
Episode 4347: Trump Putin Call, America Responds To Its Enemies In The Red Sea, Pro-Palestinian Protests At White House...
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Stephen K. Bannon
Thank you, brother. We're going to play. We got a really great cold open. Jack Posobic joins us. Natalie Winters is at the White House. Laura Loomer is going to be here. Julie Kelly, first hours totally packed. Let's get on to it. Let's get the cold open.
NBC News Reporter
For three straight days, US Blitz on Yemen hasn't let up. The Trump administration first ordered airstrikes on the Iran backed Houthi militia on Saturday night. Since then, 98 people have been hurt and 53 killed, according to the Houthi run. Health ministry officials say women and children are among the dead and injured, a claim NBC News hasn't been able to verify. A US Defense official telling NBC News the Houthis tried to launch two retaliatory strikes against the USS Harry Truman over the weekend and both were unsuccessful.
Jack Posobiec
An era of peace through strength is back.
Stephen K. Bannon
We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.
NBC News Reporter
President Trump today on social media reiterating his warning that Iran will be held responsible if the Houthis do strike back, writing, every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of Iran.
Natalie Winters
Our message to Iran is you better take this president seriously. And I think the Houthis learned that the hard way.
NBC News Reporter
This past weekend, Iran supports both the Houthis in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza. In 2023, the Houthis started attacking vessels on a key global shipping route just off Yemen's shores in solidarity, they said, with the Palestinians. Those attacks largely stopped after Hamas and Israel reached a ceasefire deal in January. But after phase one of that ceasefire expired and Israel blocked aid from entering Gaza earlier this month, the Houthis pledged to renew their attacks. Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander over the weekend saying, we stand firm against any threat and will respond in the strongest possible way. A firm, crushing and devastating response.
Alexander Vindman
We begin today with a phone call that Ukraine and our allies and those who care about our standing as the world's leading democracy for now, have been waiting anxiously and with bated breath to hear about. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke for more than an hour and a half today. Both the White House and the Kremlin have released a readout of the call on their own. A readout of the call from the Kremlin says that Russia has agreed to a 30 day cease fire on attacks on energy infrastructure. The White House also made note of that, saying this quote, the leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy infrastructure cease fire as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime cease fire in the Black Sea, full cease fire and permanent peace. These negotiations will begin immediately. In the Middle east, the White House also touted the potential for economic cooperation with Russia, as did the Kremlin. It remains to be seen if Russia keeps its word on refraining from attacking Ukraine's energy grid and infrastructure. And notably absent from these announcements, made after the call, were any signs of any concessions from Russia or any talk of any possible punishment for Russia. In short, there were carrots, but no sticks. In just the last few minutes, President Zelensky reacted to that, to news of the phone call. He said he's open to a cease fire on attacks on energy infrastructure. But Zelensky reiterated that talks about Ukraine without Ukraine will not bring results. He also warned that the Kremlin's demand that foreign aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine come to an end sought to weaken his country. Former Trump National Security Council staffer Alexander Binman called it a, quote, terrible deal, adding this quote, I don't understand how Trump, who has four years under his belt with Putin, constantly gets played. Trump moves to normalize relations with Russia for trinkets. The cease fire that starts and Russia doesn't violate it disproportionately helps Russia, whose energy infrastructure is getting pounded by Ukraine. For 35 years, six Republican and Democratic administrations has succumbed to manipulation. Russia has been extremely successfully dangling small wins and threatening terrible consequences to get the US to compromise and capitulate. But no one has been played as hard as Donald Trump.
Stephen K. Bannon
I think it's quite clear that Vladimir Putin is a much more skillful negotiator on these strategic issues than Donald Trump could ever be. And I think what Vladimir Putin is doing is continuing to play Donald Trump and try to sort of tease him along this path where Putin is ultimately going to be seeking a lot of concessions on the part of Ukraine. And so the question is, what will Donald Trump do as Putin continues to press this issue? But it's in my mind it's clear that there is so much more work that would need to be done in terms of other negotiations, whether it be on ceasefire, on the ground time or air, whatever else. But I think ultimately we're going to be looking at what type of terms will Trump agree to. And I'm not talking about President Zelensky because I think he is a very principled individual who will oppose anything that smacks of surrender. But the question is, will Trump be able to stand up to Vladimir Putin as Putin continues to, I think, outmaneuver him on the NEGOTIATION CHESSBOARD this is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going to medieval on these people. You're just not going to free shot all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big lie?
Natalie Winters
MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul.
Stephen K. Bannon
I wish that any of these people had a conscience. Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
Jack Posobiec
WAR ROOM here's your host, STEPHEN K. Band.
Stephen K. Bannon
It's Tuesday 18th March Yeovil or 2025. We're going to go to the White House momentarily to our own Natalie Winters. The president has been signing executive orders but closed the press. We won't get that footage for a while. So we'll let you know as soon as we've got the footage, if at all because I don't think he's doing a press available. We'll see what he might have just been talking to the White House camera. We'll see about all that and what the EOs are but a historic day at the White House. Jack Posobic joins us. Jack, I want to get into the geostrategic of why are we in the Red Sea, why we have carrier battle groups down there? Why are those carrier battle groups doing strikes in the southern Saudi peninsula? But first, the historic phone call between Putin and President Trump. Nicole Wallace hates it. Vindman hates it more, Brennan hates it more than that, all the haters. But the person hates it most I think is Zelensky. Am I correct in that? In that gradation, sir?
