
Episode 4259: Trump Signs Fresh Round Of EO's ...
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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 regions. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. 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. It's going to happen.
Matt Schlapp
And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Steve Bannon
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
Brian Glenn
War room.
Steve Bannon
Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. Okay, Monday, the 10th of February, year of alert 2025. We had a different show schedule. We're gonna get to that in a moment. We got breaking news from the White House. We go to Real America's White House correspondent, Brian Glenn. Brian, huge day for Days of Thunder. Continue. Executive orders about to start rolling out. What do you got for us?
Peter Baker
Yeah, good afternoon, Steve. We're just outside the briefing room, Austin, if you just want to turn. We'll show our viewers that maybe have not got a chance to see this. This is the briefing room. Those are the doors that goes inside. That's where you see Carolyn Levitt. Yes, we see President Trump often hold their daily press briefings, but we're going to go into a different room here at the bottom of the hour as president is scheduled to sign a few executive orders into place, one being tariffs. Now, Steve, you and I both know on the campaign trail, tariffs was a hot topic. It's one of his favorite T words and he's going to hit that today in executive order. 25%, kind of a blanket tariff on aluminum and steel coming into this country. And then the other one, Steve, well, not so controversial topic, but whether or not you like paper or her plastic straws. Well, President Trump is going to say no more paper straws bought within the federal government. And they are one of the biggest consumers as far as buyers of these paper straws. Steve.
Steve Bannon
Brian, I don't know if you can see this. You probably can see the camera, the whole top of the Financial Times of London today, US And China said for trade war as Beijing launches retaliatory tariffs. This is about the situation with China today. These tariffs are specifically, these are the first targeted tariffs. He's done 25% on steel and aluminum imports, particularly, they've got Canada, Mexico, China. People are going to be hit for this. Cnbc that's no fan of tariffs, have said this is good for America and it's good for American workers. Your thoughts, sir?
Peter Baker
It is. I was just reading an article that we lost about 5,000 steel workers in this country just over the last couple years. And so hopefully with this change, Steve, we can bring manufacturing back to this country and more jobs. You know, on the campaign trail, we were in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, a lot of steel country, a lot of manufacturing going on. That's what they wanted. So President Trump just views this, these executive orders as help protecting American jobs and bringing some of this stuff back to here. He also calls it a national security threat to allow a lot of these countries to dominate and have our dependency on steel and aluminum. But this is certainly a, it's been a conveyor belt of an executive orders over the last, what, 14, 15 days. And it seems like every day, Steve, it's just something else happening in this White House behind me.
Steve Bannon
And let's talk about that for a second today. An onslaught of particularly federal, at the federal level, it's pretty obvious, Brian, that the Democratic Party really doesn't have any the muscle memory to really combat President Trump. The media is a little bit shattered, the mainstream media, I'm sure you see that every day in the skulking around in the White House. What they've done, they've gone to the courts. They haven't yet really gone to the state courts. Letitia James looms large all of all over all of this. White House's hack federal judge, I think it's O'Connell up in Rhode island, told President Trump he had to give the, he could not hold the money back for these different operations. What are you hearing so far, the White House people about how serious are they taking this onslaught of the federal judiciary against the really the deconstruction of the administrative state, whether it's done by the Doge team, Elon Musk, or whether he's got Scott Bessant or Russell Vogt or Stephen Miller doing it.
Peter Baker
Sir, I think we have all three of those individuals you just mentioned. I know J.D. vance, Vice President Vance spoke on this earlier today about this and kind of weighed in and says, look, we shouldn't have some of these corrupt judges, you know, trying to run the White House behind me in that executive branch. It doesn't work that way. I think you're going to see, you know, of course, Doge, you know, kicks off the first subcommittee hearing, I should say kicks off on Wednesday. And that's going to target Medicaid. But hey, they need to look into some of these other things as well and see if we can, we can't get caught up in this nonsense like we did all these legal battles as President Trump was battling the last four years on the campaign trail. This looks like the Democrats only have one page in their playbook and that is just tie him up in court and not allow him to do the things that he's doing. But we'll see how it plays out.
Steve Bannon
It's going to be the courts, folks. Brian, you're going to come back to us when they actually we're going to be able to see the signing of these particularly we don't want to miss the historic tariffs on steel and aluminum. And guess what, it's pretty historic for some people to go back to the, go back to the plastic straw. So we want to see that one too. You'll alert us and we'll catch up with you a little later.
Peter Baker
Sounds steep. Sounds great.
Steve Bannon
I appreciate it, Brian. We probably got as many guys watching for, watching for the, the straws as the tariffs. You know, we got half a tariff crowd and half a straw crowd. Thank you, brother. Brian Glenn at the White House today, all over. So Matt Schlapp joins us. Matt, put in perspective what's going on this we got like a multi front attack going on the administrative and deep state from you got Doge, you got the, the, the, the, the, the sledgehammer of Doge hitting you on audits and talking about cuts. You've got Russ Vote is shutting down the consumer bureau. They're already shut down usda. They said now they're ordering guys back to the office. They don't show up, you're going to fire every vertical you've got. You've either got Miller, Bessant, Vogt, Elon, the Doge team. Put it in perspective for people this war against the administrative state and the deep state.
