
Episode 4264: Powell Hearing On Inflation And State Of US Economy; Vote For Tulsi ...
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Tulsi Gabbard
Significantly, loyal are being fired or forced to resign. Whole agencies are being eliminated and funding impounded in flagrant defiance of the Constitution, which only gives the Congress, us here in this body, the power of the purse. An unvetted, unqualified individuals illegally burrowing into the classified and sensitive, sensitive information. This very action jeopardizing our national security and violating Americans privacy. These Doge Bros seem to have no restriction on them at all. And I see no evidence that Ms. Gabbard is prepared to deal with this onslaught. Therefore, I must oppose her nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.
Steve Bannon
Okay, Senator Mark Warner there. This is the vote on Tulsi Gabbard. You're having some, you're having some last minute talk. And of course Warner was. Thune was positive. Warner was negative. You have this vote. Tulsi Yabbar is going to get confirmed because I think they've counted the noses pretty well. Let's go and play. I got Alex degrasse. I want to play a cold open and bring in another reality check on the war against President Trump on multiple fronts. War room posse, let's go ahead and hit it. Okay, see this headline right here? Trump causes Constitutional crisis. Trump causes constitutional crisis. Showdown emerges of the limits of his power. Let me be blunt, and this is a lesson here. The existential threat to President Trump's administration is not in federal court. What President Trump is doing is constitutional. The appellate courts will say that. The Supreme Court will say that the existential threat to President Trump's administration, and I mean Doge Elon Musk, Secretary of Treasury Besant, Russ Vogt, Stephen Miller, all of his people, the existential threat is right here in this city. It is the queen of lawfare. It's Letitia James. Right now, Soros has a DA that's running unopposed. He can call a grand jury at any time. He can set up criminal charges on the most bogus efforts. Letitia James runs this deal. She's got a pliant media right here, pliant left wing media. She's got a jury pool of only left wing radicals in the Upper west side of this city. And she's got the judges, she's got all of it. And I'm calling, Hang on. I'm calling on right now the Attorney General Pam Bondi to begin an immediate criminal investigation into Letitia James. Alvin Bragg Oliver. What they did to President Trump. President Trump on his true social day laid it out once again. The existential threat to his administration is his queen of lawfare, Letitia James and how she and how she and how she has and how she has absolutely total control and Doge and Elon Musk and Scott Bessen and all of them ought to be worried about this out of control city. Thank you very much.
Tulsi Gabbard
Because so much of this is now being exposed and this is what is been so crucial to carrying out an agenda that has nothing to do with the American people or what they vote for, which is this huge part of the government that just does what it wants without accountability. So having said that, I do think that in terms of the savings part of it, Steve Bannon makes a very good point and it's what Jon Stewart alluded to in that clip you just showed. Steve Bannon says unless you cross the Potomac and go to the Pentagon where we spend about $1 trillion a year and completely unaccounted for money, you're never going to really save the kind of money that would make a dent in the American debt or the American deficit. But this is the framework that we're starting with that will show how that can be done.
Steve Bannon
That was Glenn Greenwald last night on Jesse I think making the point that has to be made over and over again. If you want to get serious about this and we have to get serious about it, or soon we're going to be forced into a situation that we don't have choices. What I'm laying as we still have no great alternatives. But you have alternatives. You're going to get to a place you don't have alternatives. You're going to be forced by the global capital markets, by the bond market, like Japan. Japan's had what they called the lost now generations since 1992, I believe it is around 1990, I guess 1990. So it's almost what, 30 years over 35 years. They've had the lost generations because they had the asset, they blew up the assets right on speculative investing. And then they had a crash and they've had deflation for 30 years. So you have inflation deflation, but you got to get it right. Degrasse, particularly in New York, you know New York better than anybody. I want you to get because folks don't think these people are just sitting there being passive. They've got focus groups, they're doing polling, they've got unlimited money. And these people are sitting around going everything's great and sending out cute little memes. That's all fun, that's great. Some people do that. It's fine. But we're in the middle of a war and you know, President Trump's dropping days of thunder every day. But you see when he drops an executive order, he does an executive action immediately. They're in the court. And my big fear is that and Natalie did a good job. I think we're going to win on the facts in these federal courts, but they're going to tie us up. We're going to win on the facts and the presentation of the case in the House and get this thing sorted on the financial side. But it's the state courts. New York City is. We've allowed the financial capital of the world to basically be taken hostage by source. Think about it for a second. The most radical element in our elite control the engine room of the world's financial markets. That's just reality. Every transaction passes through there and they will claim jurisdiction. Tish, James and Bragg. And Bragg can go bring. He can panel a grand jury in Manhattan with these horrible juries and get on with it. Degrasse, you guys have fought this and you've actually put up the warning flare in the sink for years coming on this show. But right now in the middle of this fight, tell me how important is this? You've been warned about this. Stefanik's been warned about this. Other people in the Republican Party in New York to say, look, it's just not about congressional seats, not about that. Congressional delegation are not winning the governorship. You've got a DEFCON 1 problem in Manhattan. In New York City, it's controlled by the most radical elements. Let me repeat that. Alvin Bragg is not even that. There's nobody running against him next spring. And he's going to. He's going to win. You're going to have Alvin Bragg for another four years.