Jack Posobiec
Well, Steve, this phone call is nothing short of historic. And there's no surprise to me that the globalists and their puppet apparatchiks are clutching their pearls and the Chinese Communist Party is sweating bullets because those people at the higher level, not the Vindman level or the Nicole Wallace level, they don't get the geopolitical grand strategy masterclass that Donald Trump is embarked in right here. This is look, Mackinder and Mahan didn't mess around with feelings, okay? They mapped out power and that's something that President Trump and his team completely understand. By the way, from the Red Sea to the Black Sea, down to the Panama Canal, looking up at the GI UK Gap at Greenland and all the rest of it, this phone call where they discussed the ability to have this cease fire. They've already announced, by the way, a cease fire on what? Energy infrastructure. What have we told you? This whole thing was about from day one was about energy infrastructure. Everybody misses, they say, oh, Burisma, Burisma. Hunter Biden. Okay, but what was Burisma, all right, it was a Ukrainian gas company. It's always been about the oil and gas products in the Black Sea region. The Donbass, a key area, key geography for this, of course. And you know, like I always say on human events daily, the French say, say cherchez la femme. We say cherchez le petrol. Look for the oil. Understand what this is all about. Oil is still king. That's what Iran is all about. That's what the Persian Gulf is all about. That's what the Red Sea is all about. That's what the Houthis is all about. That's what it comes down to. So when you're looking at a potential geopolitical grand strategy here, look, it is, and people will say it is all about the rise of China. You got three great powers in the world right now, the United States, Russia and China. And President Trump is attempting to effect a second Sino Soviet split along Kissingerian lines, but in the opposite direction, peel Russia away from China. Why? Because China is the heartland empire that Mackinder was had warned about that China is attempting to become the heartland empire that controls the world world island, who rules the world island and can then run the entire world. But you cut Russia off from that and then you shut down the Middle east. Which by the way, is another discussion that President Trump and Putin. Because I read the. I read the White House readout and I read the Kremlin readout on this, and they both talked about what? The Black Sea and the Middle East. Steve, it's so simple. The Middle east, that's Mackinder. That's the world island, the Black Sea. What are you talking about there? It's Odessa. We've always talked about Odessa. And Odessa is the Mahanian Fulcrum of the Black Sea. If Odessa becomes a potential joint ownership, or as. As the British used to say throughout the 1800s, the 19th century, a treaty port. If Odessa becomes some kind of treaty port where the Russians and the Ukrainians both have access to it, then that's game over for the Chinese Communist Party in Europe. That's game over for them in terms of the Belt and Road initiative through Europe that allows the United States to be standing completely in their way. And President Trump gets that in a way that I think few and certainly nobody in mainstream media understand.
Stephen K. Bannon
Now, in the 19th century, we talk about the great game, one of the great land wars in Crimea, the Charge of the Light Brigade, Sebastopol, all of it. In fact, I think it was McClellan was second, was seconded over there as a military observer. Absolutely huge. And I would say, and in the.
Jack Posobiec
1940S, what else is in Crimea is Yalta. Yalta, of course, takes place on the Crimean Peninsula. There's no question.
Stephen K. Bannon
Also the, if you look in the, if you look at the hemispheric defense, don't forget Venezuela, which is kind of maybe the Exxon, Chevron wars for the oil and gas there. This could very much be about oil and gas. The buried Lee today was about and you could see Nicole Wallace almost spit it out of her mouth. The underlying economic deal that's going to be here, this rapprochement will very much be based upon some sort of economic relationship between the United States and Russia and between Russia and Western Europe, will it not, sir?
Jack Posobiec
Well, Steve, we've already seen the reports in Bloomberg last week about the US Potentially allowing for Gazprom to conduct, to conduct exploration and perhaps joint deals between Gazprom and maybe Exxon, maybe some of the other US Oil, US Oil explorers out there. We also saw some of the, some of the Russian, Russian assets are now being allowed potentially to be traded again by US Bond traders and US Traders. So this is a huge piece of it that coming out as well. Look, President Trump and Secretary Benson, by the way, that's why Secretary Besent went over there to Kiev with this mineral deal. They understand that. If you, if you tamp down the economic side of this, what does it do? It cuts down inflation, which is only going to help everybody. It's going to cool all of the oil prices and that's going to in turn cool the Middle East. That's why the Middle east is inflamed right now, because the price of oil is still high. It's starting to go down a little bit, but it hasn't come up so much. That's why all of this is going on anymore. So look, the United States can't afford to be sitting there babysitting Europe, babysitting the Middle east and worried about the rise of the Chinese Communist Party all at the same time. We don't have infinite money. We're going to need partnerships in this. So that's what President Trump's strategy is. It's a win, win, win strategy that allows us to actually for once focus on the real picture here. And that has always been, as we've always said here on the War Room, the Chinese Communist Party.
Stephen K. Bannon
Jack, I want to hold you through this. I'm going to go to the White House. But your book, you wrote a book that had many of the characters that are coming out to the forefront in it. Unhumans. Where do people get the book? Because it's probably a more prescient read today than even when you publish it.
