
Episode 4376: International Legal Attacks On MAGA And Populism Around The Globe ...
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Donald Trump
April 2nd is a liberating day for our country.
Peter Navarro
We're going to be getting back some of the wealth that very, very foolish.
Donald Trump
Presidents gave away because they had no.
Peter Navarro
Clue what they were doing.
Donald Trump
And April 2, I would have made it April 1. But you know what April 1 is April 1 day. I figured, you know, I don't like doing it, but I made it April 2nd. So it's a liberation day for our.
Peter Navarro
Country because we're going to be getting.
Donald Trump
Back a lot of the wealth that.
Peter Navarro
We so foolishly gave up to other.
Donald Trump
Countries, including friend and phone. Yes, I see a beautiful industry. I want to clarify, chickens aside, when you say a tax cut, how exactly is that going to work? If you're talking about credits for people who are buying new cars, those kinds of things, Millions of Americans are not looking to buy new cars, but they are worried about the thousands that are estimated to turn up in their everyday costs for things because the tariff cost has to be passed on by these importers somewhere. Well, all right, let's work through the, the economics of this. First of all, we're going to raise about $100 billion with the auto tariffs alone. What we're going to do is in the new tax bill that has to pass. It absolutely has to pass. We're going to provide tax benefits, tax credits to the people who buy American cars. This is a genius thing that President Trump promised on the campaign trail. So that's going to happen. In addition, the other tariffs are going to raise about $600 billion a year, about 6 trillion over a 10. And we're going to have tax cuts. It's the biggest tax cut in American history for the middle class, for the blue collar deplorables. And that is going to, if you look at this basically holistically, as they say, consumers and Americans are going to be better off, including all the jobs they get. And then you have gasoline. I don't know if you know this, Shannon, but during the Biden administration, gasoline prices were close to 40% higher, a full dollar higher. If you take a working family and you add that a dollar off, if we get our gas prices down, that's more than $1,000 in their pocket.
Larry Fink
What do you make of the larger debate that's happened even over the last week or two now in the world that you inhabit, which is the legal world of law firms, and I'm thinking of Paul Weiss and Scaddin, which are settling effectively with the administration, other law firms like Wilmer Hale and Jenner and others that have gone to court and actually won against this administration. And how you personally sort of look at all of this, because I think there's a major question. I was just looking at a letter that was written to by a lot of these professors at Harvard who seem to be, you know, out of sorts about law firms like this effectively settling over some of their programs at their firms.
Donald Trump
Look, that's a, that's a really hot.
Shannon Bream
Topic right now for firms and everybody involved around that.
Larry Fink
There's no question that some firms use.
Shannon Bream
Their prestige and their brand to actually.
Larry Fink
Become a subsidiary of the dnc and.
Donald Trump
They didn't take on representation of conservative causes and others.
Larry Fink
Fortunately, that hasn't been our experience at Latham.
Donald Trump
We did work for conservative causes.
Larry Fink
And so that's something that is a.
Shannon Bream
Hot topic that, you know, we'll see how it all shakes out.
Larry Fink
Welcome back to Squawk Box this morning, blackrock's Larry Fink releasing his annual letter to investors just moments ago. It is titled the Democratization of Investing. He begins by referencing the anxiety about the economy that many clients feel right now. His answer to that is, we've been in moments like this before. In his words, quote, somehow in the long run, we figure things out. In the letter, Fink shares his ideas on how to help get investors access to new, more restricted parts of the market and how to enable more people to invest in the first place. Specifically, he sees opportunities to expand access to invest in infrastructure. That's an area, of course, that he's leaned into this year through a series of acquisitions that BlackRock has undergone. He writes, quote, as we enter our century second quarter, there's a growing mismatch between the demand for investment and the capital available from traditional sources. So governments can't fund infrastructure through deficits. The deficits can't get much higher. Instead, they're going to turn to private investors. He also addresses BlackRock's deal to acquire Panama Ports, which faces an antitrust review by China's market regulator. And Fink predicts by 2040, the global demand for new infrastructure investment will be $68 trillion. He also makes a call about what he thinks should be the future standard investment portfolio. And this is pretty interesting because instead of 60% of stocks and 40% of bonds, Think now suggests 50% of stocks, 30% of bonds, and 20% in private asset areas that are now the focus for BlackRock's retirement. He writes the following. He says, quote, While BlackRock helps people invest for retirement all over the world, I want to focus on the US in this section because the situation is Dire Public pensions are facing huge shortfalls. BlackRock is working to make investing in private assets available in 401ks. That's the important part here. Private assets are legal in retirement accounts. They're beneficial and they're becoming increasingly transparent. I should mention, just real quick, he makes a note there that if folks had been in private investments, you would have effectively enhanced Your returns by 0.5% annually, which would have created on a cumulative basis something like a 14 or 15% increase in your overall assets at the time of retirement. So the argument is that private investments have done better over time. What sort of should be doing that.