Tulsi Gabbard
Alex DeGrasse, we have candidates and we're going to actually put up the best fight. It's something I'm committed to at least getting a contrast and getting the word out there for folks. It's going to be incredibly challenging in Manhattan, which is certainly the heart of the beast within the beast. If you look at these people, you look at Tish, I mean, she even more so than Bragg, but both of them, I mean, these are. She's from the Soros machine, I think at one point had come up through New York City, come up through, you know, he's her biggest donor. And had. She just kind of got lifted through Cuomo essentially kind of made a deal with her to kind of protect his flank and lift her up and she sort of stabbed him in the back, if we remember, with the whole the women issues and all of that. And so it's kind of interesting because these are ruthless, vicious people. It's even more complicated than I think the media or anyone will acknowledge. We've been in the mix of it. I mean, I can't wait to get the call from President Trump's DOJ to look at all the stuff that we've acquired as we've laid out complaints, some of which we've publicized, some of which is not publicized, sort of the back and forth with the judicial complaint. These people are corrupt to their core. We laid out multiple arguments. They. And the problem is there's a paper trail, Steve. So they're gonna be with deep issues, to be frank about it, because they don't operate with equal justice under the law. It's so blatant. I mean, Mike Davis was our lawyer. Newsflash for folks. You could see that in the filings. And he's been all over, you know, we are gonna hammer this. And you're exactly right. I mean, this is, if not the biggest issue, because constitutional crisis is their word. For weeks, you kind of saw them, they were kind of floundering. And they've landed on that. It's been focus tested, it's been, you know, they've looked at it. They think that they will move numbers in their favor. So I think the posse, we should own the word. Like you said, we are in a constitutional crisis. You not only have state courts, you've got the weaponization in New York, but everything that n so laid out. It is a constitutional crisis that both state courts, state attorney generals and federal courts believe that they can block President Trump's legal actions and in turn, the legal actions of the voters in this country.
Steve Bannon
What do you mean? Hang on, what do you mean? Be specific. What do you mean, constitutional crisis? This is being bandied about, but when Degrasse says it means something, what do you mean, constitutional crisis? What is the crisis?
Tulsi Gabbard
I believe the crisis is that you've got unelected judges and a form of the government. Right? So the judicial, which is essentially blocking the will of the voters in this, at least for now, Free Republic, Steve, that is a constitutional crisis. That judges believe that they can end funding freezes, that they can stop cuts, that they can stop not just Doge from going into the treasury, but all political appointees. I mean, political appointees, Steve, are who we voted for. That is the will of the people. It's bigger than President Trump. They are suppressing the will of the American people that just had election. And not just had an election, Steve, but a landslide. And Public opinion shows that President Trump is positive for the first time in his presidency, including on the first term, and that voters, according to the CBS poll, 70% believe that President Trump is executing on his will. And so I think that we have to lean in and message that we are in a constitutional crisis. Judges, state courts, the deep state on the left in New York, as well as all of these, I mean, these are psychopath judges that. I mean, by the way, I mean, Davis has spoke about it, Elon has spoke about it. The executive has the power to go after these judges. To be honest, it's actually not unprecedented. There's been a lot of historical cases of that, and I don't think the American people would agree that we can't dismantle usaid, that we can't. I mean, President Trump ran on these issues. This isn't, this isn't tyranny. This is how it works in a.
Steve Bannon
Democratic Party is the issue because judges are appointed, federal judges appointed, lifetime appointments. They're not obviously elected, but they are quasi because the political party that's in power puts them in. But is the crisis the definition of executive power, that this unified theory of President Trump saying, hey, I'm the chief executive, and is this about impoundment? Because he's saying, hey, whatever the appropriation is, that's a ceiling I can reprogram underneath it. Is this what the crisis is? The ability of the executive to make executive decisions and the legislature using the courts or the radical Democrats using the courts to thwart that?
Tulsi Gabbard
Yeah, I would agree. I think that's where we're heading, and I think that's the scope of it. But I think it's even bigger than that, because some of this stuff, I'll be honest, as someone that's worked on the Hill, I mean, Congress hasn't voted for some of this stuff. And you saw with Biden, they had grave discretion. Just a little thing. But Lee Zeldin posted from EPA a video that Project Veritas found of someone being like, we're handing billions of gold bars over the Titanic. We're dumbing them. They were caught on video that before President Trump gets in, we're just throwing out billions. I mean, they don't have approval on that stuff. They operate within Biden's inflation Act and all of that garbage. But President Trump barely clearly has, I believe, broad executive order. Certainly, when it comes to arguing birthright citizenship, of course that's gonna be tested. I think we' we feel great about that. But whether it be on NIH grants All of that is the discretion of the executive on. I mean they're upset that we're putting a 15% cap on administrative, on research. These aren't. I mean this stuff is crazy. All of that is clearly the executive has the decision to put in guardrails or metrics on how they're gonna give out taxpayer money, not their money. So that's why this, I think is heating up very quickly. We have to own the constitutional crisis and go on offense. Cuz I believe voters and the people are with us. They elected President Trump. We want to see cuts, we want to see all the things that President Trump has put in.