Jack Posobiec
Look, if you want to understand what's really going on right now every time you look at the news, go to unhumansbook.com youm can get the signed copy, the limited edition copy up on Amazon as well. It still does very, very well on there. The book is Un Humans by myself, co authored with Joshua Lysek and a forward by Stephen J.
Stephen K. Bannon
Back. By the way, it was number. It got to number nine or 10 on the new York Times bestseller list. What was, how high did it go?
Jack Posobiec
It was. It was New York Times bestsellers. I have to check the number off the top of my head.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay.
Jack Posobiec
But yeah.
Stephen K. Bannon
So modern.
Jack Posobiec
They tried to keep it off still, Steve. They tried to keep it off but. But the war room posse won't let that happen.
Stephen K. Bannon
They put some muscle to it. Jack Bosobic's gonna stick around. We're gonna talk about Persia and the Houthis. Natalie Winters is at the White House. We're gonna go there. Laura Loomer is gonna join us. Julie Kelly's gonna join us. Mo Bana is gonna join us. Wow, what an hour here. The five o'clock hour. The war room. Short break. Back in a moment. You don't go out and buy a life jacket when the boat is already sinking. And you don't buy gold when the economy has already collapsed. Clearly others are heeding this advice as gold hit an all time high. The first part of 2025 multiple times. It's not too late for you. The company I trust to help you diversify into physical gold is Birch Gold. The company I buy my gold from. Birch Gold specializes in helping you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA and physical gold for no money out of pocket. Just listen to this five star review. Quote knowledgeable, helpful, non pressure, end quote. That's what you get with Burch Gold and that's why I've endorsed them for so long. Get your free info kit on gold by texting the word Bannon b a n n o n to 989898. There's no obligation, just useful information with an A rating from the Better Business Bureau and countless five star reviews. Text Bannon B A N N O N to 989-898 and let the experts at Birchgold help you secure your financial future today with gold, here's your host, Stephen K. Bannock. We're going to go to Natalie Winters. Natalie, another historic day at the White House, although a little bit in lockdown, because today for the executive orders, I don't think President Trump had a press avail. Our Brian Glenn was not there and he said no press was open on the sound check. It's pretty noisy there at the White House. What's going on? Natalie?
Natalie Winters
Well, I think it's important to underscore that President Trump was actually kind enough to essentially reopen the street that is in front of the White House. So now tourists and everyone can come up, take pictures in front of the gate of the White House. Which I think when you look at the threats that President Trump is facing, it shows you just how I think caring he is right. Allowing people to actually come and see the People's House, not Joe Biden's version of it where they kept people at arm's length and very, very far away from it. But as a result, you can probably hear because it's really loud and it might very well be the largest Palestinian flag that I've ever seen, which gives you maybe just a bit of a teaser of the type of people who are out there, but they're screaming all about no more war, no, no more Intifad is it's a demonstration that's supposed to start at 7pm from what I'm hearing from a lot of sources on social media, it's supposed to be a rather large demonstration, I think in part having to do with what's going on with the Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil being deported. But also, of course, they view the United States continuing to arm Israel as one of their major gripes. And I guess they're probably just upset too about what happened today with President Trump's phone call with Russia. I also think it's important to underscore, I think from my perspective, one of the biggest and I think most consequential impacts of that statement that came out of the conversation that they had is the idea that the United States just not does not just automatically have to be at odds at war, have a confrontational position towards Russia. I think that's something, frankly, you can link it back to what happened yesterday, right. It is the reversal of America's managed decline, whether it's going to the Kennedy center, rewriting a ship, rewriting the course that people didn't think could be changed around from the cultural aspect. That same sect of very swampy, culturally elitist people are the people who've made millions of dollars off of the idea that Russia is our most foremost adversary. Not to say that they're the good guys, but they're also not people that we need to needlessly and senselessly attack, whether it's through think tanks or foreign laundered money at all these group. So I think that that was a really, really important kind of buried lead in the statement that came out today, but something that is also really, really ticking off the D.C. swamp crowd. But I guess that's what we voted for.
Stephen K. Bannon
The, you know, on all the clips we looked at today, we couldn't get one clip on mainstream media that was not seething about this phone call. I mean, the hatred from the contributors to the guests, to the host was just coming through. Was it the same for our beloved White House press corps there, ma'am?
Natalie Winters
Oh, yes. I was just actually in the briefing room. I, you know, I like to eavesdrop, listen to all the conversations. I think as I was walking out, someone just said it's really tough today. And they were commiserating and they were very, you know, they got the long faces. They're all dejected, no offense. There's a few of them standing next to me right now. I think they probably stand in solidarity with a lot of the protesters outside. So they probably aren't too upset about their shots being garbled by the audio there. But inside the briefing room, I think a lot of people are not too happy that President Trump dared to engage with, let's be frank, the country that they tried to use as a cudgel and as a weapon to smear him with for years. Right. And it's not just that they did that themselves, but a lot of these media entities, whether it was the occrp, all these USAID subsidized journalist organizations, it's all one big racket. But I guess it was finally exposed today for what it was.