Donald Trump
Investments is he talking about?
Larry Fink
I think he's talking about real estate, private equity, all of the things that historically folks have not been that you'd.
Donald Trump
Have to be a much higher income crusade. Nothing on the esg, climate change.
Larry Fink
You know, if you really go back and look, the last three years now has not. He has not really moved in that space. He had obviously been in that space in a very big way on those left and has turned. Turned the opposite direction. I think he would say, in large part he would say, and I know you have other views of this, I would say that he is always that the letter that he writes historically has been reflective of what the clients have been talking about and advocating for. I think it's true that years ago there were pension funds, by the way, pension funds, especially in Europe and other places that were pushing a lot of these issues and that he was, he would say, reflecting of that perspective and has now a lot of these issues he thinks are reflective of what he was. Believe me, he was a willing participant.
Donald Trump
And, and a zealot. This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not gonna stop it. It's going to happen.
Peter Navarro
And where do people like that go to share the big lie?
Donald Trump
MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul, 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. War ROOM here's your host, Stephen K. Banner. It's Monday the 31st of March in the year of our Lord 2025. We could actually start this broadcast right now and we could continue all the way through the 7 o'clock hour when we get off of our late afternoon early evening show and I could do nothing, but every block hit another major story and we still would not have all the important news of the day. That is how incredible. Not just the news cycle, the news cycle is incredible because of the actions being taken and the driver of the action. Let me think about, oh, this guy named Donald Trump, the President of these United States. So a couple of the cold open, magnificent cold open from our ever crack staff here at the War Room, my producing staff, and also the folks in, folks in Denver that we had the pleasure of doing the show from on Saturday, by the way, there were some folks we had to get to the airport, we had to get a flight. There are some folks outside the studio. We didn't have time to do a meet and greet. But if you would get to the chat room and let Mo and Grace know who you are, I'll make sure personally we touch base. Really appreciate you guys coming out of a very pleasant surprise, but we were quite late for a plane. Okay. So many important things. Number one, Larry Fink, the biggest asset manager in the world. Trillions of dollars as you know, driving. And by the way, Andrew Ross Sorkin's excuse at the end is just a more progressive New York Times gobbledygook. This guy's the driver of climate change to force climate change through the capitalist system to make sure the pension funds and the corporations bowed to him. This guy, though, he's a world conqueror. Also dei, the number one guy on climate change, dei, total surrender. Total and complete surrender. You have broken him. Also, devil is due governors like Governor DeSantis. These governors really got focused on the pension funds in their state. Know exactly what was going on. A team effort. And Larry Fink is broken. Oh, he just responds to what class. No, he doesn't. This guy's all puffed up, thinks he's a world, you know, world economic genius. You know, always on Trump's case, climate change gone, DEI gone, no longer required. Remember, he's gonna put all of his companies and even more importantly, he surrendered. Now on giving access to the masses of the inside deals that everybody else gets, we're going to pick, we're going to go all through that as we're on the eve of Liberation Day. That was Peter Navarro with the massive tax cut. President Trump's going to get the middle class and the working class with these massive job investments coming from these corporations. Liberation Day is upon us and you're going to be Shocked, shocked, shocked. When you see the executive order and you see exactly what President Trump's laying out, that's why the markets are kind of in turmoil. When I say markets and turmoil, did I ever mention gold was a hedge? Do you think I mentioned that on here gold today? 3116. That would be 3100. $116. Yes, folks, for those of you who have been with us for a bunch of years. And hey, what did I tell you? We're not here to tell you to invest in gold. What we're here to tell you and teach you at the war room is the underlying economic and capital market forces and geopolitical forces in the world that drive the search for a hedge against times of financial turbulence. Right. In a geo, economic and geopolitical reset. And that is what Donald John Trump is doing in a massive scale. That's what happens. Also Latham and Watkins, the most powerful, even more powerful than Scaddin Arps, I'm told by the engine room in these law firms because they're hooked up with Carlyle Group, the private equity swamp in Washington D.C. right there. Also kowtowing to President Trump as he's breaking the builder of nations in the breaker of rogues. Donald Trump. Let's go to Brian Glenn's at the White House. Huge day today. Plus the Atlantic magazine and it's got some snarky stuff in it, but it's got a magnificent profile of Stephen Cheung because it calls him the hammer for President Trump. Our beloved Stephen Chung and his motto is relentless aggression. We know you dig that, Brian Glenn, because you are also a believer in relentless aggression. What's happening at the White House today, bro?