Steve Bannon
Hang on, hang on. I'm going to, I'm going to hold you through the break. I want to know about going on offense because you know all the polling they're doing, they're doing focus groups and they're starting to come on for in the 14th of March. They're setting a trap for President Trump to force the shutdown of President Trump's own government. Okay, we're taking a short break. Burch Gold, we got Powell is testifying now on inflation. Inflation is tied. This is how we got the first time with Biden. Massive federal spending. It's a Keynesian, you know, juice to the system when the system doesn't need juicing. This is what we're doing right now. When you have six and a half trillion of spending and four and a half trillion coming in, that $2 trillion is a Keynesian shot right in the arm when maybe you don't need it. Birchgold.com learn about it. Go to End of the dollar empire. Get six free installments. Also they've got a new pamphlet called Investing in Gold in the Age of Trump in Trump's Second Term. Go check it out. You can type in Bannon B A N N o N at 989-898 and get it today. Make sure birchgold.com promo code war room. And what you should do is when you go is make sure you talk to Philip Hector on the team. Do that. Okay. Alex Agrass is up. Modi's en route. I got Shaly Kumar talking about the visit of Modi, who you know is our favorite nationalist, Alex Brucewicz, the genius in back of the kind of the podcast strategy and the social media strategy of President Trump is going to join us. We got a lot rocking and rolling and we're going to be going in and out of these live hearings, testimony, vote Tulsi Gabbard's up. What a morning on fire at Work in the war room.
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Steve Bannon
Do it today. Your host, Stephen K. Ban. Okay, Todd Benzeman is reporting. And if Grayson, Mo can get this and put it in the chat room, put a tweet. There's been a American spy plane now another one identified over Mexican cartel territory. Todd's going to join us at 6 tonight to talk about the, I would say impending kinetic part of the war against the Mexican cartels. Now they've been designated as terrorist organizations. I'm going to get tied on maybe earlier if Pam Bondi, which we'll pick up in the in probably at the beginning. She's supposed to start at 4:30. We'll pick up at 5. Her press available, her press conference. If she's dealing with all of this. I'm going to get Todd and others, you know, Mike Davis, Todd, to be able to comment and do the analysis on Pam Bondi because there's a lot going on over doj, as you can imagine. I want to get back to. I want to get back to Alex Agrass in a moment because I want to spend some time and I got Bruce Awicz coming up too. Charlie Kumar's taking some time to join us and Charlie is Close to the Modi. To the Modi guys. As you know, we're huge fans of Modi. He's the best nationalist out there. Charlie. We've had, I don't say a bad run, but President Trump has very specific things he wants to do in the Middle East. And yesterday's meeting with the King of Jordan, I don't think went swimmingly, to be brutally frank about it. The. His proposal in Gaza has had Sisi, who need. They need the United States. He's actually cancelled, I think, canceled the meeting to come see the Bilat, to come see President Trump next week, which is unheard of. We have three big things going on. We have obviously Ukraine. Hegseth and Besson are over there with J.D. vance, the Vice President of the United States, to start to work on negotiating that. You got Middle East. President Trump's given a high noon on Saturday, Jerusalem, time to say, I want them all dead or alive, want all the hostages, I want the bodies, I want designation. They are not alive. And President Trump says, I don't think any of them are alive now, or I want them, or we're going to go back up. The balloon's going to go up and we're getting back into it. In, in Gaza, the third leg of the stool and the one that we obviously think is the most important is against the Chinese Communist Party. Modi's absolutely central to that, also to the trade deals. There's so much complexity given our relationship with India, which is the linchpin of the Indo Pacific strategy. Sir. Charlie, you know the players. Tell me, what do you think's going to happen? Make us smart about what's going to happen tomorrow when Modi actually sits with President Trump.
Shalab Kumar
Well, it all depends on, excuse me, how the two parties approach each other. We know what President Trump, what we want, we know what India wants. And so we'll have to just see President Trump. We want India to decrease the tariffs on what we ship to them, and we want to get them away from Russia in terms of military hardware, advanced weapon systems. We want to sell them F35, F15. But the last four years under Biden, it has not been good. India has been waiting now for two years for GE aircraft engines for its Teja fighter program. So there's going to be some, you know, tough negotiations which are going to happen. But at the same time, we need to recognize that we, America needs India as partners to confront the elephant in the room, that is China, or the dragon in the room, which is China. You know, China has taken away close to 20 million jobs, 5 million in manufacturing itself from us just in like a 7, 8 year period when President Clinton allowed them to become a member of WTO and they got the PNTR status. You know, I'm from Elgro village, Chicago, Schaumburg area. We used to have almost 5,000 small businesses, small factories in the Elgro county. There are none today. But they need to work together. The number one element in here is really China for the Indo Pacific. And president Trump, unlike the first term, has to have sustained tariffs. If we have sustained tariffs on Chinese imports, that can go a long way in solving U. S India relations as well, because then we have the capacity, let's say right now we are importing close to $400 billion a year of manufactured goods from, from China. Half of it or 2/3 of it could come back to the United States if it's done properly. And some of it which is for low cost labor.
Steve Bannon
Shali, full stop, how do you get to the 20 million jobs lost in the 5 million manufacturing jobs and then cut right to $400 billion annually that we're importing from China manufacturing? He said two thirds could be over here. That's mother's milk to the show. So walk me through how we lost those jobs. What specifically did it and then how do we get 2/3 of 400 billion back, which I don't know, sounds like 250, $275 billion of manufacturing here. How does that happen?