Stephen K. Bannon
We're going to come back to you on the the courts had a usaid, I think, ruling today about, about everything going on there. Let me go back to Jack Posobec. Jack, there's a lot I'm going to go back to Natalie at the White House a second, but I wanted to close this with you there's a lot of consternation, particularly among the maga, right. They're kind of confused about why we got carrier battle groups in the Red Sea. Why are we keeping the Suez Canal open for the Royal Navy and the French Navy and the Italian Navy? Why are they not down there? Why are we so aggressive in this bombardment of the Houthis? Because it's pretty wild what's going on. And also in the ether right now is this whole discussion not just as the Israelis and IDF unleashed on the Muslim Brotherhood, but there's all these questions now about Persia, about airstrikes and nuclear facilities, maybe ground forces. A lot of the maga, right, are quite concerned of this situation, particularly when President Trump and Caroline Levitt and everybody saying, hey, every time we're pounding the Houthis, we're pounding Persia because they're a Persian proxy, which we know your thoughts on that. Are we getting sucked into as we're trying to get out of the war on the Eurasian landmass? Are we getting sucked into one in CENTCOM in the Middle east, sir?
Jack Posobiec
Well, look, Steve, there's a couple of elements at play here. Of course, there's the proximal cause of this being the Houthis being able to effectively close the Red Sea to European commercial shipping as well as American, any shipping that we want to have through. And again, this is about the sea lines of communication going off of all the way back to look, this is how the British Empire ran things back in the day, right? The Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, Singapore, and then going down to the Red Sea itself and all the way around the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz. This is why you need to keep the sea lines of communication open. That is a key role of the United States Navy and by the way, has been a key role of the United States Navy since the time of Teddy Roosevelt and even going back to Thomas Jefferson who instituting the commit really just commissioning the original United States Navy to go after the Barbary pirates in the 1700s.
Stephen K. Bannon
So yes, but, but, yeah, but hang on. But I understand that in a. But in America, first this the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and coming around outside the Straits of Hormuz. That's a Middle Eastern or Asian and European issue. That's not an issue for citizens of the United States. We've got a trillion dollar defense budget. I don't understand why we are down there. And you've got one British destroyer, one French frigate and one corvette from Italy. They're not doing the airstrikes. They're not putting their sailors in harm's way. And I tell you, we are eviscerating the Houthis right now. Or at least we're dropping a lot of weapons on them. Why are we doing this alone? I understand we've historically tried to keep the sea lanes open, but it's a new day. Why are we down there?
Jack Posobiec
What are the Europeans going to do after they gave all their ordinance to the Ukrainians and the Ukrainians lost all of it? And these, these ridiculous charges like the invasion of Kursk or the, the cease or the, the counteroffensive of 2023. The rest of it, Europe is spent. Europe is broke militarily. All the Warsaw Pact stockpiles are gone. The new stuff is gone. What are they.
Stephen K. Bannon
Hold it, brother, brother, hang on, hang on.
Laura Loomer
Whoa, whoa.
Stephen K. Bannon
They just, they, they talk smack. They talk all this smack. Or what they're going to do with the Ukraine, what they're going to get.
Jack Posobiec
In Ukraine to guarantee the ceasefire. Yeah, I'll buy a bridge kirch to sell you for that one.
Stephen K. Bannon
Well, ten days ago I was sitting there telling the host that, hey, all this talk is irrelevant because you guys are close to a sovereign debt crisis. You can't afford this. It can't even come close for it. Since then, Sir Kerr has said, hey, we're going to have to cut social services to support the Ukraine. And one of the financial figures in the EU said yesterday, said, look, all these nations are near a sovereign debt crisis. If they actually went with the French's plan for Ukraine, they'd all be broke. So isn't it just fantasy we're talking about? But it seems like in the non fantasy part, the non cosplay part, the real part, the United States is getting more and more engaged in another Middle east war, this one on the Arabian Peninsula, sir, soon to lead to back to Persia.
Jack Posobiec
Oh, look, Steve, this is where. And this is what I was saying earlier. This is what I was saying earlier, that's not in the interest of the United States to go to war with Iran. I was here, what, a week or two ago talking about how the magnitude of a ground war with Iran or any US War with Iran would be just absolutely catastrophic. It would be far beyond anything that we saw in Iraq or Afghanistan. It would not serve the interests of the American people. But, oh, by the way, who has influence over Iran that President Trump might be able to afford a rapprochement with? That's right, Vladimir Putin. Okay. That's why talking about the Middle east with. What do you think they're talking about where they're just shooting the breeze. No, they're talking about Iran. They're talking about the mullahs. Because what just happened with the mullahs, they just lost Assad. Okay? So they don't have the Shia Crescent anymore, connecting Iran and Iraq all the way to the Mediterranean. That's gone. And who didn't back Assad, by the way? The Russians didn't back Assad at the end. And the IRGC has publicly rebuked Russia for not backing Assad when the head choppers of HTs were coming down and taking over, by the way, the same head choppers that are still killing Christians. And even CNN ran a report on it just yesterday because it's been so insane. You heard it about here on the war room, what, 18 days ago? We're telling you about CNN's finally catching up to what War Room talks about on a Saturday morning. Just for, for a little phone over your morning Fruit loops. But when it comes down to it, that's why the rapprochement with Russia is so important right now, because he can put the pressure on the mullahs at a time when they're already isolated. They just lost Assad. Hezbollah is getting pounded. Hamas, of course, is being decimated. We've seen the bombing runs throughout Gaza. Go look at the videos on Telegram, the chart out bodies and cars everywhere. So this is a time where Iran needs Russia and Russia understands this. Putin understands this. So Trump's going to go to him and say, hey, you're going to yank the chain and put those guys back on the leash immediately so we can put this whole thing to bed. And then we'll figure out what we're going to do coming forward. That's also why, by the way, when I talked about the Gazprom US Deal, and I know the globalists are going to hate me saying this, guess what? Anything that lowers the price of oil also lowers the ability of force projection for Iran. It's just that simple. You want to cut, you want to cut the who these off at the knees, lower the price of oil.