Matt Schlapp
Yes. So the Democrats don't follow any rules. They use their executive power writ broadly and they change the world, they change the government, they change everything. Republicans come in and we color inside the lines and we're very, you know, careful listening to the lawyers and it's asymmetrical. They, they expand government greatly. They use their power, they punish their enemies and we do very little of that. So for people like me that have served in administrations in the past that know the old rules, it's always a little jarring to see the way Trump operates and the way people around Trump is operating. The beginning sometimes I even flinch Like I don't think you can do that. And then over the course of days or weeks, you realize that he's doing what Democrats do. He's saying, I'm the President of the United States, I'm going to throw the ball deep and I'm going to make you stop me. And you're right, it's all going to go to the courts. At the end of the day, a lot of this is going to go to the Supreme Court. You know, can the President decide to impound money that's been appropriated by Congress? I mean you gotta love these Republicans on the Hill. They're all like so worried about. Well, first of all they're applauding Doge and what Elon Musk is doing with all this waste, fraud and abuse. But where were they the last couple of decades overlooking all the spending? I mean they're the ones signing all these budget bills and they haven't done their job of scrutinizing all the spending. So God bless Donald Trump, he's the one exposing it. Now.
Steve Bannon
Let'S talk about that. You've got for years when we ran the deal, you had Paul Ryan and you always had the Andy Biggs and the Rand Paul's, you always had people like that Thomas Massie, right. Mark Meadows back in the old days, Dave Bratt, people that were always House Freeman caucus and others, Steve Kings, people that were hardcore limited government conservatives that were always voting against these bills. And we used to sit up and watch all night on War Room, these Appropriations subcommittee votes where they were trying to get into usaid and they were, they were adding much of stuff we see today. They couldn't even win in committee. More than 50% voted of the Republicans or Republicans in charge. Why did that take place? I mean here you're saying it's a fresh day. But, but we, this stuff's been going on for decades. The public should have known this years ago.
Matt Schlapp
Sir, there's two pieces. Well, there's actually three pieces. There's the investigations that are supposed to happen in judiciary and oversight, but you're supposed to authorize government, Steve. You don't just give it money once a year, you authorize it used to be for five years at a time. And that allowed you to really kind of do the overhaul of the engine, get rid of the stuff that's not working. As Mercy and I were talking the other day, I mean government just grows and all these bureaucrats just expect more money. And nobody's asking the kinds of questions about why is the government doing this or that. And it's become an absurd process where you have these emergencies like Covid or natural disasters, and they up the spending and it never goes back down again after the emergency. It's never kind of like it just becomes expected. And the Republicans have laid over most of them, not the guys you mentioned, on this idea that they ought to authorize every part of government. And if it isn't authorized, it's a rogue outfit. And that's what Trump is saying, which is, wait a minute, what kind of legal standing does an agency have if they haven't been authorized for 20 years? Yes, they're getting these annual appropriations, but that's not enough. That's not at all what the constitutional framework imagined. And so, you know, if the court actually, you know, looks at the law, I think Trump and Russ Vogt and Elon Musk, they have a carefair case to make that they can deconstruct. Well, Congress never seemed to have the gumption to authorize.
Steve Bannon
Matt, this is such a brilliant point. So, folks, you know, you got the appropriations process, and that's what we talk about March 14th. You got this process. It's statutory. It's got to be done. This is the way the system works. And if you're going to break that part of the system, you actually got to change the law. The authorization is something they never want to talk about, never talks. These departments, when they're like education Start, but they have an ongoing, like every five years for justice, every five years for FBI, or 10 years for FBI, they've skipped them for 10, 20, 30, 40 years. And Trump's calling them out. They're really not going to have much of a legal basis to stand on, are they?
Matt Schlapp
Remember, they got the budget bill they pass a couple times a year, and they got one stupid big glob that they get done. And they pass a defense bill once a year usually. But the rest of government just is kind of going status quo with colas and raises every year. No one's looking under the hood. And remember, the appropriations process is supposed to be for discretionary, not all the stuff that's on autopilot. That's what they call the entitlements and such. I mean, we're not looking at any of that at all. That's becoming the biggest part of the budget, the overwhelmingly biggest part of the budget. And so my favorite thing about what Doge is doing, and I was dubious because I was like, what the hell is this thing? It's kind of made up out of whole cloth, but look what it's doing, if nothing else, with transparency. And it's shaming everyone who had been voting for all of this ridiculous spending. And I think the Democrats are on their heels with Doge, which is why they're going so hard after Musk. What's so wrong about you knowing what your government's doing and when they're doing absurd things? You know, it's amazing how next thing you know, no one's standing up to support it. And I think this is gonna be a big part of the next year with Donald Trump. He is mocking the whole governmental system, which is completely broken. And I think he's making the Republicans realize they started off being dubious in some of his Cabinet picks. And Steve, you told me in a text, like, immediately Trump gets every one of his cabinet picks because he took a bullet for us and got off that canvas and stood up and fought and you had the right approach. And some Republicans were going to do their little dancing thing. And I think they're all coming around. I think all these people will get confirmed. And I think Trump is actually getting stronger as time goes on. Not because he's picking the right fights, I think because he's picking every fight. And that's exactly what we want. We've been on our back feet forever, Pennies. We're talking about petties. I mean, it's everything.