Shalab Kumar
Well, first of all, you know, there's a pretty simple formula which is $10 billion is 100,000 manufacturing jobs. And for each manufacturing job there is three support jobs. So 20 million jobs, that's for $500 billion of goods we import from China. That translates to 5 million jobs that started in 1998. And by the time 2005, 2006 came around, those jobs were already lost. You know, you were there in 2019 at the Ronald Eggs center in Chicago with us, you interface with 20 Indian American businessmen and how the industry of $50 billion was reduced to 50 million, from 50 billion to 50 million in this just short period. And China had such a great strategy and good for them, bad for us, that they bought the capital equipment because all these companies went bankrupt and they bought the capital equipment for 10th of a penny on the dollar. So China strategizes, has a long term thinking. They plan it out, they attack industry by industry. I'm in the electronics business.
Steve Bannon
So hang on, because, hang on, hang on. Tell me in the room, what does president Trump and Modi got to talk about to get two thirds of that manufacturing back here to the United States to make. I want to see 5,000 small little factories in that part of Illinois south of Chicago that you so graciously had us there to talk to the Hindu American Republican Association. What deal has to be made? What have Modi and President Trump need to come out with that we can start getting two thirds of that manufacturing back here to the United States? Sir.
Shalab Kumar
Okay, I'm glad you asked that question because I've been trying through the back channel talking to both the Trump side and as well as the Modi side. You know, it's interesting. The key part of this thing is for this thing to happen to have sustained tariffs. You know, it's not like one day there will be tariffs. One, the second day will not be tariffs. So to get the 5,000 jobs in the Al Grove county, you know, the businessmen have to be sure that there's going to be tariffs, 25% to 50% tariffs on Chinese goods that are imported. And so if you have sustained tariffs, that allows the businessmen to put the capital in and make the planning to get the jobs to start the factories. You know, all these are small businesses. Forget about the iPhones and forget about the Elon Musk Teslas where this manufacturing, these 5,000 jobs. There used to be a factory on every block, eight factories on every block in El Grove in the 80s. So in order for that to happen, China is a currency manipulator. So, I mean, a lot of things can happen, could happen legislatively, could happen through executive order. But first order is sustained tariffs on Chinese goods. Now, of course, you could get half or two thirds of it back in the United States very selectively. And what it cannot, it needs to get transferred. With the tariffs in place, it could transfer to India and that's the overall deal. Then let's say India gets 100 to $200 billion of that, $500 billion or 1/3 of that or half of that. That is a big, huge gift too to India. And then India can surpass China in terms of growth. Its growth rate is already higher. But India economy could be number two instead of Chinese economy being number two.
Steve Bannon
Charlie, what's your social media? We got to bounce. We'll have you back on. We're going to have a lot of coverage of Modi. It's very important, central, not just national security, but economic security. Where do people get you, Shaly?
Shalab Kumar
I am Shalab Kumar. That's my X on Twitter.
Steve Bannon
Perfect, Shali. Thank you so much for being on here. Look forward to having you back. Modi's here. Tomorrow we're doing wall to wall coverage on a very important strategic bilat as our partner in the Indo Pacific region joins President Trump at the White House. Okay, got Alex Brucewicz. I have Alex De Grasse. The the fight against President Trump's days of thunder. The stakes get higher, it gets gnarlier. One packet all for you. The media strategy, the legal strategy, and as Degrasse says, the political strategy. Birchgold.com Text Right now, Bannon B A N N O N 989898 There's a brochure investing in gold in the age of Trump. I think gold's around 2922 today, but find out why it's 29.92. It's not the price, it's the reason for the price. Check it out. Short.
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Steve Bannon
Here's your host, Stephen K. Banner. Okay, Alex Brucewicz joins us, one of the leaders. Dude, you came up with a strategy. Everybody was laughing at you. At the time, Alex was one of President Trump's top advisers. All things media. He said, hey, look, the mainstream media is dead. Let's stick a fork in. Let's go to podcasts, let's go to streaming services, let's go to alternative media. And alternative media won the day for President Trump. You guys delivered. There were times, Alex, that people were questioning that strategy. There were a couple of dark nights of the soul. But it turned out to be a home run. Tell us about it.
Alex Bruzewitz
Yeah, we had tremendous success. I think the success happened though, because we had the greatest political candidate in modern history and maybe all time. President Trump excelled in these formats. Talking to the biggest stars in today's age with guys like Andrew Scholes or Theo Vaughn or Joe Rogan. Tens of millions of views on these interviews that, you know, nobody could keep up with. Kamala Harris would have to spend, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars to get this type of reach that we got organically just because the President is the coolest guy in America and can organically and authentically connect with these people. And so we had tremendous success with that. To your point, we did have some naysayers. I think Paul Jago at the Wall Street Journal is one of the lowest IQ individuals in all the media and he totally didn't get it. But, you know, now he's trying to hold on.
Steve Bannon
I want the audience to know. I want, I want the Wall Street Journal guys to watch the show, to know. I did not say, I did not do this segment, did not set him up to do that. That St. Paul should show. Although we may retain you now after that because we, we agree 100%. He's wrong on every topic and wrong on every side of the trade. What did he say about you when you say that? Why would the Wall Street Journal came after you?