Stephen K. Bannon
Jack Bosobic, how do they get to Human Events Daily? How they get to your always on fire social media account?
Jack Posobiec
We're up at Human Events Daily. We had a great discussion, great Lenten discussion today about the phrase Christ is king. And you can check that out wherever podcasts are found. Human Events Daily Crisis.
Stephen K. Bannon
Crisis King doesn't offend anybody. That's the old. That's from the Crusades, is it not, sir?
Jack Posobiec
It certainly is and even predates that but apparently there was some one of these, one of these left wing aligned groups and and strange you know names like Jordan Peterson associated with it saying that there was a problem with that phrase. It's very, very odd timing coming in lengthened season but you know what they say. Steve direct during Lent the Lord challenges testify.
Stephen K. Bannon
Jack Posovic, thank you for sticking around today. Fantastic, great work.
Jack Posobiec
God bless.
Stephen K. Bannon
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Natalie Winters
Sure. Well, I just want the audience to know that I was in the belly of the beast today. I had to deal with all the tech bros, all the transhumanists listening to them and their thoughts about how they're going to terraform this earth and to comport with whatever crazy ideas they have. We will discuss that tomorrow because I need an ROI on having wasted hours of my life among all those people. But to the issue of lawfare, which of course is the thing itself, which I think at this point, Steve, the question is, can someone please find me a judge who, who's not an activist, someone who doesn't actually have any conflicts of interest either through themselves, their family members, their children, their finances. And the latest example of this is a judge out in Maryland who just essentially struck down the ability to dismantle usaid, saying that it was unconstitutional. Well, it's so interesting because Theodore Chang, well his wife, if you could believe it, was a former vice president. The National Immigration Forum this far left, George Soros funded Open Borders advocacy group that is on record not just opposing President Trump in his first term, but they're currently advocating and lobbying against his mass deportation agenda. It gets worse. She was also a Biden regime appointee, an anti racist activist on a bunch of panels talking about anti Asian hate. But I'll do you one better. The judge who also names Anna de Alba out, I believe in California. Well, she's responsible. Part of a three judge panel, a tripartite panel which essentially struck down the Trump administration's ability to fire federal employees. We call them unelected bureaucrats here in the war room from six different agencies, if you can believe it. This individual is not just a self described lefty liberal from Berkeley, but she has actually been on the board of groups that are currently giving know your rights trainings, informations to information to illegal aliens on how to Avoid deportations. But even worse, she's done these training sessions in partnership with the consulates in Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua and other countries in south and Central America. She even at one point was counsel working for the Mexican consulate here in the United States trying to advocate for illegal aliens. This is someone who is extremely, extremely far left and has foreign government ties. Like I said, I just outlined it for you. But I think what it all comes back to, and I know you're about to have Laura on all of these judges are radical activists. We should frankly stop calling them judges, just like we don't call NGOs charities. They're not. They're essentially domestic terrorist organizations. They're not the mainstream media. They're the legacy media. And these judges are partisan hacks and activists with so many conflicts of interest. Just choose one and I'll show you how you could force them to recuse themselves.
Stephen K. Bannon
Natalie, right before we let you go, it's an hour and a half before the 7 o'clock demonstration and it's so loud we can barely hear you. Is this going to be an everyday occurrence? What's this group? This group is a pro Palestinian, anti Israel group today.
Natalie Winters
Well, they're almost as bad as the Tech Bros. No. Yes, it is a hardcore, militant, pro Gaza demonstration crowd. Like I said, the huge flags, the megaphones, the microphones, there's always protests going on. Typically it was more DOGE focused, DOGE oriented. On any day of the week, there's always the sign saying stop the genocide. But I would say this is the most I think, or I would say largest crowd that I've seen forming already. But like I said, it's supposed to really kick off and heat up at 7pm.
Stephen K. Bannon
Natalie, what's your social media so people can follow you until you're back on tomorrow from the White House?
Natalie Winters
Well, if I make it home walking past these protesters, you can follow me at Natalie G. Winters on all social media platforms.
Stephen K. Bannon
We got to show you the side exits to the White House. Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate you. Natalie Winters, she drew combat pay today down at the, down at the conference. Laura Loomer joins us. Laura, talk to me about these judges. What your independent research has found you've exposed. And when Natalie says, and Mike Davis say that these are really activists in black robes, are they too far off?