Steve Bannon
I'm going to hold you through the break. Real quickly. The federal judge Whitehurst has hacked federal judge up in Rhode island said that President Trump had to keep funding these things. Should he comply with that order or say let's throw down now, let's just throw down for it? Should he comply and just fight an appellate at the Supreme Court? Or should he have his guys and they're going to get contempt charges? Should he fight it, sir?
Matt Schlapp
Well, I think he's got to fight all of this and I think, you know, I'm going to listen to Pam Bondi in this situation. I mean, you do want to choose your battles when it comes to the legal front. But to me, as long as there's an appeal process going on, then the constitutional fight should be able to continue until we get resolution in the courts.
Steve Bannon
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John Kieperman
Trump first did when he came into office. That I think underscores this problem with media coverage is he pardoned the January six rioters, including the ones who beat cops violently. And this is something that people in his own administration said he would never do because they didn't think he would possibly do that. It's also something that I think in the first Trump term would have had serious consequences for his administration. There would have been a big media backlash. You know, I can imagine Republicans on the Hill coming out to condemn it. His approval ratings would have plummeted. Now there doesn't seem to be any consequences. And that might be the fact due to the fact that this has just been such a crazy couple of weeks that it's hard for everyone to keep up. Do you see there being any political consequences for Trump in America anymore in the second term.
Mike Lindell
It's a good question. Part of it's the flood, the zone thing you mentioned, right. He's coming at us with so many things all at once. It's hard for anybody, whether it be, you know, political opposition or the media or the, you know, the, the political environment, to focus on any single decision that he's made and say, well, wait a second, let's think about that, let's scrutinize that. Let's decide whether or not we think there's merit to it or it's a problem. Because by the time he finished partying the January six guys, he was already off to the races in, you know, withholding 3 up to $3 trillion worth of federal grants and he was dismantling the entire foreign aid structure of the United States government. And he was, you know, talking about literally taking over other countries. I mean, like, so where do you say, okay, well, I'm not going to cover him trying to take over the Panama Canal because I want to focus more on the January six pardons. Okay, that's, you know, a choice. But the truth is it's also kind of important that he's saber rattling with our ally in Central America. And, and the other thing is different, of course, is I think the political environment in Washington is different. There's no John McCain anymore. There's not even a Mitt Romney anymore. There is no Republican opposition to him anymore, which there was at the beginning of his first term. At the beginning of his first term, you had Bob Corker, Jeff flake, even Mitch McConnell from time to time say, whoa, wait a second, buddy, you're going too far. None of them are doing that anymore. Actually, Mitch McConnell is a little bit more oppositional now that he's no longer the leader. But there's really very little Republican opposition. And without Republican opposition, since they control the Congress, he gets a pretty free ride. And people dismiss the Democrats who don't have any power anyway. So the real tension is going to be in the courts. We'll see what they do with some of these decisions he's trying to make. But you're right, everything does feel like it's ephemeral. Even the most controversial, most outrageous, arguably, things he decides to do Pass within 24 hours because there's something else happening.
Steve Bannon
Matt Schlapp, that's Peter Baker. He's considered, you know, by the left, the kind of even handed wise man of Washington, the lead White House correspondent and married to what, Susan Glasser at the New Yorker I think she is now formerly Politico, kind of the rural broker of media.
Matt Schlapp
I think Trump broker. I think they've lost their minds. But here's the thing. I'm going to get a little bit pissed off here. He got a free ride. Who the hell thinks Donald Trump got a free ride? They tried to shoot him, they tried to take all his money, they tried to put him in prison. And little Peter Baker is sitting up there talking about how the man gets a free ride. I mean, can you just even imagine anybody listening to this dweeb and saying, wow, that's so smart. Smart analysis, Peter.
Steve Bannon
300 years in prison. Just, just from the Jack SWEITH Referral to 300 years in prison, I think from the J6, right? Everything wanted him to die in a federal prison. Matt, you're going to be at the beginning days of the Days of Thunder. Everybody we know in the war and posse, the schlaps are given an incredible deal. If you go to cpac.org war room, 76 bucks. You can't do better. We're going to do that. We're going to do the. If you show a ticket, you get to come to the Force Multiplier. We're going to do the day before, we're throwing a bunch of parties all over the place to celebrate. Everybody's coming. Matt, talk to our folks about it and why it's so important kind of at the when we're getting the muzzle velocity to take on the left and the administrative and deep state, why it's so important to attend now more than ever.
