
Episode 4341: Making Family First In The US Again ...
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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.
Dave Walsh
I got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it.
Steve Bannon
I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything.
Dave Walsh
In the world to stop that, but.
Steve Bannon
You'Re not going to stop it.
Dave Walsh
It's going to happen. 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 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.
Dave Walsh
War Room here's your host, Stephen K. Band. It's the Ides of March, Saturday, 15th March. Year overlord 2025. Thank you for being here on a Saturday. You know, it's our favorite show of the week. DAVE Walsh I want to. Because without the rush of the news happening all the time, it allows us to drill down on some stories that we've been meaning to get to. One is energy. President Trump and the stock market went back up, added a trillion dollars of value or regained a trillion dollars of value, but the stock market's going up and down. I think Rogers, Mike Rogers really said something that's quite important. People got to think about that with the Canadians. And this is where Navarro and these guys keep making the case that there's a logic here, there's a real logic on these tariffs with Canada. And I happen to think President Trump, to say he's obsessed by this idea, he's obsessed by the idea of Canada as the 51st state. One of the pieces I see a lot, not just the economic integration, but I'm telling you, this thing in the Arctic is very serious. The Canadians, and I love the Canadians, I love Canada, I love it all up there. But they gotta understand. The Chinese premier came and they kind of got shocked because he made a speech there and talked about the Arctic and that China was an Arctic nation. And they're sitting there going, well, that's kind of interesting. We thought it was like Russia, Russia, the United States and U.S. were the Arctic nations. And of course, Norway and Sweden, they were shocked and they're going to be more shocked because the Arctic is the great game of the 21st century. That's going to be a geopolitical hotspot of great power conflict. You can see it coming. That's one of the reasons we're so potentially excited about this Russian rapprochement, because we think it can solve a lot of problems, principally breaking off Russia from the Chinese Communist Party. Also, as Dave Walsh has said, it will totally revamp, redo, reset the world's energy markets on the production side. Nothing could be more important than this right now and provide cheap, plentiful energy and reliable 247 reliable energy for the rest of the century. And one of the reasons I want to go back to our betters, right, I want to go back to our betters in this whole thing of climate change, because I can tell you from the oligarchs in Silicon Valley, they never mention anymore. In fact, MSNBC last night in the New York Times, they're making a pitch about, hey, solar has become so cheap and we're manufacturing so well. They won't tell you it's the Chinese, but they're manufacturing so well. It's going to be such a huge advantage. But other than that, the oligarchs don't talk about it anymore. One of the reasons they don't talk about it is that with AI, they need massive, massive energy. Even if you go to the deep sea model, you need big increase of energy. If you're taking our current model, then you need, I don't know, 10 to the 10th order of magnitude of increase in energy. I want to go back to what President Trump's doing about this. Oh, by the way, we're also going to go from Greenland to Panama here in this hour to talk about President Trump's hemispheric defense and geostrategically thinking about it and what the people there think about it. Tom, Dan's just back from Greenland. Michael Yahn down in Panama, been there for about six months, going to get live reports from both. So you've laid out the case of how Russia and reintegration, and quite frankly, they're still pretty integrated. That's the hypocrisy of this thing. And President Trump, you're right, call him out at the State of the Union message. Go back about what? Because this is President Trump is hitting on all cylinders. The days of that there's so much going on that can't be reported. One of the more important things is what Wall street brought up this study that's being done. And you need to do this study before you overthrow the regulations, right? That's how kind of the laws are written. What is this study? There's a study, there's a study out there they put forward that basically said CO2 is a poison gas. And all of their whole architecture of everything about CO2, the foundational element of it is that study and that's what President Trump and Lee Zeldin are absolutely focused on that to unwind that. Because once you unwind that the whole edifice of this ridiculous structure falls apart, does it not?
Michael Yan
Dave Walsh no, totally. One of the Obama era salient accomplishments according to them was their goal and objective of killing coal as an electricity resource in this country, for example. So they relied on a 2008 SCOTUS opinion that said the EPA had the right to make a determination. What the list of official greenhouse gases was stopped there said the EPA has the right to make a decision. So in month one of Obama's administration in 2009, they put forward a study of the endangerment finding representing that if found so CO2 would be named one of the essential greenhouse gases destroying the planet. And yes, after their study for nine months, six months, they indeed published regulations that said and renamed CO2 as one of the dangerous greenhouse gases. So forevermore their Alphabet soup regulations all geared at including the Clean Air act and the regional haze program. All of their acts were geared at shutting down the coal industry and eventually in time ending emissions of using fossil fuels for transportation, which was their goal and objective. And now fortunately, under the SCOTUS ruling of a couple of years ago where the Clean Air act was struck down based on a ruling that guess what, the EPA vastly overreached its charter in doing that, in stepping into the economy of the country and using the diminishment of fossil fuels as the predicate for making these decisions. So Zelton has proclaimed we'll do a study properly. So to look at the endangerment finding again and make and redecide whether something that is only 5% emitted by human beings and 95% naturally emitted carbon is 95% coming from ocean water, lake, river evaporation, the rotting of plants and meat and those kinds of things, the man causes portion of the 0.004 that it is of the upper atmosphere is only 5%. Therefore restudying what a number of notorious scientists have claimed, Bill Happer being one, Dick Lindsin, the chair of physics at MIT, that CO2 has nothing to do whatsoever with warming. And give that fair play and hopefully strike down the endangerment finding which is at the core of their whole war, the left's whole war on coal. Now on natural gas fired power, which we have a great abundance of and against transportation through vehicles with gasoline, their entire war on that has been based on the endangerment finding which Zeldin has now properly put forward to contest and hopefully unwind and remove. So that's across all the 31 regulations he's begun to move on. That's the one that really is their centerpiece that has formed this war on our industrial economy.