Laura Loomer
Ma'am, no, absolutely not. These are activist judges. And I use the term judge loosely because you cannot be a judge and be impartial and be respectful of law and order and then also be participating in activists and retaliatory behavior, abusing your position at the bench. And so that's what we've really seen happen. And just like Natalie was saying previously, Steve, that if anybody could show her a judge who wasn't an activist, it would make her really happy. Well, you know, I would love to meet a judge or find out whether there's a judge in this country that doesn't have a daughter who has a conflict of interest. So throughout. Throughout my investigations, throughout the campaign and even now investigating all these judges, it's always the daughters. They always seem to have either a wife or a daughter who is tied to some radical leftist organization that is a blatant red flag conflict of interest. And in the case of Judge Boasberg, you can see this report that I published exclusively last night on X. Judge Boasberg, of course, is the judge that made news this week when he decided to issue a restraining order against the Trump administration for their deportation flights. When press President Trump said that he was gonna be rounding up all of the illegal aliens in Train Agua and shipping them to El Salvador. And so this judge said that this was not permissible and that the Trump administration was in violation of his court order. But what he didn't disclose is the fact that he has a daughter by the name of Katherine Boasberg, who is an employee at a group called Partners for justice. It's a 501 organization, and partners for justice advocates for criminal illegal aliens. And they make videos with their founder that she publishes on their LinkedIn page, and she publishes on Twitter and her various social media pages in which they give legal advice to members of gangs, and they try to make policy and influence policy against laws that crack down on gang activity because it's racist, in their opinion, to have laws that address gang activity. And of course, we know that Train de Agua has been designated as a terrorist gang. Terrorist Venezuelan gang, foreign enemies, okay. Operating here on US Soil. And that is the reason why President Trump wants these people deported, because they're not just illegal aliens. They're criminal gangster terrorists. This is a now designated terrorist organization under the new designation of the Trump administration. And so you would. I think that it would be a conflict of interest given the fact that Judge Boasberg's daughter, Catherine, who goes by she. Her. I don't know if she's a tranny herself, but she subscribes to the tranny mentality because she has pronouns in her bio, which is further evidence of her affinity to the left. She works for this group, and she's what they call a capacity building Associates. And so what is a capacity building Associate? Well, in her position, she helps coordinate and administer grant activities, ensuring compliance and supporting the delivery of capacity building programs to strengthen nonprofit infrastructure. Well, that further just indicates what an egregious conflict of interest this is, Steve, because this organization, Partners for Justice, receives 76%, yes, 76% of its funding from government grants. And so the judge's daughter has a job within this pro illegal alien, pro gang banger organization to facilitate government grants so that they can continue their advocacy, advocacy for the best and brightest in our country. All of these great diversity imports in our country who, well, they really aren't sending their best. As President Trump has said.
Stephen K. Bannon
You think that's a big enough conflict of interest with his daughter so involved with these gangs that he should recuse himself? Ma'am?
Laura Loomer
Absolutely. I mean, that's just one conflict of interest on top of the fact that it was reported yesterday as well that his wife was apparently a founder of an abortion clinic, an abortion clinic in the D.C. area. And so she also has donated to various left wing organizations. And so you have the political bias with his wife making political contributions. The Democrats who are anti Trump. And now you have the daughter that works at a nonprofit, a 501c3 organization that has videos on its website in which they detail how it's offensive to use terms like gang enforcement. I actually posted, if you want to play the video, I posted one of these videos from the executive director of this organization. If you want to pull it up, it's at the very bottom of my Twitter, Steve. Partners for justice. And her name is Emily Galvin Almanza. She's the founder of Partners for Justice. And she not only employs Judge Boasberg's daughter Katherine, but she actually made a tweet the other day attacking Tom Homan for defying judges orders. That's what she's accusing him of doing, of course. And also made another post criticizing the Trump administration's deportation of criminal illegal gang bangers in train. And she made another post basically praising Judge Boasberg. So given the fact that she's making these inflammatory social media posts while employing judge's daughter, I would say that that is indeed a conflict of interest that the judge should have disclosed. I mean it does say here, and we'll read the clause for you, the disqualifying clause for the code of conduct for US Judges which specifies the circumstances under which a judge must disqualify themselves from a proceeding, says a judge shall disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judges impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances in which, quote, the judge or the judge's spouse. Okay, we already have that. With his wife or a person related to either within the third degree of relationship or the spouse of such person, that's the daughter. Okay. Is known by the judge to have an interest that could be substantially.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay, we just, we just dropped her. We'll have to try to reboot her here in a moment. We've got. Julie Kelly's going to join us in a moment. We're going to take a short commercial break here. We'll try to reboot Laura Loomer. There's a firestorm today in the courts. Another ruling against President Trump, this time with usaid. Julie Kelly's been monitoring all of it, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Roberts came out and was not, how do I say, particularly enthusiastic about our efforts on the impeachment side and did not like what President Trump had to say about the judge that Laura Loomer was just talking about. So we're going to get to all that. Julie Kelly has been monitoring this all day. Another huge fight in the courts. You think they got a huge fight in the Red Sea? We have almost one as intense, obviously not bloody combat, almost intense in the federal courts as they tried to remember to delay is to deny. And that's their strategy. So a lot going on today in the courts. We're going to have people in the second hour about Wisconsin. Terry Schilling is going to join us. One thing I can tell you is that, you know, we have to win in Wisconsin. We need everybody at the ramparts both on this impeachment and on the victory for the Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. Home title locked, the million dollar triple lock guarantee 24,7 coverage. If anything happens the middle of night, you hear about it. And if all else fails, a $1 million restoration project, particularly for legal home title lock.com Steve25 back in a moment. What if he had the brightest mind in the war room delivering critical financial research every month? Steve Bannon here. War room listeners know Jim Rickards. I love this guy. He's our wise man. A former CIA, Pentagon and White House advisor with an unmatched grasp of geopolitics and capital markets. Jim predicted Trump's Electoral College victory exactly 312 to 226, down to the actual number itself. Now he's issuing a dire warning about April 11, a moment that could define Trump's presidency in your financial future. His latest book, Money GPT, exposes how AI is setting the stage for financial chaos, bank runs at lightning speeds, algorithm driven crashes, and even threats to national security. Right now, War Room members get a free copy of MoneyGPT when they sign up for Strategic Intelligence. This is Jim's flagship financial newsletter, Strategic Intelligence. I read it. You should read it. Time is running out. Go to Rickards War Room.com that's all one word. Rickards War Room records with an S. Go now and claim your free book. That's Rickards war room.com do it today do we know?