Matt Schlapp
Well, first of all, I want to tell you it's four days. So it's a crash course in what's going on in your country. And I think the posse has been a great addition. It's been a fantastic addition. We're going to Mercy and I are going to thank you for inviting us to speak at your Force Multiplier event, which has now become part of the tradition. We're going to have our international summit on Wednesday as well, where we have countries from all over the world, ambassadors, foreign ministers, political activists, sitting around a table and really shaming the globalists on all the ways in which they're radicalizing and ruining the globe. And you know, this international piece is a big part of cpac, strangely enough, even though it's all about America because everybody's rooting for America around the globe because without America, they're toast and they know they're toast. And I'm just, I'm proud of the people that we're going to have there. You know, we're going to have all the Cabinet secretaries who have been confirmed. We're going to have the White House senior staff. We're going to have, you know, Ted Cruz doing his podcast with Ben Ferguson talking to one of those Cabinet secretaries we have. The largest owner of bitcoin in the world is going to be there. And I know some people love bitcoin and other people think this is a problem, but we air all grievances at cpac, too, by the way. All grievances are allowed. Let's talk about and get it on the stage. I really want the Elon Musk Steve Bannon debate, but I haven't been able to pull that together yet. But I think that could be a. That could be one for the ages. Steve, what do you think?
Steve Bannon
I'm all in, 1,000%. You pull it off, I'm good. Let's roll. Let's roll. Let's roll. There's nothing to debate. I think Elon would admit he's wrong and I'm right. But that's okay on everything, you know, he says, I give, I give my listen. I tip my hat to him on Doge. I think it's a, it's an armor piercing show. What it's doing is great. I got to, you've got to make sure the data's cool. But I'm the one saying, Elon, you got to get across the river. If we're to have any cuts, Matt, you know, you've struggled for this for 15 years. If we're to have any cuts, it's going to have to be somebody like Elon that goes to the Pentagon and says, these are the programs we can take out and once you get the Pentagon sorted, you can get the social program. So, no, I think, by the way, I think it'd be amazing if not to get a Doge update from some of his guys. I think it would be incredible. That'd be a global media event. They would all. They would melt down if Doge took the stage, brother.
Matt Schlapp
Well, hopefully that'll happen. And I agree with you completely. And I just think for people that have been reading white papers for decades, I would say, you know, let him collect a little bit of dust. Understand that we are in a cultural war. You have different ways of saying it, Steve, but the, you know, we have to rethink all of our tactics. I'm not saying we need to break our moral truce, but we have to rethink our tactics. I mean, our tactics have stunk for a long time. And what Donald Trump is doing is he's got some clubs in that golf bag that we haven't really seen before or not in a long time. And it's exactly what we need like a jackhammer.
Steve Bannon
I want to make sure, I just want to reiterate this and this is just the reality of Washington, current Washington. There's so many people that have been on the show, contributors to the show, people that have either gone in the White House and or are have been designated for confirmed jobs that can't really. They're not at liberty to come and speak at this time. Right. I know probably a half a dozen who would normally be at CPAC who speak. One of the reasons they're cabinet nominated or in the White House is because they've been at CPAC and people know their views. But there are quite a significant amount of people either at the cabinet level right below or some people we know in the White House just for various restrictions. You just can't come and you can't be on main stage of CPAC anymore. Correct.
Matt Schlapp
Well, if you're not confirmed yet or if you haven't got your sea legs in your new job, then you know, which is kind of good for us, Steve, because you know, like I said, three and a half days. But believe it or not, schedule's full. You know, it is a tough thing to schedule, especially when you have these people coming over from really important countries that we're allied with, you know, the foreigners all expect to give that 30 minute speech.
Jonathan
Steve.
Matt Schlapp
It's really interesting to tell a Prime minister, you got nine minutes, sir. It doesn't go over well, but we win that argument every time.
Steve Bannon
Now I know you can't announce until you announce, but I take it the President's been very supportive. In fact, the comeback trail for the President from Mar a Lago, the first in the historic speech was in Orlando with CPAC.
Peter Baker
That's right.
Steve Bannon
Right.
Matt Schlapp
Yeah.
Steve Bannon
I think it was 30 or 45 days that was historic, I take it almost 47 days. The President's never missed a CPAC when you're there. So we're going to get the president.
Matt Schlapp
Yeah. Almost 47 days from J6. He's standing on our stage in Orlando as unfortunately a former President. And yes, I'm not allowed to announce that the President's coming, but I'm very optimistic, Steve, that he usually closes us out, you know, cuz it's really hard to schedule around Donald Trump because you don't really know how long is long this year and how much of a standup comedy routine he's gonna give you. You know, I had a lot of people who went to the inauguration who said, dang, it was cold out there. And I had to walk blocks and blocks and blocks. And I told him, it's okay if the inauguration didn't work out great for you. Come to cpac. It's an indoor inauguration. It has heat. You'll have a seat. There's an open bar and a buffet. So, like, you just can't beat it.
Steve Bannon
Now his best when he's doing some. That's formal and he's going off the glass, and I say, it's like Mort Saul, the guy that would take the day's headlines and take a comedic turnaround but have a powerful. A powerful subterranean message that you got. No, I know people. Even with the Secret Service, everything has to happen. And these are monumental speeches when he gives them. So hopefully. And of course, the press of world events, you never know. It's always a call at the last minutes. But, Matt, we got about a minute. Where do people go? I want everybody to pile in this 76 bucks for the War Room Posse. We're broadcasting live there every day. Although Matt Schlapp and Mercy are given a stink eye. We gotta tone it down or we may have to have a rave in a different location close to. So I guess we'll have a rave.