Dave Walsh
Talk to me about some of the titans of artificial intelligence. I particularly want to focus on Bill Gates. All of a sudden he's one of the biggest drivers of this whole climate change thing. It was a passion, it was his calling in life. And all of a sudden not so much why is that sir?
Michael Yan
But a great piece in the Motley Fuel on his pulling support for his Breakthrough Energy foundation that was all about renewable funding and in some cases nuclear funding that he's beginning to lock the doors in some of the offices and even laying off kind speak firing people in his Breakthrough Energy Foundation. The reality of it bill gates $140 billion of wealth. 35% of it is invested in firms who are heavy into AI. Heavy into AI. Microsoft itself through its GitHub copilot, another firm called Schrodinger. 35% of his net worth is invested in AI needing service centers, data centers to mine data. He understands now fully his wealth is dependent on gigantic power generation facilities running all of the time to mine Data and have AI data supported in the next five or 10 years, not 15, 20 years from now, such as maybe some of the studies on modular nuclear reactors can work out under present regulatory oversight, we're talking 15 to 20 years. What's necessary right now is gas fired power that we have in abundance to power these kinds of mega, you know, 1 giga 1000 megawatt, 2000 megawatt server centers for AI. He understands and recognizes that fully. So suddenly he's backing off on his prior support for everything green because that kind of energy is intermittent part time and doesn't work well enough to support a data center. He's got it. So he's turned on his heels, changed his message completely. Now if you look at his app for his breakthrough energy and this has.
Dave Walsh
Happened industrial, you can't trust these guys.
Michael Yan
Now Nxtera has done this Nextera who promoted a whole stock story based on net zero d carb as utility have now signed a long term agreement with GE Vernova to supply them gas turbines for all of their major AI and data center clients nationally. So here we go. Company even companies in the last nine months who have been hell bent for leather on this net zero decarb messaging have suddenly shifted their actions.
Dave Walsh
And you know something about gas turbines. The Gas turbine market globally is on fire right now. Right. Specifically about this. They're all ramping up for these data centers.
Michael Yan
No, in this country the demand for gas turbines in the last nine months has mushroomed by a factor of eight times over the last seven years. We've had an all time record order level for the last 20 years occurred in the last nine months for large frame industrial gas turbines that make electricity for utilities, for munis, co ops and for server and data centers. So we have a gas turbine boom underway. The major OEMs are all sold out from 2007 to 2028. The shortfall now because of the huge demand for new gas turbines to begin to get the lights, keep the lights on A and B support data center and service center clients with energy that operates all of the time, 24 hour a day electricity, what we've been talking about here for years now it's happening. So a lot of this buying binge happened, I believe in anticipation of administration change, which thank God has happened.
Dave Walsh
No. So here's the hypocrisy all around. You see it in Europe about buying the Russian gas. You also see it about they're still over there trying to say they're like Greta Thunberg, but they know that. They're going back to the logic, the kind of common sense of energy here. We're going to throw out the nonsense that make it a poison gas is just absorbed, absurd as you said. But what gets me is the oligarchs. They would have had us living in pre industrial times like Russian serfs with no energy, right, this intermittent energy. But then all of a sudden when they saw they could actually make more money and become more powerful with artificial intelligence, the guys that owned that all of a sudden just, oh yeah, climate change, that was just a passing fancy and these people bought into it as a religion. This was a secular religion, was it not, Dave Walsh?
Michael Yan
Well, they bought into it as a religion in strong collaboration with China who were supplying a lot of their business interest in this space. Lithium ion batteries, thin film PV, solar panels, inverters to support the build out of 60, 70, 80 billion a year of imports into Western Europe and Europe generally of Chinese made energy products of the type I mentioned that that was in the mix to show me the money. European business people, utilities and developers making money on that. But guess what, you're exactly right. Now this has come along. This is a, this is a prettier, prettier date here. AI looks like a much bigger potential market. We need electricity for that. All the time so we're going to throw out the on the AI business actually is more value adding so that's kind of that's exactly what's happened. And then it's shameful that old school.
Dave Walsh
No it's shameful. All the costs it change cost everything to do. It's a this is why they can't be trusted. They cannot be trusted. Dave Walsh Social Media brother we got to use you while we got you before you go to higher callings.