Alex Bruzewitz
Well, the day before the election, Paul Jago has a podcast. You probably don't know about it because it doesn't get much ratings, but the day before the election he had a podcast and he said that Donald Trump will lose for two reasons. One, selecting J.D. vance over Nikki Haley, and two, for allowing 27 year old Alex Bruzewitz to have too much influence over the podcast selections and said that our bro podcast strategy would alienate minority voters as well as women voters. And Paul couldn't have been more wrong. We did better than ever before with minority voters. We did seven points better against with women than we did in 2020. And so Paul just is totally clueless. And now he's crying again about the tariffs and he was wrong on the tariffs again. So I don't know how this guy stays in business, but I guess Wall Street Journal doesn't like hiring bright people to run their editorial section.
Steve Bannon
They're always consistently wrong. When they say something, do the opposite. Degrasse is on here. He says, hey, look, we're kidding ourselves. We don't think that these guys are focus grouping. They're polling. They're looking for Points of contact to politically come back. They're using the courts, state courts, federal courts. Media is now getting back and dusting themselves off. Where do you think we are? Alex, you're a strategist in this, and particularly, you know, how to build a narrative. Where are we in this kind of the siege of President Trump around his days of thunder?
Alex Bruzewitz
Yeah, the Democrats are certainly swarming, but I think they're having a hard time landing a hit. They're not able to break through the ecosystem anymore. I mean, fortunately, voices like yours, Steve, are significantly more impactful than Rachel Maddow, and you have significantly better viewership and represent the American electorate more. And so the Democrats are having a hard time getting a hit. I mean, I think their biggest struggle right now is that they have no effective messengers, they have no political talent. I think they have never been weaker. Their starting lineup is atrocious, and they have no bench. And so we're watching this, basically the seat team of the Democrats to compete against this juggernaut of this administration. And I think they're having a hard time, but obviously the hits are coming. But this team seems to be prepared. The press secretary, Caroline Levitt, is absolutely crushing it. I love what she's doing with welcoming new voices and new outlets into the press briefing room. The new media seat was fantastic. And Natalie Winters from your team's obviously been getting a lot of attention. The press is weaker than ever. The Democrats are dumber than ever. And I think that we have. We just have to keep pushing forward, and we're going to. We're going to survive this swarm, but we have to be prepared. Obviously, the courts and what they did with the courts and the weaponization of the justice system during the campaign. I know that they desperately want to try to get back into some position of power during the midterms. So we have to stay vigilant and we have to make sure that we have great candidates running in the midterms. But I think right now we're winning. We're going to stay winning as long as we stay on offense. And I think that's what this team is prepared to do.
Steve Bannon
Alex, where do people get you? You got a new gig with President Trump. You got your own firm. I know you're a beast on social media. Where do folks track you down?
Alex Bruzewitz
Yeah, you can follow me, lexbruzewitz on all social media platforms. And we're going to have some fun. We're going to play an offensive role over the next couple of years, and we're going to fight back just like you are against the mainstream media's lies and the Democrats dishonesty. And we're going to stay winning, Alex.
Steve Bannon
The only way you know is to fight. I got that part. Never surrender. I think that may be something close to your heart. Right, Alex Bruce a fighter.
Alex Bruzewitz
All right.
Steve Bannon
Thank you, Steve. Thank you, sir. It's a young man that they came after hard Degrasse. Is he right, do you think? Right now, the way you see it, you're of that generation. You guys are close. Is the Caroline Levitz, the Brucewiczes, De Grasses. You guys are on the rampart now. Are we smartly thinking this through, how to continue and go back on offense on this? I think the last couple days, President Trump's been dropping days of thunder, but we took some incoming, particularly in these judges. What do we need to do to turn this around? Defreeze. That's okay.
Tulsi Gabbard
Yep. I think Bruschewitz is one of the greatest minds we have on our side. Certainly one of the best operatives. I think there are a cadre. Hold on.
Steve Bannon
Why do you say, listen, the guys that know him, know this. People got to understand during the latter stages of the campaign, there were a number of people, even people associated with the campaign didn't think we were going to pull it off. And they started leaking. There were some negative stories about Alex, capped by Gigant's Wall Street Journal podcast. But the kid was under a lot of pressure, particularly after the Madison Square Garden rally where they were trying to blame him for a bunch of stuff that he was blameless for. But why do you say Degrasse, Why do you say he's one of the brightest geniuses we have in this space?
Tulsi Gabbard
I think it takes a lot of courage to break from the status quo. I mean, as a political operative, you've got the TV ads, you've got the playbook, you do this, that you're talking about the middle, it's just sort of garbage at this point. And Alex was one of the folks that sort of pushed through a new sort of tactic which ended up playing into what War Room has always talked about. This sort of emerging Trump coalition going after those low propensity, which means voters that maybe vote less likely, sort of less involved, more kind of doing their own day to day. They're with us, but they just, they're just not, you know, sort of consumed by it. Like all of us watching on the show that are out there every day, we need everyone. So Alex tapped into that and I think the way you they reach those voters were obviously the podcast I mean, Steve, this is so effective that on msnbc, like every day, it's like this right wing media ecosystem, it's, you know, eco chamber, they're melting down. I mean, the war room part of that, I think the podcast, you know, X. All of these sort of tools that we have to reach directly to voters. Alex's main job now certainly as someone that works with him, is, you know, he's sort of the voice with President Trump in the campaign, you know, sort of now being retooled into Never Surrender. They took the campaign, they retooled the entity into that to amplify and support President Trump from the outside, which is key. So all of the pieces are being laid out and I think, and everyone's in step working on every avenue. And certainly we need Alex and he's gonna have a huge role in that because we have to take the message directly to the voters and we need the posse. And I know we'll have more news about that next week. We've got the force Multiplier. We need a continued engagement because Trump won, right? And everyone was like real fired up about the cabinet picks and that was a battle. And I mean, geez, we might go 100% on that, Steve, except obviously with Gates, but no one really saw that. If you rewind a month and a half ago, two months, and the next challenge is this constitutional crisis. That's what I think we need to lean in on. We need to own the term. They have put our country into a constitutional crisis and we will win through the ship, sheer political will and muscle of the posse, of the patriots and of this new Trump coalition, which the Wall Street Journal has never understood, of course, and Alex is exactly right. So. And I know that's good.