Matt Schlapp
I think toning it down is always a bad mistake. Stake for the War Room Posse. I think you got to. You got to. You got to turn it up. We just got to put you in a place where the room can rock. Okay, Steve, that's what we want.
Steve Bannon
Yeah, we don't. This is the last year at the National. National harbor. Thank God. Fantastic. Cpac.org $76. Want to thank Mercy and Matt for making that available. Matt, what is your personal Twitter account?
Matt Schlapp
Because when you're at M. Slap and you can follow me and you'll get all the announcements of all the speakers and all the topics we'll be covering, believe me, we'll get. It's three and a half days, and we'll still miss things. It's just the way it is.
Steve Bannon
Maybe we'll. Maybe we'll cover those at the. At the word. By the way, I hear that Megyn Kelly may do her podcast, and I think I was shown at Podcast Studio in Space. That's right next to the War Room, where Senator Cruz and Megan and everybody. So it's gonna be a great, great setup. We appreciate it, Matt. Thank you so much. For taking the time today.
Matt Schlapp
Thank you, man. God bless.
Steve Bannon
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Matt Schlapp
Do you want to be chairman of the Kennedy center board?
Steve Bannon
Because I want to make sure it runs properly. We don't need woke at the Kennedy Center. We don't need. Some of the shows were terrible. They're a disgrace that they were even put on. So I'll be there until such time as it gets to be running. Right.
Matt Schlapp
Have you seen any shows there?
Steve Bannon
How do you know?
Jonathan
There are times.
Peter Baker
I didn't go.
Matt Schlapp
No.
Steve Bannon
I got reports. It was so bad I didn't want. I didn't want to go. There was nothing I wanted to see. Thank you very much, folks. That's President Trump and that has been a bombshell. He got rid of the board over at the Kennedy center, which is high church in the secular, demonic, administrative and deep state that controls the imperial capital. President Trump has removed the chairman of the board. He's going to step in and be the chairman of the board. He's going to move board members. He's going to take active charge, which is so brilliant. You have to take charge of high culture. And that's what the Kennedy center is. I Made a recommendation just in a brief couple of seconds this morning. I think it was posto was on said you have to the J6 choir. We should have a special evening of the J6 choir. Invite all the J6 families. They should come. I think that's gone viral as these people have melted down. So I've asked Brother Kieperman to join us from Passage Press, one of our leading public intellectuals, and put on an incredible dinner and really bringing some of the thought leaders in MAGA and others, the broader MAGA coalition, together during the inauguration. Sir, so you're kind of, you keep your hand on both pop culture and high culture. What are your thoughts about Trump stepping in and brooming the board and getting rid of Rubenstein over at the Kennedy Center?
Jonathan
Well, it's a beautiful thing and I'm just so excited to see finally, in my adult lifetime, Republican, conservative, right wing, call it whatever you want, administration and political coalition taking culture seriously. And this is something Andrew Breitbart, of course, talked about at length, that politics is downstream from culture. And what he meant by that was the kinds of ideas and the values that permeate the landscape of our country and that occupy people's imaginations are what ultimately manifest into policy. And forever, the left has owned all of these vehicles that control what that ideological landscape is in people's heads. And so leftism just becomes the sort of water we're swimming in. And that's how these ideas, despite being broadly unpopular, become normalized over time. And, you know, suddenly one day you wake up and DEI is the de facto law of the land. Your kids come home from school, you know, and they're questioning what gender they are and what previously seemed like radical fringe ideologies, you know, are just a part of this ordinary landscape of ideas. So it's absolutely critical that the right start taking culture seriously. And there is no better place to do that than like you said at the high church, the Kennedy center, which in all ways is symbolic of America's high culture.
Steve Bannon
When you say that, what do you mean there? Because President Trump's been quite upset. You know, he thinks of culture. He thinks the classic operas, the symphonies, the great plays, the Western canon. And obviously, you have things from throughout the world because you're, you want to get a sampling or understand the greatness of these other societies and culture, too. But President Trump's upset because that's not what you're seeing. They're not bringing their best. What is the problem over the Kennedy Center?
Jonathan
Well, okay, so this starts, you know, the person I look to is Les Rubenstein and this woman named Deborah Rutter. Deborah Rudder became the president of the Kennedy center in 2014. In 2019, she initiates a quote, unquote, social impact as the central area of programming for the Kennedy Center. This is just a giant DEI scheme. So I'm just gonna read to you a little bit from the website. This is the language they use. The mission of the program is to, quote, use the arts as a tool for social impact, equity and inclusion. The series explores how art can be a catalyst for public healing, decolonization and global change, highlighting the intersection of art and activism. They partnered with Black Lives Matter or an affiliate organization called Black Culture Matters. They have a program called the Latinx History Project. Again, this is just fringe, radical left wing woke slash dei ideology being manifest through the arts and then force fed to the American public even though they don't want it. And it was frankly rejected at the ballot box. And I will say that it's not only a good thing that Trump has his target set on the Kennedy Center, I would say it's his obligation. The American people voted for Donald Trump and the Trump administration and more broadly MAGA ism to root out this ideology from our public space. And doing this at the Kennedy Center, I don't wanna overinflate the importance of the Kennedy center, but doing this at the Kennedy center is a symbolic gesture that the time of woke, the time of this fringe radical leftist ideology is over.