Michael Yan
They're two and a half times more support for Putin than Zelinsky while over here begging for money. That's the shameful anyhow I'm on getter true social and exit table thank you Steve.
Dave Walsh
You know Ian Bremmer told me he confirmed 880,000 I think he said 850 dead and dead and killed Russians. The number on Ukraine is about 450 to 500,000. That's a million two to million three dead and wounded in that war as you know being here from the very day of it we said cannot happen. If this happens, you're going to have dead Ukrainians everywhere, dead Russians everywhere. A destroyed country doesn't have to happen. The hypocrisy that went on in this thing is sick because these people are sick. Thank God we have the righteous indignation of the war in posse and the MAGA movement and President Trump a leader with some balls. Short commercial break From Greenland to Panama next in the world.
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Michael Yan
Reporting on the Panama Canal, according to.
Ana
Two US Officials, the White House has directed the US Military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama, including even having U.S. troops seize the canal by force. So according to these officials, Ana, the White House directed the military to draw up these options. So U.S. southern Command has been drawing them up the past several days. Now. They were presented some draft options to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth this week, but at this point, it still appears these options are drafts. Nothing has been decided. But as you said, this is all about increasing the US Military presence in Panama and in the Panama Canal. And the idea, according to the administration, is that they want to increase the US Presence and thereby decrease any presence or influence that China may have in Panama and along the canal. The ultimate concern here, Anna, is that in the case of a conflict, China may try to stop any kind of flow of US Commerce or military through the canal, thereby forcing them to go all the way around South America, adding time, adding cost, and. Or they could either try to delay that kind of movement or even deny it altogether. Well, the US Is trying, according to administration officials, trying to get out ahead of that, and they believe that an increasing US Military presence could be part of the answer here. Now, the options are everything from increased partnering military to military partnering between the US and the Panamanian military to building US army jungle schools in Panama. These are places where generally special forces can go and train. The US has had those in the past pre1999, so that would not be unprecedented, depending on how much the Panamanian government wants to be a part of these options. This could go even insofar as the US Ultimately trying to take complete control and ownership of the canal. Again, what is your vision for the.
Steve Bannon
Potential annexation of Greenland and getting the potential.
Dave Walsh
Well, I think it'll happen. And I'm just thinking I didn't give it much thought before, but I'm sitting with a man that could be very instrumental. You know, Mark, we need that for international security. Not just security, international. We have a lot of our favorite players cruising around the coast and we.
Steve Bannon
Have to be careful and we'll be talking to you.
Michael Yan
It's a very appropriate, really a very appropriate question.
Tom Dans
So the Arctic. So what you did. So when it comes to Greenland.
Dave Walsh
Yes.
Tom Dans
Or not joining the U.S. i would leave that outside for me, this discussion, because I don't want to direct NATO in that. But when it comes to the high north and the Arctic, you are totally the Chinese are now using these routes. We know that the Russians are the arming. We know we have a lack of icebreakers. So the fact that the seven outside Russia, seven Arctic countries working together on this under US Leadership is very important to make sure that that region, that part of the world stays safe. And we know things are changing there and we have to be there.
Dave Walsh
To tie together. Now, the Russian geopolitics of the Russian rapprochement with this whole situation in Canada now Greenland and the Panama Canal. We have Tom Danz. Tom, you've just gotten back from Greenland. Talk to me about this election that they just had President Trump right there. That's the general secretary of NATO who President Trump's pretty close to. I don't think he could have been elected, selected as head of NATO if they didn't think he had a close working relationship with President Trump. Talk to me about we're going to go to Panama in a moment, but I'll start in Greenland and the Arctic. Talk to me about where we stand with Greenland's independence and is it going to be easier for us to make some sort of overall deal now that they look like they're on a path, at least starting a path of independence, sir?
Kevin Dolan
Sure. Great to be with you, Steve and the posse. A couple things on Tuesday's election. It's been reported out in different ways, but I think the two key takeaways were there were five or there were six parties there. Five out of six support independence and those parties together garnered 92% of the vote. So it's abundantly clear that Greenlanders want to be independent of Denmark. That's number one. Number two, this was a rejection of the status quo. So you had two parties that ruled there in a coalition and are the long kind of the grand dame parties in Greenland, if you will. They called a snap election five, six weeks of campaigning. They lost soundly. I think together they got 36% of the vote. So the message is from Greenlanders, they want change, things need to change. And that's very coincident with what President Trump is saying. We're at a point where the status quo is just not something that can be continued because American national security is at risk, at threat, and by extension, so is the rest of the free world. I think it's very good what happened. I think there are clearly some differences between the two parties. We'll see what coalition government gets shaped up here in the next couple days. But it was definitely a message that changes on the horizon.
Dave Walsh
Tom, you did such a great job when you were up there a couple weeks ago for the commemoration. But Greenland not only gets us essentially the ability to bottle up the Russian Navy, particularly its submarine fleet, both fast attacks and boomers, but it also gives us even a bigger footprint in the Arctic. And I'm telling folks, hey, Trump's thought this through. This is one of the big things with Canada. Do you think the Canadians are very far advanced on what the danger is up there of this great power struggle? That's definitelyit's already underway. You just heard the NATO guy talk about this. That's already underway in the Arctic, sir.