Laura Loomer
So essentially what the judge is saying here is that Elon Musk's attempts to unilaterally dismantle USAID likely violated the Constitution. And essentially that obviously as it relates to Elon, but also any of his employees, those Doge employees who helped this dismantling of it. Now, what's important here is what the judge says. It's unclear what implications this will have long term, but what the judge did do is that for any current USAID.
Alexander Vindman
Employees or those on administrative leave, the.
Laura Loomer
Judge says that essentially the email, payment security notification and all other electronic systems I'm quoting from him here need to be reinstated. So again, while the judge did rebuke, of course, Musk's role within the Trump administration and his role with Doge in dismantling unilaterally usaid, it's really not clear exactly the implications of this decision and.
Alexander Vindman
The operations of USAID remain unclear at this point.
Laura Loomer
But surely a rebuke of Elon Musk and his role, which the judge believes is is unconstitutional.
Alexander Vindman
The Trump administration is not answering questions from a federal judge. In a new court filing this afternoon, Judge James E. Boasberg had asked the Trump administration for details about a flight that sent more than 200 migrants to El Salvador. He's investigating whether the White House violated his order. The DOJ's response didn't answer many of those questions, but they did agree to give more details to the judge personally in chambers. In the lead up to that response from the doj, President Trump attacked that federal judge Boasberg, calling for his impeachment and labeling him a radical left lunatic. That right there triggered the Chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, to issue a rare rebuke saying, quote, for more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appointment appropriate response to a disagreement concerning a judicial decision.
Stephen K. Bannon
Okay, we drew blood from Roberts today. It was stunning that he commented on this with the president. And of course the war room Mike Davis, Julie Kelly, other stalwarts. I want to put it on perspective. So much happened today in this. Let's start with Roberts, though, because I know you share my concern, Julie, that this is you think it's been bad to date. Did Roberts just not tell these radical neo Marxists he's got their back? Ma'am, he did.
Julie Kelly
And this is the second time since Donald Trump was inaugurated that Justice John Roberts has signaled that he will side with the recklessness and unconstitutional conduct of these lower court judges. Of course, he did that by refusing to intercede in that USAID, the other U.S. aid case in Washington where the judge ordered the reinstatement disbursement of $2 billion in funds. Of course, the Trump administration putting a temporary freeze on all foreign aid. And this lower court, Judge Ali, who barely won confirmation in the waning weeks of the Biden regime, is the one responsible for that justice. Chief Justice Roberts, along with Amy Coney Barrett, as we talked about, refused to get involved in that. So what did Justice Roberts say today? He stepped way outside of his lane in saying, as Katie Tor just said, more than two centuries that has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose. This is not a disagreement over a judicial decision. This is a constitutional crisis that has been created by the federal judiciary that they have been creating for years. And this speaks to the separation of powers and these omnipotent, unaccountable judges with feeling this sense of moral superiority that they are the rulemakers in Washington, not interlopers like Donald Trump and his officials and his voters, that they are the ones who make the rules. And this is a core constitutional crisis and issue. It is not Chief Justice John Roberts place to say whether impeachment is appropriate or not. That is a matter of course for Congress. Steve, the crisis here, the problem with impeachment over the past two centuries is that it's been used a handful of times. I think there are 14 judges who faced impeachment. I think only eight federal judges have ever been convicted. The last time that happened, I think, was 30 years ago. The problem is not warning or threatening to use impeachment. The problem is that Congress has abdicated its constitutional role in overseeing the judicial branch. So impeachment is totally appropriate, especially with judges. And Bosberg is one you and I have talked about several others, including his predecessor, the former Chief Judge Beryl Howell, for their really lawless decisions and clear politicking from the bench. And this is Just Bosberg's latest example. But John Roberts just gave these lower court judges a big green light and they are just going to accelerate their conduct now in flagrantly undermining the, as Mike Davis would say, Article 2 authority of the President and his entire domestic and now foreign policy agenda.