Peter Navarro
Well, it's good to be here in the war room, Steve, on this Monday in the White House as you've laid out in your cold open and the words just now, your intro. It's a big day. I mean, the world markets are looking at the Oval Office and the liberation day that's coming now. There's two sets of EOs today, Steve. One at 1:00 here local time, that is closed to the press. We don't have any indication what that could be. But the one everyone's waiting for is at 5:30 here local time that is open to the press. And today we are officially the secondary pull cam in the Oval Office. So our cameras will be in there, I will be in there and ready to find out how we can change the world here. A stroke of a pen and watching the left freak out and listening to all of their Analysts talk about what's going to happen is very interesting. But going back to Steven Chung, if I could circle back around, this man has been relentless on the voice of Trump and he has been relentless on the messaging, the style that he does it, the places he goes, everything from the OTRs to, you know, getting in a trash truck and going down the Runway. Steve, it, the message is on point. And today in the Oval Office, the world is watching as finally we put America first.
Donald Trump
The first two guys I met on the 26th campaign where I took over were the great Andy Sarabian and Steven Chung. They were the heads of the rapid. In fact, just the heads. They were the entire rapid response department. Two warriors, Frick and Frack as I used to call them. And Steven Chung is the greatest. Used to be here with us at the war room many years ago. Just an amazing, amazing individual. Just a hammer. Always got Trump's back. And, and of course from the Atlantic magazine, it's got to have snark in it. But I think that the War on Posse, we've got it up right now on my Getter account. I think it's a gift so everybody can read it. I think if not, Grace will help me figure that out. Brian, hang on one second. I just got a couple more questions to ask you after a quick break. We're going to go to France. Remember, I keep saying their whole purpose of winning these elections next couple days is to take the midterm, impeach Trump, eventually steal the 2028 election and send him to prison. That's top of their agenda, folks. Well, guess what, it's the top of the agenda in Brazil with Bolsonaro. And wait for it in France today, a blockbuster decision. Marine Le Pen found guilty of this kind of trumped up fraud charge. Open question of whether she can run to be the president of France with the polling. Just like Bolsonaro. She leads in the poll, Bolsonaro leads in the poll. President Trump, all of it. The legal, global legal profession coming after the right next in the war room. 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 989-898. There's no obligation, just useful information with an A plus rating from the Better Business Bureau and countless five star reviews. Text Bannon Bannon Owen to 989898 and let the experts at Birchgold help you secure your financial future today with Gold. Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. It's war on every front, economic, political, psychological. Of course they got these huge votes tomorrow in Florida, one in six. We're going to check in with that later in the second hour. Also Wisconsin. So everything now is pitched a battle. Brian Glenn, today back at the White House. The pressure folks, you got to understand this executive order they're working on is quite detailed about what actually they're calling for in about reciprocity. And my understanding is when you look at the math, when you add in the non tariff barriers which you have to the American people are going to be shocked. Now I would have hoped that and I recommended that the White House be more aggressive in rolling this out and explain to the American people what you hear on tv and this is why we have Spencer on so much. What you hear on TV is 99% just lies, either lies, false narratives, et cetera about tariffs. And that's what Spencer is so important. But the White House I think beginning that's why I think President Trump, the 530 is going to be the executive order because I think President Trump wants to sit there and explain what Liberation Day is and what reciprocity is. I believe that is, I'm not absolutely certain. So I would assume the one he calls you in for is that one and if not, he needs to do that. We need to hear from President Trump. He did it on the plane yesterday but we need him in the Oval taking five or 10 minutes walking through the EO. I think my recommendation and then hey, take all covers, let, let the questions, let the questions flow. Brian Glenn.