Steve Bannon
Sure.
Kevin Dolan
I can tell you President Trump is a student of history and that's what's so important. And unfortunately, a lot of our own history is something lost on us and the Greenlanders. But President Trump gets it. Americans were extensively involved in the discovery of Greenland. We've been tied to Greenland is part of North America. We've had an indelible tie with them for centuries here. And, you know, since President Monroe laid it out in, you know, 1823, it's held continuously through the 1870s, the era of discovery roll through up to World War II. It was Americans who even before World War II, came to the defense of Greenland, saved Greenland. Greenland would not exist as Greenland today. There would be no Greenlanders if America hadn't got up there before we got in World War II. Now, interesting to note when we talk about that, there's a great history about that, but we also were a little bit pushing away Canadians. You asked about them because the Canadians were tied to the United Kingdom, right? They still are. If you are in the Canadian military, you swear an oath to King Charles. Right? That's just the way it is. But we are a fundamental. We are the North American power and will continue to be. So part of this is, you know, Canada's been abysmal in terms of their support and they're rivaled in that by Denmark. So like I said, Denmark today, the security of Greenland is the United States has been since May 20, 1940. That's when our first ships landed there from the Coast Guard, part of my old Department of the U.S. treasury. That has never changed. It will never change. So it's a matter of America working more assertively because right now Greenland is ours to lose. In a way, those resources will Bethey will be developed. And if it's not Americans doing it together with Greenlanders, it's going to be somebody else. And we're not going to like the way that is.
Dave Walsh
Well, it's not going to happen. Donald Trump. Hang on for a second. Brother Dan, I want to bring in the one and only Michael Yan. Michael, you are also up. You're down now in Panama. We'll get to that in a second. But you also spent time because you're always a little ahead of the curve. And I've known you now for over a decade, like 15 years when you were doing war correspondent in Afghanistan, Iraq, but you were up in the Arctic early on. Why did you get. Why did Michael Yan go there?
Trevor Comstock
Well, I went to Northern Canada last year with Masako Ganaha, because actually we've been to about 30 countries since Biden was installed. Looking at this, whether it's over at the Strait of Malacca, over in Singapore, and the. And the path that's being built in Thailand on the Kra Isthmus, we look at this stuff all over the world. I'm sitting right now beside the Panama Canal, right? You know, one of the seven major choke points, strangleholds in the world, which you're very familiar with as a naval man. And also you travel the world yourself. And so I look at this from a Mahan, sort of Mackinder view. And I also go on the ground. That's why I reckon recognize that that northern route is absolutely vital. And our ancestors knew this. This is nothing new. It's not like we suddenly discovered it. Our great grandfathers knew this. And, you know, the Panama Canal right here, I mean, they've been thinking about opening something here since early 1500s. Not a canal, but a path between the seas. Speaking of which, this book, the Path between the Seas, is a very important book to read on this, the Path between the Seas. But what I'm getting to is 500 years of path between the seas here in Panama. People wanted to build it. We didn't open it until 1914. But this bankrupted Scotland. Scotland went for it, and they ended up getting absorbed into the United Kingdom in 1707 because they went bankrupt in Darien, right? And then France went bankrupt and the Spanish got smashed flat here. A lot of people got smashed here. And then we came and somehow did the impossible and opened up this unbelievable canal, which I just flew over it again with a helicopter a couple of days ago from end to end, photographing it again. I've been through the canal in boats and walking up and down it and helicopters and all works. You've got to see it to believe it. But a lot of what we're looking at is about routes and resources. And Panama is one of the most important little pieces of land on planet Earth. It's a path between the continents and a path between the seas.
Dave Walsh
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Action. Your host, Stephen K. Band. So Michael Yan, and by the way, Michael is the first guy also down at Darien. That was kind of the pathfinder for us down there. Burkholm, Everybody came down right afterwards. But Yan, you're. You always kind of know, you're like one of Wellington's guys. What's on the other side of the hill? So tell us what's on the other side of the hill? President Trump very focused. He's got Pete Hexseth very focused on Panama. You're absolutely correct. It's one of the most important geostrategic locations in the world. And people should not forget, as soon as President Trump had Marco Rubio confirmed, Rubio did not go to London, he did not go to Berlin, he did not go to Moscow, despite did not go to Jerusalem, did not go to Rome, did not go to Beijing. He sent him down to Panama. And folks, that is athat's a pattern that's never happened before with the Secretary of State. That shows you how serious President Trump's about this. Okay, what's the Status? You got BlackRock just bought Hutchinson Wampa. Does that give us, the Americans control? If it's not control, you've got, you know, all this leaks and the NBC stories look pretty accurate. They're working through scenarios of American troops. So, Yan, what's going to happen down there?