Steve Bannon
No, these centers, by the way, the Lincoln center in New York, the one in la, these centers are the railheads of how the elites control high culture. In controlling high culture and twisting it, they control the high ground. You have to take it, you have other, by the way, the failure also, brother kieberman is not just at the, it's failed at the box office. Also if you took the taxpayer subsidies away from this, there's not, there's any philanthropy, there's no real there there to support this. This crap all goes away. Because even in the theater crowd there's not any real will to write a check here, is there, sir?
Jonathan
No, I like American culture. I love American culture, in fact. And the truth is we don't need to come in and kind of like impose our own extremist sort of right wing view of what culture is. No, all you need to do is remove the artificial incentives from these programs from places like Hollywood. And you probably know this better than anyone. And an organic right wing culture. And I think when I say right wing, I just mean sensible. A culture that celebrates American history and our legacy and the heroes of our past, and encourage a positive vision for the future. All of this stuff will just happen on its own. We don't need to put a heavy hand on the culture. All we need to do is remove these malign elements, root out the radical ideology that is infecting and degrading what should be and ought to be great monuments to ourselves, to America, and to the great people who have come before us and created this wonderful culture.
Steve Bannon
You've got other ideas also about some of the other agencies, operations, also the ones are near culture or education. Tell me what your thoughts are more broadly.
Jonathan
All right, so, you know, there's all sorts of room to run here. And once you start digging into how pervasive these programs are and where money is spent, you start to see opportunities for us again to remove the malign influence of the left and allow a healthier, more natural, organic culture to unfold. One obvious example of this is the 250th anniversary celebration that's coming up next year. This is something that I hope the Trump administration pays close attention to and is willing to put a lot of money into. This celebration of what America is will allow us to define our own narrative. This will allow us to reassert the symbols and people and our vision for the future that we want the American people to understand and we want the rest of the world to see. We need to put money into this. We need to start thinking long and hard about what kinds of exhibits and where we do stuff. I'm thinking we could do 250 statues to great American heroes across the United States. We could reopen the NEH Library for America, grant and reconstitute our own American canon, the great books, the great novels, the great history of our past. So I want us to pay close attention to these narratives. They matter. The culture matters. And what we do with the culture will shape what happens with politics in the future.
Steve Bannon
Where do people go to. Where do people go to get more about this? Because this is one we're at the top of the first. And you're going to be one of the leaders in this because you're one of the leading public intellectuals in the MAGA movement. Where can people go? Find out more about Passage Press, your writings.
Jonathan
Yeah, thanks, Steve.
Steve Bannon
And quite frankly, the people that writings you're promoting, which I think is great.
Jonathan
Yeah, thank you, Steve. So I would encourage everybody to go to our website, Passage Press. We're a publisher, it's a full bookstore, and we're doing with our publishing house. Precisely what I'm just talking about. It's both new ideas to break us out of this cul de sac that we're in, but also reasserting the great stuff of our past. And, you know, so we have HP Lovecraft, we have the original Hardy Boys. For the first time, we have books for young boys to enjoy. So please go to our website, purchase those books. You can follow me on Twitter, follow Passage Press on Twitter on my substack. So just. Yeah, search Lomaz, search John Keeperman. You'll find what you need to find.
Steve Bannon
John, one last thing for you.
Peter Baker
Go.
Steve Bannon
Your dinner was pretty extraordinary. What was? The feedback. Because you had a very eclectic crowd. You had the crypto guys there, you had the day traders, you had some hardcore right wing populist nationalists. It was quite a mixture. How did that turn out? What's the feedback you got?
Jonathan
It turned out great. And Steve, I want to thank you for showing up and giving just a fiery keynote speech. Everybody was fired up, everybody loved having you there. And the reason why I wanted you there is because for everything that's going on, I really do think you are the heart of the MAGA movement. You are the godfather of the maga movement, the champion of the people. And we have a bunch of new coalition partners coming in this time around. It's no secret that Trump 2.0 also consists of this tech crowd, crypto people, people who may have been on the fence previously about Donald Trump, people who might have been Ron DeSantis supporters. There's a lot of room here for new people to come in and it's okay for it to be a big tent, but. And this is what I wanted to do with the event was set the anchor down that this is still a movement about the American people and the interests of the Americans who for decades have been behind. And I wanted these guys, these new coalition partners to hear that from you. So I think it was really successful. I think it's an opportunity to generate conversations going forward and for us to find common ground because we still have an active enemy. The left is still there. They are on retreat. Retreat for sure, but they are still there and they're waiting for their opportunity to pounce. And we can't get complacent and we need all the help we can get to defeat them.
Steve Bannon
One more time, where did it get you on social media?
Jonathan
It's on XL0M 3Z.
Steve Bannon
Thank you, brother. Appreciate you. Great dinner, great publishing firm and great ideas. You're definitely getting the mix on this Kennedy center thing, no doubt.
Jonathan
Great, great.