Steve Bannon
To Alex DeGrasse's point, Tulsi Gabbard just approved on the Senate floor, a massive victory. Remember all. She's in trouble. This is going to be in trouble. So I think we can announce. The engine room is telling me that Tulsi Gabbard's been been approved on the. At least that's what I'm hearing and what I'm seeing. Do what I'm hearing right now. Breaking Tulsi Garrett's have been officially confirmed as Director of National Intelligence under President Donald Trump. Alex De Grasse. Where they get. Where do they get you, Sir?
Tulsi Gabbard
Matt De Grasse, 81 on X. I'm on Getter Truth at DeGrasse. Stay tuned. Force Multiplier Academy. That's gonna be huge at cpac. If you're going obviously hit the chat like Grace. Captain Bannon. We're all going to be there. Ren. I know it's coming together great. A lot of news goods going to go on there and we're going to hammer hard because next week really is going to become the turning point with cpac, with the grassroots as we lead a great counteroffensive, frankly, reclaim the narrative, go on offense and get this done and muscle through President Trump's agenda that we the voters Steve had elected in a landslide. Of course.
Steve Bannon
One more time social media. By the way, Alex is going to be with us at CPAC. Go to cpac.org war room. You get a huge discount. 76 bucks. You're going to get a full if you show the ticket you get a full force multiplier academy all day event. In fact I'm trying to work it out. Do we actually do the show live? The morning show? Live from the force, from the force multiplier. You get a free lunch then you get three days of cpac. It's going to be incredible. We're going to have a couple of parties and a brunch. It's going to be once in a lifetime to hang out and get some muzzle velocity on this year going forward. One more time your social media.
Tulsi Gabbard
Alex Egrasse 81 on X. I'm @gettertruthtograss. Thank you Steve and thank you to the posse.
Steve Bannon
Thank you brother. We may have jumped a gun there slightly. I'm looking at one of my news feeds. Just gave it to me. Maybe they see something we don't. Tulsi Gabbard's in the. In the. In the. She'll get confirmed. We know we got the vote so this is just a matter of kind of form. We'll see this here momentarily. But that's a huge win. What people are saying is that for you folks being at the ramparts, I got this done. 202-224-3121 that's for Bobby Kennedy later. Going to be a cloture vote at 1 o'clock for Bobby Kennedy. I don't think. I think you're going to stretch out the time as long as possible. Not so sure his regular vote's going to happen after midnight. They need to stay because President Trump needs them. Cash Patels the committee vote on judiciaries tomorrow. Pam Bondi is going to have a press conference at 4:30. We're going to pick it up. Bensman's just reporting. He's got information on potential kinetic. Going kinetic against the Mexican cartels, maybe. I have some other intelligence people here too. About some of these intelligence flights have been going over. A lot going on. President Trump taking on all comers on all fronts at all times. Every day is like Christmas Day. It couldn't get any better. Of course, we're dealing with exactly what is going on with exactly what's going on with this finance, with the budget. I'll break that down after the show. We'll have a detailed report here five to seven tonight. We need you on the Ramparts. If you get to Grace Chung, get Bill Blaster or if you go over to Article 3 and get to sign up with Mike Davis, you're at the Ramparts. We need you there. This is one of the reasons home title lock, they get a new product, triple lock. Million dollar triple lock protection. 24. 7 coverage. An alert immediately if anybody's in your title at any different location messing around with it or even looking at it. And a million dollar restoration project and backup in case something happens to it. Get the details. This is why Natalie Dominguez, you know she came on the team as the head of education over there. She's available. Go to hometitlelock.com steve25 hometitlelock.com Steve25 made it simpler. I get so confused between Bannon and Morgan. Steve 25 home title. Go check it out today. Of course, our great sponsors at Patriot Mobile. I'm down. Is it next weekend or the weekend after? I got to figure it out on the 28th of February. I'm speaking down at Tarrant County. 28th. It's already. It's already. It's already sold out in overflow. I think the 200 tickets in overflow already. We're gonna give a barn burner and POSO is going to be with me and Amanda Milius and others. Short break.