Trevor Comstock
Well, you know, when Biden was installed, I went straight to Panama. I knew this was going to get screwed up. And so actually I flew to Texas and looked at, I went to the border wall that you helped build. I went straight to Colombia and then Panama. And I've spent about a year here since that time knowing this was going to go somehow awry. Now, the Hutchison Whampoa, I was just at their front gate yesterday, and on the other side, I just flew over them with a helicopter looking at it a couple days ago. That's not. The purchase has not gone through. Right. And there's a bridge right across from Hutchinson Whampoa on the Pacific side which is being built. And we call it the Panamanians call it the China Bridge or Bridge four. This is the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal, and it lands right at Hutchinson Whampoa. Now, that's Balboa Port. And so it's got the Panamanian name is Balboa Port. Right. And so the Panama Canal headquarters is right there as well. So this sale has not Gone through. You know, China is obviously bucking back, like, going crazy on this, and they don't want it to go through. They're threatening any. Anybody involved that would sell it to BlackRock, of course. And of course, BlackRock actually wants to keep the Darien gap wide open so that people will keep flowing through. So this is not, you know, this isn't not happy days for us because Both China and BlackRock want to keep the weaponized migration going on. Invasion. The human osmotic pressure is still quite intense. That human osmotic pressure I first talked about on your show several years ago, that's the push and the pull of migration. Maybe four years ago, we were talking about this, the push and the pull of migration. But this is weaponized. Like, for instance, this book is written by somebody who actually does it. She's a socialist. She's one of the people actually doing it. Weapons of mass migration, right? And I mean, this is down to an art and a science. And the Darien Gap, those camps are wide open now. I'm told that Hegseth is going down there probably in April to Darien. And I think that we want to open at least three bases here. I'm not 100% certain on that, but generally, when you hear me float something like this publicly, it generally comes to pass. I don't know. However, now the Darien Gap, the camp infrastructure down there, the invasion infrastructure is wide open. I was just down there. Again, everything is manned and likewise down in Colombia. I just had some friends down in Colombia looking at the Colombian side of it. In fact, they're down there now. And those camps are wide open now. The trickle coming through is maybe 2% of what it was last year. So the water spigot is turned off, but the plumbing is there. United nations headquarters is right down the road from me at Ciudad de Siberts. A former Fort Clayton. They're all completely operational, Right? That's the former Fort Clayton, for those who are familiar with Panama, is now the invasion headquarters. And down in the Darien Gap, wide open. Down in Columbia, wide open. Over in Europe, still wide open. Right. So nothing in Japan is getting increasingly flooded in with. With invaders. There's a whole town there called Kawaguchi. I went to look at it. It's mostly Kurdish and Chinese now inside of Japan. The Japanese call it Kawaguchi stand. Right. So these weapons were being hit with whether it's the jab or the weapons of mass migration, which is, you know, invasion. Ireland is basically. Ireland's gone with the wind as Far as I'm concerned, I went there a couple of years ago and. Go ahead, sir. I think it's time for me to stop, but I can go for hours.
Dave Walsh
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I know. We gotta bounce. Where do people go? We're gonna have you back on where they go, the subset. Get all the details here because there's clearly something going on that we're thinking through about Panama. The elites down there have screwed the people. The people. I think one is back. Fink is going to close that transaction. The Chinese are going nuts. And they actually said, hey, it starts us strategically in the Caribbean. They've actually said that publicly. So this is why it's going to happen. Michael. Substack, social media, all of it.
Trevor Comstock
Substack my name. Michael Yon, yon Yankee Oscar November. And I'm on Twitter every day, too. Substack and Twitter. And mostly I just enable other people. Thank you for putting that up and thank you for subscribing or donating. That's how I do this. That's how I stay independent. But let me say one thing about the Panamanians. The sentiment, just to throw a coin in the air, is I would say in our favor of actually taking it back if you do it gently, because there's a lot of Panamanians, I talk with them every day that clearly want us to take it back. Others are saying that they will destroy the canal. Right. Excuse me, but there are a lot of Panamanians clearly want us to take it back. If you do it gently, I think. I mean, ultimately we need to take it. I mean, the bottom line, they're in violation of the treaty and. And this is national security.
Dave Walsh
Michael, thank you so much. Appreciate you. Michael Yan on the scene in Panama. Been there on and off for about a year after the daring gap, Tom Dan's. Where can people go to get more information about Greenland? Greenland's going to get hotter and hotter, if you can pardon the analogy. Where do people go? Because this is heating up. President Trump is very focused on Canada. He's very focused on the Arctic. He's very focused on Greenland, he's very focused on Panama. This is all his hemispheric defense to make America safe again. Not to make us isolation, but secure the homeland. Where do people go, Sir?
Kevin Dolan
Sure, I'm on Twitter. Best place. TomDans CFA T O M D A N S C F A and then also people can reach out to me. Email dansmericandaybreak.org we're looking to sponsor what we call the Greenland Super Bowl. Coming up here on March 29th in Sisamu, Greenland. It's their most highly attended and watched event across the country. So we're looking for other people that can help out in American Daybreak. You know, right now we're 100% Texan supported, but we're not opposed to taking money from the other states.
