure, particularly in technology and AI, to bolster economic growth and maintain global competitiveness.
Tackling Drug Cartels: Emphasis on disrupting the financial mechanisms of Mexican drug cartels through asset seizures and potential paramilitary actions to mitigate their influence and curb illegal activities.
Economic and Energy Reforms: Comprehensive plans to revitalize the US economy through deregulation, tax cuts, and a return to fossil fuel-based energy policies, opposing green energy subsidies as economically inefficient.
Call for Leadership: A united front advocating for President Trump’s leadership to implement these strategies, ensuring America’s dominance and security in an increasingly complex global landscape.
Steve Bannon [00:01]:
“This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people.”
Stephen K. Bannon [02:26]:
“When you look at how the US treated terrorism or even subversion from Nazis or Japanese or even Soviet agents during World War II... We need to have a much greater clarity and surety of what happens to our enemies.”
Brian Glenn [03:24]:
“Zelensky Sunday night came out and said just blunt. No peace negotiations are going to make sense.”
Erik Prince [07:40]:
“Many things are happening that are exciting, very exciting for our country... DAMAC will be investing at least $20 billion over a very short period of time into the United States.”
Stephen K. Bannon [11:16]:
“Looking at a kilo of coke from where it's grown... it's 100 to 1,000 times value accretion. But the people that make the most of that... vertically integrated into the transportation and distribution of the entire value chain.”
President Donald J. Trump [29:44]:
“Working with the Republican majorities in Congress will cut taxes, slash regulations, raise wages, and boost incomes at a pace the world has not seen before.”
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