Steve Bannon
And thank you for the kind words. President Trump, though, is the Mac daddy of the MAGA movement and he proved it, folks. Donald Trump is crushing the spirit of the administrative and deep state. It's just not the media. This Kennedy thing is kind of their toy. I'm not so sure President Trump went more than a couple of times in his entire first term. People in the Trump administration were made to feel quite uncomfortable going over. That was their church, that was their clubhouse. And they ran it the way they want to run it. And you just heard from Jonathan about how woke they turned it really to the detriment of the country. It is the country's. It's paid for by taxpayer. If you cut taxpayer subsidies out from a lot of this radical fringe stuff on the left, the arts, it just goes away because even people on the left will not support it, will not financially support it through philanthropy, and they certainly won't support it through the box office. Kind of the debacle that the Academy Awards have turned into since they've gone to 10 best pictures. I mean, it's a disgrace cut on Turner Classic Movies. You look at the films in previous years in Hollywood's golden age, and you compare it to what is nominated and wins today in these best picture categories. It's a joke. It's a complete joke. But President Trump dropped the hammer. The mack daddy dropped the hammer. And they are shattered. So anything of support we can give President Trump in that as he tries to turn around the culture. Talk about, guys got a plate full. Does he have too much on it? I mean, talk about broad shoulders. It's incredible. And we're going to have some great eos here in a minute. We're going to go back. Brian Glenn at the White House. Back in a second. You wish you could have invested in the stock market last year when investors scored the highest profits in decades. But between that mountain of bills and credit card debt, you had nothing, and I mean nothing left over. It's time to stop letting debt hold you back. Let me tell you how done with debt can help. They have a brilliant new strategy designed to tackle your debt and put cash back into your hands so you can save and invest and build the life you've been wanting. Done with debt goes head to head with credit card and loan companies. Their team of negotiators and legal experts work to significantly reduce your bills, eliminate interest and erase penalties. This frees up cash to invest while the stock market is still hot. The bottom line is this done with debt helps turn crushing debt into financial freedom. That's crushing debt into financial freedom. But some of their strategies are time sensitive. So don't wait. Start building the life you deserve. Visit donewithdebt.com and talk with one of their strategists. It's free. Go to donewithdebt.com that's donewithdebt.com here's your host, Stephen K. Band. Okay, let me reiterate one of the first, first things we have to I just found out from my ever cracked staff who still haven't given me the price. Gold's 29, 37. Wow. 38. We don't, we don't hawk gold here. We put you in touch with Birch Gold and we learn you up on capital markets and geopolitics, the kinds of things that the world needs a hedge fund. The kind of things that central banks start buying gold in bulk. Right. When you start talking monetary theory or modern monetary theory anyway, go to Birchko. You get it all. I think that's why people have had such a great relationship with them. They help you understand it and you make your own choices. But it has been a store of value throughout mankind's history. Why is that? There's some pattern recognition there. Number one, governments never learn, never go throughout history and they always say it's a famous book from the professor at Harvard. This time it's totally different, untrue and debasing one's currency. Birchgold.com to go check it out. Or you can take a pick your phone dial Bannon 989-898 get it's a brochure you need to read Investing in Gold in the Age of Trump. It'll hit you right between the eyes. You'll fully understand this. So go check it out and then talk to Philip, Petra and the team. Mike Lindell. First off, Lindell cpac. You're going to be there. You're going to be. He's coming to the so I'm warning everybody now. Lindell's going to be live at the Real America's Voice studio with War Room. You'll see. Because we caused so much noise, folks, and we had a choice. We either tone down the noise and the live participation and be closer to Meteor Row which is right side the main auditorium because the hotel was going nuts and some of the people were presenting and it wasn't fair. Our audience is so cranky. Or we could move a little bit and have more of a space down with Megyn Kelly and others that we could go buck wild and so of course, we chose the latter. And Lindell will be there. Mike, talk to me about cpac. Why is it so important this year to attend and why are you going for all three days?
Brian Glenn
Well, I'm going all three days. This is the expansion of our voice, everybody. When they tried to take away our voice on January 7th and 8th of 2021, they tried to take it away forever. 1.2 million people were deplatformed off Vimeo, sucker books, Facebook, Jack Dorsey's X, all of it. Remember, Parler was deplatformed. The mainstream media was just. Was not talking about the election or nothing. Well, CPAC was there for you. They were there for our real president and they were there for our voices. It gave all of our smaller voices chance to be big voices and get the word out about not just what was going on, everybody, and about the truth, but also to get the word out about and make our platforms bigger. That's why CPAC is so important. And Steve, I got a surprise for everybody at cpac. I just got okayed today by cpac. Everyone that comes through that door is gonna get a free copy of my book. So they. We're shipping thousands of them there this week. And I'm gonna be there, like I say, not only with you, Steve, with the War room posse, but also I'll be speaking from the main stage. And my topic is our voice. That's basically what is so important, everybody. Now we have all these media platforms and Steve, I want to tell you, you were like the part of the genesis of that, that never gave up when they tried to destroy us in January of 21. I always compare it to being on TV, everybody. The old fashioned TVs, the black and white TVs, you turned it off and went down to a little tiny dot and we turned it back. It came back to life. That little dot was our voice. And CPAC and your show and that just expanded it all.