Dave Walsh
The other states. I'll call you afterwards. We'll talk about that. The Greenland super bowl, sponsored by War Room. Tom Dance. Thank you. The less crazy of the Dance twins, I might add. Tom Dance. They're good men. Good folks. Kevin Dolan. Not a better way to kind of run to the tape on the show to talk about having more babies. Was it Natalism? Is that it? Natalism is how you pronounce it?
Unknown Speaker
Natalism.org? yes, that's the website.
Dave Walsh
Dude, we got 8 billion people. Why do we need more babies? What are you guys. What are you guys doing? You didn't get the memo? You didn't get the memo from. Was it Gardner and those guys said, the world's gonna crash. What do you got for us? Tell us about it. Why do we need more babies?
Unknown Speaker
I recently heard this factoid that Paul Ehrlich went on the Tonight Show 8, 18 times. They were really drilling that overpopulation issue back in the day.
Yeah.
So basically, we're in a situation where all of the systems that our economic growth depends on, all the systems that just our society depends on, is predicated on leverage. It's predicated on people being able to anticipate future returns so the capital markets can move so that people can earn a living and raise families. And so basically, as population collapses declines, our ability to maintain a stable economy, a lot of things invert. And so it becomes really, really difficult. And so you're seeing that in places like China, Japan, Korea, where there's. I mean, the Japanese haven't had economic growth in 30 years on the basis of this, despite massive government intervention, despite massive automation, despite mass. Despite massive education in stem, getting their people the best marketable skills they possibly can and working for export markets. Even with flawless play, they've been flatlined and they're currently in this state of having a sovereign debt crisis. It's a huge issue. And you can see it even more dramatically in places like Detroit, where once people leave and the tax base evaporates, you still have to maintain the roads, you still have to maintain the electrical, the sewer, all of the infrastructure that keeps those communities alive. And if it's like one inhabited house on a street that's essentially Abandoned. A lot of people get wiped out. People's value of their home, the value of their retirement, the value of, even the value of the dollar is threatened by this. And so it's a massive concern. And then just on a more human level, there are a lot of ordinary people who are realizing, like, you know, it's really hard for me to start a family or it's really hard for my kids to start a family. They're seeing sort of how deranged the dating environment is and they're saying, you know, what can we do about this? So we're bringing people together to talk about in kind of four categories. Why is it so hard to date? Why is it so hard to get married? Why is it so hard to actually raise kids? And then also just like on a public health kind of RFK's beat, what's going on with our environment, what's going on with our food, what's going on with our healthcare, that's causing people to have all these endocrine problems, metabolic disorders that also interfere with not just our technical, like biological fertility, but also like our ability to attract each other and be attractive and just sort of the vitality of the society that I think is really, is really harmed by all that. So we're gonna have experts in all these fields come together to work on solutions. Last year it was sort of about, you know, let's scope the problem, let's talk about what's actually happening now. It's like, alright, what's causing this and what can we do about it? So, yeah, really excited to get everybody together and appreciate you having me on.
To talk about it.
Dave Walsh
So this is 28th and 29th in Austin, Texas, is that correct?
Unknown Speaker
That's correct. That's correct. March 28th and 29th, Austin, Texas.
Dave Walsh
Okay, if we want the war Room posse to attend, what do they have to do? I know a lot of people are interested, so where they go, what do they do?
Unknown Speaker
That's right. Natalism.org, you can get your tickets there and use offer code war room for a discount.
Dave Walsh
Okay, perfect. So offer code, promo code war room and where do they go?
Unknown Speaker
Once again, natalism.org.
Dave Walsh
Okay, brother, thank you so much. It sounds exciting.
Unknown Speaker
Thank you very much.
Dave Walsh
Natalism. Kevin Dolan. Incredible. What a cast of characters we had today. Incredible. President Trump doing the Lord's work. You can tell he's had years now to think about his whole life to think about it. But in the last couple of years, when they stole the White House from him, he wasn't Spending every day. And this is one of the greatness of the man. Most people would be so consumed about being worried about being put into prison, you know, for 350 years to die there or have your bankrupt company, you know, your company's bankrupt. No, he was going through that and that had to be dealt with. And Boris put together a team. He had a financial team and advisors and people doing everything. But look what his focus is. This is how you have the days of thunder, right? Because he kind of, he was thinking all this through. The geopolitical reorientation of the world is nothing short of monumental. Nothing even close to this has happened since World War II. And I would actually say even in World War II because a lot of the geopolitics didn't really change that much. Somewhat, but not what he's talking about. It's just extraordinary. Birchgold.com make sure you check it out. Gold's at an all time high. That's not the point. The point is find out why it's being considered a store of value in turbulent times. Because they're turbulent folks. You don't do this geopolitically and geo economically without turbulence. Take your phone out. Bannon at 989-898 free brochure. Investing in gold in the Age of Trump, the ultimate guide. Short break.