Stephen K. Bannon
He essentially, with all the options he had. And as early as this, as early as we are in this, he knew what he was doing and he did this on purpose to strengthen them, did he not, ma'am?
Julie Kelly
He absolutely did. I mean, this statement really doesn't make any sense. Appropriate disagreement goes to a normal appellate review process. Okay, but this is not, as I said, a normal judicial decision. But he's again saying, well, then you go to appeal it. Okay, but the judicial branch then is still. Is he really saying that the President has to abide by a single unelected judge with a record of partisanship who has a lifetime appointment totally insulated from any culpability, either impeachment wise or being tossed out of office? Is he really suggesting that somehow the appellate review process is going to give the President appropriate, appropriate relief? It's absolutely. It's absurd. It's laughable. Sometimes you have to wonder, how did these people even graduate from law school, let alone be the highest judge in the country? This is. This is stupid. I mean, there's no other word to describe it. It's just a stupid thing to say. But to your point, he knows exactly what he's doing. He's telling these judges. Go right ahead.
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Bannon's War Room: Episode 4347 Summary
Release Date: March 19, 2025
Overview
In Episode 4347 of Bannon's War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon delves into a spectrum of pressing geopolitical and domestic issues. The episode centers on President Donald Trump’s recent phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States’ military engagements in the Red Sea, pro-Palestinian protests at the White House, and significant court rulings impacting the Trump administration. Contributors Jack Posobiec, Natalie Winters, Laura Loomer, and Julie Kelly provide in-depth analysis and insider perspectives throughout the discussion.
The episode opens with a bold segment highlighting the Trump administration's intensified military actions in Yemen. An NBC News report outlines the US-led airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi militia, resulting in significant casualties.
The discussion underscores the complexity of US involvement in Yemen, particularly the coalition’s efforts to secure key shipping routes in the Red Sea against Houthi attempts to disrupt global commerce.
A pivotal segment of the episode dissects the historic phone call between President Trump and President Putin. The conversation, lasting over an hour and a half, focused on establishing a 30-day ceasefire targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine and initiating technical negotiations for a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea.
Bannon and Posobiec critique Putin’s negotiation tactics, suggesting that Russia is leveraging the ceasefire to extract significant concessions from Ukraine, thereby strengthening its geopolitical stance.
The conversation shifts to the strategic importance of the Red Sea, highlighting the deployment of US carrier battle groups and their role in maintaining open sea lines of communication crucial for global trade and military logistics.
Bannon questions the necessity of US military presence alone in the region, prompting Posobiec to argue that European allies are militarily exhausted and lack the capacity to contribute effectively.
Natalie Winters provides an on-the-ground perspective from the White House, discussing the reopening of the White House street to the public and the ensuing large-scale pro-Palestinian protests.
She highlights the protesters’ demands for the cessation of US support for Israel and links their grievances to Trump’s strategic diplomacy with Russia.
Winters also touches on internal political dynamics, critiquing the media’s alignment against Trump and the administration’s policies.
Laura Loomer and Julie Kelly delve into recent court rulings that have posed significant challenges to the Trump administration, particularly focusing on USAID and deportation policies.
Kelly expands on Chief Justice John Roberts’ rebuke of President Trump’s calls for impeachment over Judge Boasberg's decisions, labeling Roberts’ intervention as supportive of radical judiciary actions.
The discussion underscores a perceived constitutional crisis, emphasizing the separation of powers and accusing the judiciary of overreach and partisanship.
Natalie Winters returns to discuss the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, comparing the activists to other groups like tech enthusiasts, and highlighting the use of large flags and loud demonstrations aimed at opposing US foreign policy in the Middle East.
She connects the protests to broader discontent with US policies and media portrayal, advocating for a shift in how such events are managed and perceived.
Jack Posobiec highlights the Trump administration's economic moves, particularly in energy policy, advocating for partnerships with Russian energy firms to stabilize oil prices and reduce US dependency.
Posobiec argues that these strategies are essential for maintaining US geopolitical influence and countering the rise of the Chinese Communist Party.
As the episode concludes, Bannon reiterates the intensifying battles both on the geopolitical front and within the domestic judicial system. He emphasizes the need for continued vigilance and support for Trump’s initiatives to combat deep state and administrative overreach.
The episode ends with brief mentions of ongoing developments and the anticipation of further discussions in upcoming segments.
Notable Moments and Quotes:
Trump Administration’s Military Strategy: “[00:57] ‘We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.’”
Critique of Ceasefire Deal: Alexander Vindman: “[01:16] ‘...it’s a terrible deal... Trump could be getting played.’”
Judicial Conflict of Interest: Laura Loomer: “[39:34] ‘I think that that is indeed a conflict of interest that the judge should have disclosed.’”
Chief Justice’s Rebuke: Julie Kelly: “[47:33] ‘Chief Justice Roberts just gave these lower court judges a big green light…’”
Conclusion
Episode 4347 of Bannon's War Room presents a comprehensive analysis of the Trump administration’s foreign policy maneuvers, internal judicial challenges, and the socio-political climate marked by significant protests. Through expert insights and critical commentary, the episode underscores the complexities of maintaining geopolitical stability amidst domestic upheavals and judicial overreach, advocating for robust leadership and strategic alliances to navigate the multifaceted challenges facing the United States.