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Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. Okay, War Room Posse. Amazing. Tulsi Gabbard, 51, 47. Think it's still a couple of 5248 into two against. Were it looks like McConnell. No, no, only one against. We got 53. Only Mitch McConnell. Love it, right? He gonna get up in your grill, send a message. I want to thank the engine room for sending us all the information. So Tulsi Gabbard's across. Folks, remember all MSNBC for night after night after night that she was in trouble. She was the most, Remember the last three of Cash, Bobby and Tulsi. She was the one most in danger. Remember, over and over and over again, it was you. There's all kind of stories out. There's all these subtle behind the scenes discussions between these guys. I'm sure that was interesting and I'm glad it took place. This was pure political muscle provided by, you know, the turning points. The War Room Posse, Jack Bosovic, of course, Mike Davis, all the team over there. Hat tip for Article 3. This is a massive win. Tulsi Gabbard is Director of National Intelligence. Let me repeat that. Tulsi Gabbard is Director of National Intelligence. The reason this is so meaningful for me is that I reached out to a young congresswoman right after we won in 2016, in the days right afterwards, and I said, hey, we'd love to talk to you about coming onto the Cabinet. And she came up to Washington. In fact, she had, she. That day we kind of bifurcated it. She came up and she wanted Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense. She had, you know, she was very ambitious. We said it was for the United Nations. She says, look, I don't know if I'm interested in leaving Congress for that, but I'll come up and talk. I'd love to meet President Trump. President Elect Trump. We had it set up that she went first and Nikki Haley went second. I can tell you. And you know, people know this, at the time, there was no comparison. She was so much more impressive than Nikki Haley. It was like orders of magnitude. Now, she'd served her country in that area of the world. She kind of had a warrior's mentality and also very calm, very focused. Just an amazing, amazing young woman. And I think, look how she's grown into the person she is today, which is even more powerful and more focused. For President Trump to pick someone really outside the IC community to oversee it. He wants change. He wants real change, and she's the one that can do it. Although, remember, DNI is controversial. Not that they have direct control over these 17 individual assets. Maybe first off, we get them down to like, 10, let's reorganize seven, or merge them into things. But there's just too much of it. It's just all over the place and too much. Tulsi Gabbard is the Director of National Intelligence that will shake this city up. They're in the mumble tank right now. They thought they had her dead to rights. It shows you the power of your agency. The power of your agency, the power of your agency. You're running the deal here. That's what President Trump can lean on, your support. It's so important, and it's just absolutely incredible. I had someone from CNN last night was telling me that about the precinct strategy, about people calling different, that every time we'd have something on or have something about a local office, you know, hundreds of emails, hundreds of phone calls rattling these people. And that's what it takes. It's. And they've tried every type of sophisticated way to shut you off. But this is incredible. This is 100% hat tip to you. Grace Chong Mo Grace with the Bill Blaster. Fantastic. Thank you for the development team that's made this easier. Grace Chung's been up on the ramparts. Mike Davis, his entire team over there with Article 3. Remember, Mike really set up Article 3 after the Internet Accountability Project. And look, Mike Davis was one of the first guys with Rachel Bovart and these others, Gail Slater, to go after the oligarchs. In the early days of the oligarch war, they were the first. And then he's, you know, because he was so helpful and so critical at Judiciary in confirmations, Mike's kind of running the outside group on confirmation. So Mike Davis can't say enough for everybody. Incredible. They thought they had her dead to rights. Remember that? They thought they had Tulsi Gabbard. They were. It was pure Alinsky color from the herd. Now, where do we stand now, Bobby Kennedy? We're going to, I think, run the tables this afternoon and this evening with Bobby Kennedy, although it's never sure that's why make a call 202-224-3121 or use your app at Bill Blast or Article 3, whatever is your preference, and do it. It's very important that. Very important that you do it. So do it today. And just couldn't be prouder of people. Just could not be prouder of people. Now cash is the committee tomorrow. They're trying to put cash in real jeopardy. They're leaking stuff on cash every day, including a film I was in with him that he produced or helped pull it together. It was a pretty straightforward film on people. President Trump that the Russian gay people had come after. And it was, you know, the Russia hoax. Pretty straightforward film, I think, made by Oliver Stone's son. Pretty good film. I was proud to be a part of it. Pretty good film. They're trying to get cash on that. They're trying to get cash on everything. That's why they delayed his hearing. I got a. Let's say Mike Lindell, his stepdad had some surgery over the last couple days. I've got a recorded message for him that. Let's go and play that. Get some. Get some action for Mike Lindell.
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Episode 4264: Powell Hearing On Inflation And State Of US Economy; Vote For Tulsi
Release Date: February 12, 2025
Host: WarRoom.org (Stephen K. Bannon)
Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Alex DeGrasse, Shalab Kumar, Alex Bruzewitz
In Episode 4264 of Bannon's War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon engages in a robust discussion with Tulsi Gabbard and several key strategists like Alex DeGrasse and Shalab Kumar. The episode centers on Tulsi Gabbard's pivotal confirmation as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the perceived constitutional challenges facing the Trump administration, and comprehensive strategies to address economic policies, particularly in relation to China and India. Additionally, the conversation delves into the effectiveness of alternative media strategies in bolstering Trump's political influence.
Tulsi Gabbard opens the discussion by addressing the fierce opposition she faced during her nomination for DNI. She criticizes the actions of certain government officials and the erosion of constitutional principles, emphasizing the unilateral decisions being made without proper oversight.
"Significantly, loyal are being fired or forced to resign. Whole agencies are being eliminated and funding impounded in flagrant defiance of the Constitution..." ([00:00])
Steve Bannon provides an update on the Senate vote, highlighting the shift in support that led to Tulsi's confirmation despite late-stage opposition. He underscores the resilience of Trump's agenda against what he terms as a "queen of lawfare," Letitia James.