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Dave Walsh
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Dave Walsh
Use your host, Stephen K. Ban in this overall fight. Remember, we got to close the gap to get to a balanced budget and at least we got to get to 3.5% of GDP as the deficit. Scott that. Scott's that was also Ray Dalio's target. Basically get you under a trillion dollars, as horrible as that is, at least is financeable, doesn't cause you to have a crash. It's ultimately get to zero. Howard Lutnick said the president's talking as soon as we get to a balanced budget, they will do away with taxes for everybody under $150,000. I think I'll talk about that on Monday. That's big. You've got the rest of the tax cuts. You've got the rest. No tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. That's going to be in this. In this bill or we'll fight to get in this bill. But the no tax under 150,000 bucks. Lutnick was on TV first. He just said it kind of dropped a bomb. Then he refined it, saying once we get to a balanced budget, to get to a balanced budget, hey, the IRS is going to be all over people. Go to Tax Network USA, 1-800-958-1000. Put in promo code Bannon or talk to him about you're coming from the war room show. Abandon the code word. You get a free consultation. Talk to them about the upcoming April 15th where you stand. If you think you got a problem, walk them through it. These guys are fantastic. If you got a letter from the irs, whatever you do, just don't let it sit there and don't call them first. Call Tax Network usa. They'll tell you quickly. They'll have you answer some questions, fill out some stuff. They'll get back to you with a free consultation. They'll let you know if they can help, if they can talk to them about signing them up. If they can't, then you get into with the irs. But whatever you do, just don't blow it off. It can't be blown off. That's one of the biggest mistakes people make. Cash Patel, Delaney. Delaney, who's kind of, you know, Ken Delaney over at NBC. He's like David Ignatius is the mouthpiece for Langley and the CIA over at the Langley bugle heretofore called the Washington Post. He's kind of the spokesperson. Ken Delaney is kind of for the. Particularly for the embeds that are left at the Justice Department. You know, Weissman in this crowd, all the. He's kind of the comms director. He's put a thing that Cash Patel's gone internally and said they're going to have a major reorganization of the FBI, and I think it's coming as early as next week. Dan Bongino shows up for work I think today. But latest Monday, he left yesterday. You haven't seen Dan's farewell to his audience. You got to see it very, very heartfelt. So make sure you go check all that out. Also, Carrie Lake, huge story coming out. Carrie Lake's doing a major reorganization of Voice of America and different astronomers. She's interim head over the whole global apparatus. Why? I think it's Brent Bozell goes through confirmation process. Carrie does not have to be confirmed. I think she's special counsel over there, special advisor over there right now. Huge tweet about her. I'll be commenting on that and get her later. Also, cash. We'll cover these Monday. But this is President Trump and people that have been on the show many, many, many times going through the reorganization that President Trump wants. Trevor Comstock, we got to merge together. Make America healthy again and make America great again. Sacred Human Health, you are the tip of the tip of the spear of make America healthy again, sir. Tell me about it.
Unknown Speaker
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Dave Walsh
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Dave Walsh
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Steve Bannon
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Dave Walsh
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Steve Bannon
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Dave Walsh
The more aggressive than ever.
Steve Bannon
And the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Wage garnishments, bank levies, even property seizures.
Dave Walsh
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Steve Bannon
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Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room
Episode: 4341: Making Family First In The US Again
Release Date: March 15, 2025
Host/Author: WarRoom.org
In Episode 4341 of Bannon's War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon engages in a robust discussion with co-host Dave Walsh and guests Michael Yan and Kevin Dolan. The episode delves into pressing geopolitical tensions, energy strategies, climate policies, national security concerns, and demographic challenges facing the United States. The conversation underscores the administration's focus on reshaping America's strategic posture to prioritize family and national security amidst global upheavals.
The episode opens with a deep dive into the escalating geopolitical tensions in the Arctic region. Stephen K. Bannon emphasizes the strategic importance of the Arctic as a new hotspot for great power conflicts, primarily involving Russia and China. He remarks at [00:43] the potential for the Arctic to become a significant battleground in the 21st century:
Steve Bannon [00:43]: "The Arctic is the great game of the 21st century. That's going to be a geopolitical hotspot of great power conflict."
Discussion then shifts to Greenland's political trajectory. Kevin Dolan highlights the recent elections in Greenland, where a decisive majority voted for parties advocating independence from Denmark. At [20:15], Dolan states:
Kevin Dolan [20:15]: "It's abundantly clear that Greenlanders want to be independent of Denmark."
Bannon and Dolan explore the implications of Greenland's move toward independence, noting its strategic assets, including mineral resources and its pivotal location for controlling Arctic routes. The conversation underscores President Trump's historical and strategic interest in Greenland as part of America's broader hemispheric defense strategy.
The focus then shifts to the Panama Canal, a critical maritime chokepoint. Michael Yan provides an on-the-ground perspective, detailing the strategic maneuvers surrounding the canal. At [16:18], Yan explains:
Michael Yan [16:18]: "The White House has directed the US Military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama, including even having U.S. troops seize the canal by force."