Steve Bannon
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Brian Glenn
That story's in the book, too. That was quite amazing. There's a lot more to it than that, everybody. It was surreal.
Steve Bannon
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Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room – Episode 4259: "Trump Signs Fresh Round Of EOs"
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Hosts/Participants: Stephen K. Bannon, Matt Schlapp, Peter Baker, Mike Lindell, John Kieperman, Jonathan Kieperman
Podcast: Bannon’s War Room
Episode Title: Trump Signs Fresh Round Of EOs
In Episode 4259 of Bannon’s War Room, hosted by Stephen K. Bannon, the discussion centers around a significant day in American politics as President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders (EOs). These orders mark a strategic move by the administration to bolster American industry and enforce environmental policies within federal operations.
Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel Imports
At [01:10], Peter Baker, Real America's White House correspondent, reports that President Trump is set to implement a 25% blanket tariff on aluminum and steel imports. This move is aimed primarily at countries like China, Canada, and Mexico. Baker emphasizes the historical context, noting that tariffs were a pivotal issue during Trump's campaign trail, particularly resonating in manufacturing hubs such as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
Ban on Paper Straws in Federal Government
Additionally, President Trump is poised to sign an EO banning paper straws within the federal government. Baker explains that this decision is part of a broader effort to enforce environmental standards and reduce unnecessary costs associated with disposable items.
Notable Quotes:
Economic and Employment Impact
Bannon and Baker discuss the potential positive effects of these EOs on American workers and the manufacturing sector. Baker highlights the recent loss of 5,000 steel jobs and expresses optimism that the tariffs will revive manufacturing and create new job opportunities.
Trade War with China
Bannon points out the international repercussions, referencing a trade war initiated by retaliatory tariffs from China, as reported by the Financial Times of London. He underscores the administration's commitment to reducing dependency on foreign steel and aluminum, framing it as a national security threat.
Notable Quotes:
Democratic Opposition and Judicial Challenges
The discussion shifts to the Democratic Party's response, which Bannon describes as lacking "muscle memory" to effectively counter President Trump. He criticizes the mainstream media and highlights ongoing legal battles initiated by Democrats, such as those led by Letitia James and Judge O'Connell, which aim to constrain the Trump administration's actions.
Strategic Response by the Administration
Peter Baker outlines the administration's strategy to navigate these judicial challenges, emphasizing the reliance on appeals and the belief that the courts will ultimately uphold the executive orders. He criticizes the Democrats for having a limited playbook focused solely on legal entanglements rather than substantive policy debates.
Notable Quotes:
Revamping American High Culture
A significant portion of the episode delves into the Trump administration’s efforts to influence American high culture, symbolized by President Trump taking control of the Kennedy Center’s board. This action is portrayed as a move to purge DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives and restore what the administration views as authentic American cultural values.
Jonathan Kieperman's Perspective
Jonathan Kieperman, a leading public intellectual from Passage Press, discusses the importance of reclaiming cultural institutions from what he describes as "radical leftist ideology." He advocates for celebrating American history and heroes, proposing initiatives like the 250th Anniversary Celebration to redefine America's cultural narrative.
Notable Quotes:
CPAC 2025 and Days of Thunder
The conversation transitions to upcoming events, notably the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and Days of Thunder. Matt Schlapp outlines the agenda, highlighting the inclusion of international ambassadors, debates, and the reinforcement of anti-globalist sentiments.
Engagement and Mobilization
Bannon and Schlapp emphasize the importance of these gatherings in mobilizing the MAGA movement, fostering unity among new coalition partners, and preparing for continued battles against the administrative and deep state.
Notable Quotes:
Reinforcing the Movement’s Foundations
The episode concludes with reflections on the resilience and strategic direction of the MAGA movement. Bannon and Schlapp reiterate their commitment to combating both media opposition and internal administrative challenges, emphasizing the administration’s role in leading cultural and economic reforms.
Future Outlook
Looking ahead, the hosts express optimism about the administration's ability to navigate judicial obstacles, influence cultural institutions, and galvanize the conservative base through key events and strategic initiatives.
Notable Quotes:
Economic Reforms: President Trump's EOs on tariffs aim to revive American manufacturing and protect jobs, particularly in the steel and aluminum sectors.
Judicial Challenges: The administration faces ongoing legal battles initiated by Democrats, focusing on limiting executive power and deconstructing the administrative state.
Cultural Influence: Trump's intervention in the Kennedy Center signals a broader effort to reclaim American high culture from DEI initiatives and promote traditional values.
Mobilization Efforts: Upcoming events like CPAC and Days of Thunder are pivotal in strengthening the MAGA movement, uniting new coalition partners, and preparing for future political battles.
Strategic Optimism: Despite facing significant opposition, the hosts remain confident in the administration's strategies to overcome legal obstacles and drive cultural and economic change.
This episode of Bannon’s War Room provides a comprehensive overview of President Trump's recent executive actions, the administration's responses to judicial challenges, and strategic efforts to influence American culture. Through in-depth discussions and notable insights from key figures like Matt Schlapp and Peter Baker, listeners gain a nuanced understanding of the current political landscape and the MAGA movement's trajectory.