"You have this vote. Tulsi Gabbard is going to get confirmed because I think they've counted the noses pretty well." ([00:59])
The confirmation is portrayed as a significant victory for the administration, with Bannon lauding the strategic efforts of the War Room team.
Bannon articulates a narrative of a looming constitutional crisis orchestrated by opposition figures within the judiciary and political spheres. He asserts that actions taken by individuals like Letitia James threaten national security and undermine presidential authority.
"The existential threat to President Trump's administration... is the queen of lawfare. It's Letitia James." ([03:43])
Tulsi Gabbard counters by emphasizing the importance of accountability and transparency within government operations. She critiques uncontrolled defense spending and underscores the necessity of addressing the national debt through substantial reforms.
"Unless you cross the Potomac and go to the Pentagon where we spend about $1 trillion a year and completely unaccounted for money, you're never going to really save the kind of money that would make a dent in the American debt or the American deficit." ([04:29])
Gabbard advocates for a strategic framework to tackle these financial challenges, aligning with Bannon’s broader narrative of administrative overreach.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing the economic strategies necessary to counteract job losses to China and revitalize American manufacturing. Shalab Kumar provides a detailed analysis of the trade deficit with China and proposes sustained tariffs as a solution to bring back manufacturing jobs.
"If you have sustained tariffs, that allows the businessmen to put the capital in and make the planning to get the jobs to start the factories." ([24:48])
Steve Bannon presses for specifics on how these tariffs would effectively reverse the loss of 20 million jobs and restore $250–$275 billion in manufacturing within the United States.
"Tell me how you lost those jobs. What specifically did it and then how do you get two thirds of that manufacturing back here to the United States to make?" ([22:11])
Kumar responds by outlining the direct relationship between tariffs and job creation, underscoring the necessity for consistent policy measures to sustain economic revival.
"The key part of this thing is for this thing to happen to have sustained tariffs." ([27:14])
This segment highlights the War Room's commitment to aggressive economic policies aimed at diminishing America's reliance on Chinese imports and fostering domestic growth.
Alex Bruzewitz is lauded for his role in developing effective alternative media strategies that have significantly expanded Trump's reach. Bannon credits Bruzewitz with pioneering tactics that circumvent traditional media channels, thereby enhancing Trump's connection with a broader electorate.
"The mainstream media is dead. Let's stick a fork in. Let's go to podcasts, let's go to streaming services, let's go to alternative media." ([30:28])
Tulsi Gabbard echoes this sentiment, praising the innovative approaches that have successfully engaged low-propensity voters and strengthened Trump's coalition.
"Alex was one of the folks that sort of pushed through a new sort of tactic which ended up playing into what War Room has always talked about." ([36:23])
The discussion underscores the strategic importance of alternative media in shaping public perception and countering mainstream media narratives.
The culmination of the episode celebrates Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation as Director of National Intelligence, portrayed as a triumph over entrenched opposition.
"Tulsi Gabbard is the Director of National Intelligence that will shake this city up." ([50:25])
Bannon highlights the collaborative efforts of the War Room team and underscores the broader implications of Tulsi’s role in strengthening national intelligence and countering opposition.
Bannon outlines forthcoming political events, including the Force Multiplier Academy at CPAC, which aims to further consolidate the administration's strategies and engage the grassroots movement. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining momentum through continuous engagement and strategic campaigning.
"We're going to have a lot of coverage of Modi. It's very important, central, not just national security, but economic security." ([23:00])
The discussion also touches on anticipated midterm elections, the ongoing judicial confirmations, and the critical need for continued political activism to uphold the administration’s agenda.
Episode 4264 of Bannon's War Room offers a comprehensive overview of the Trump administration's current political maneuvers, economic strategies, and media tactics. The confirmation of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence is presented as a significant victory amidst a backdrop of alleged constitutional challenges and strategic economic reforms. The episode underscores the importance of sustained media innovation and grassroots mobilization in maintaining the administration’s influence and advancing its policy objectives.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
Tulsi Gabbard on Government Overreach: "Significantly, loyal are being fired or forced to resign... This very action jeopardizing our national security and violating Americans privacy." ([00:00])
Steve Bannon on Tulsi’s Confirmation Vote: "Tulsi Gabbard is going to get confirmed because I think they've counted the noses pretty well." ([00:59])
Bannon on Constitutional Crisis: "The existential threat to President Trump's administration... is Letitia James." ([03:43])
Gabbard on Defense Spending: "Unless you cross the Potomac and go to the Pentagon where we spend about $1 trillion a year... you're never going to really save the kind of money..." ([04:29])
Shalab Kumar on Tariffs and Jobs: "If you have sustained tariffs, that allows the businessmen to put the capital in and make the planning to get the jobs to start the factories." ([27:14])
Bannon on Media Strategy: "The mainstream media is dead. Let's stick a fork in. Let's go to podcasts, let's go to streaming services, let's go to alternative media." ([30:28])
Bannon on Tulsi’s Impact as DNI: "Tulsi Gabbard is the Director of National Intelligence that will shake this city up." ([50:25])
This detailed summary encapsulates the key discussions and insights from Episode 4264, providing a comprehensive overview for those who have not listened to the podcast.