The discussion highlights concerns over China's growing influence in Panama and the potential threats to global commerce and military logistics. The hosts debate the necessity of bolstering US military presence in the region to safeguard the canal against any adversarial attempts to control or disrupt its operations.
Dave Walsh introduces the topic of energy markets and the fluctuating stock market influenced by tariffs, particularly with Canada. He mentions at [00:43]:
Dave Walsh [00:43]: "President Trump and the stock market went back up, added a trillion dollars of value or regained a trillion dollars of value, but the stock market's going up and down."
Bannon discusses the rationale behind tariffs imposed on Canada, suggesting President Trump's view of Canada as the "51st state" and the strategic importance of the Arctic's resources. This aligns with broader efforts to reset global energy markets, ensuring the availability of cheap and reliable energy for the future.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to critiquing the Obama-era policies that classified CO₂ as a poison gas, thereby justifying stringent EPA regulations aimed at curbing fossil fuel usage. Michael Yan elaborates on the efforts by President Trump and Lee Zeldin to overturn these regulations. At [05:17], Yan explains:
Michael Yan [05:17]: "They want to do this properly. So look at the endangerment finding again and make and redecide whether something that is only 5% emitted by human beings and 95% naturally emitted carbon is 95% coming from ocean water, lake, river evaporation, the rotting of plants and meat and those kinds of things."
The hosts argue that dismantling the CO₂ regulation is pivotal to revitalizing the coal industry and expanding natural gas production, which are seen as essential for energy independence and economic stability.
The conversation transitions to the intersection of renewable energy and the burgeoning demands of artificial intelligence (AI). Michael Yan criticizes prominent figures like Bill Gates for shifting their support from renewable energy to AI-driven energy consumption. At [08:10], Yan remarks:
Michael Yan [08:10]: "Bill Gates $140 billion of wealth. 35% of it is invested in firms who are heavy into AI. Heavy into AI."
He highlights the surge in demand for gas turbines necessary to power data centers supporting AI technologies, underscoring a resurgence in traditional energy infrastructure investment over renewable alternatives due to reliability concerns.
The episode places significant emphasis on enhancing US military capabilities in strategic locations such as the Panama Canal. Trevor Comstock discusses the critical nature of Panama in global trade and military logistics. At [16:18], Comstock states:
Trevor Comstock [16:18]: "Panama is one of the most important little pieces of land on planet Earth. It's a path between the continents and a path between the seas."
The hosts advocate for a robust US military presence in Panama to preempt any attempts by China or other adversarial forces to control or disrupt the canal, thereby ensuring uninterrupted global commerce and military operations.
Steve Bannon and Dave Walsh explore the intricate relationship between Russia and China, suggesting that recent rapprochement efforts may be attempts by Russia to distance itself from the Chinese Communist Party. This dynamic is presented as a strategic maneuver to maintain a balance of power, particularly in the resource-rich Arctic region.
Steve Bannon [00:33]: "If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved."
The discussion underscores the importance of keeping Russia and China from forming a unified front that could threaten US interests globally.
The episode delves into the economic implications of AI's growing energy demands. Michael Yan points out the unprecedented boom in the gas turbine market driven by data center expansion. At [10:47], Yan notes:
Michael Yan [10:47]: "In this country the demand for gas turbines in the last nine months has mushroomed by a factor of eight times over the last seven years."
This surge is attributed to the necessity of consistent energy supply for AI operations, highlighting a shift back to traditional energy sources to support technological advancements.
In a segment focused on demographic trends, the hosts discuss the concept of natalism—the promotion of higher birth rates—as a response to declining populations. An unknown speaker elaborates on the economic and societal repercussions of population decline, mentioning at [37:45]:
Unknown Speaker [37:45]: "As population collapses declines, our ability to maintain a stable economy, a lot of things invert."
The conversation links population health issues, such as endocrine problems and metabolic disorders, to broader societal vitality and economic stability. The hosts advocate for initiatives aimed at encouraging family growth to sustain the workforce and economic growth.
Episode 4341 of Bannon's War Room provides a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted challenges facing the United States, from geopolitical rivalries and energy policies to national security and demographic shifts. Through incisive discussions and expert insights, the hosts and guests underscore the necessity of strategic foresight and policy reforms to navigate the complexities of the modern world and prioritize the well-being of American families.
Notable Quotes:
Steve Bannon [00:43]: "The Arctic is the great game of the 21st century. That's going to be a geopolitical hotspot of great power conflict."
Kevin Dolan [20:15]: "It's abundantly clear that Greenlanders want to be independent of Denmark."
Michael Yan [05:17]: "So look at the endangerment finding again and make and redecide whether something that is only 5% emitted by human beings and 95% naturally emitted carbon..."
Michael Yan [08:10]: "Bill Gates $140 billion of wealth. 35% of it is invested in firms who are heavy into AI."
Steve Bannon [00:33]: "If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved."
These quotes capture the essence of the episode's discussions, reflecting the hosts' perspectives on strategic national priorities and policy directions.