Peter Navarro
Yeah.
Donald Trump
The pressure in the White House today is a pressure cooker because global markets, global markets are on fire right now, sir.
Peter Navarro
Yeah. And you know what, the timing of this executive order at 530, if indeed that's what it is, is obviously after the market. So we'll give a day for the markets to kind of have that anxiety. What's really interesting, it's been a relatively slow day along pebble beach here in front of the White House. Press wise, I have seen very little normally where we stand for the war room hits. There's a lot of journalists around here doing their standups. That has probably been pushed to later this afternoon. Now I will say this, I have noticed a lot of activity coming in out of the Roosevelt Building here, a lot of cars calling up. So as you said earlier, I would imagine the revolving door in the Oval Office to meet with President Trump and the phone has probably been pretty active today as every global leader, every CEO, any kind of market analysts have been really wanting to weigh in on this. And I noticed kind of a nationwide campaign if you will, Steve, of billboards that are slamming tariffs and they're all over the south. I notice here on bench bus bench digital billboards here in D.C. as well. They're trying to push us. Yeah, big time. And it's sponsored by Canada. On the bottom of it's a Canadian economic group there just a mass public relations role on this to basically smear what he's going to do later at.
Donald Trump
5:30 I think, I think eye opener on India and Canada, many other nations, but it's more than just Canada. You've got the entire neoliberal order. That is all. They're freaking out because they're freaking out seeing how how corporate America is responding to this about bringing jobs back. Hey, Larry Fink, he did talk about protectionism in his letter. We'll get to more about that. But his surrender on climate change, his surrender on dei, which is now brazen and now he's talking about giving investment opportunities to the masses. That's the next stage of his evolution. Brian, how do people follow you during the day? We're going to have you back on the 5pm Show. Where do we by the way, I'm making a bet right now. Here's my bet that Brian Glenn is not in the Oval office exactly at 5:30. I think there might be a slight, I'm just saying the over and under. There's gonna be a slight delay on that. I'm taking, I'm taking the over. Brian. Brian Glenn, how do people get to you?
Peter Navarro
You can follow me at Brian Glenn TV on Twitter, on Getter as well on Truth Social at Brian, I'm trying to do as much behind the scenes as I can on the days that we are the secondary poll. Steve, what a big honor that is. And we can talk about another segment, the whca, the article that just came out. And Steve, you probably push it out on your socials. I'll push it out as well. As big changes are coming here in the briefing room and perhaps we might be sitting front center sooner than later there in the, in the briefing room.
Donald Trump
One thing I've argued, one thing I've argued for years. Yeah. One thing I've argued for years from the time we first took over in 1617, President Trump, now I think he's had a belly full of it. I think he just had enough. Kaitlan Collins, enough of the lint, enough of the snark. He realizes this is not an honest media. They're enemies of the people. They're in there. You know, they ask the same cheap shot questions every day. They're not in a search for truth. That's what I keep saying. So that's the case. Put Kaitlan Collins in the back row. Let's get some people up front that have an audience. Let's get some podcasters, let's get some streaming services. Let's get some people going to ask decent questions so people can get, can get answers to and get information for their life and for their understanding of politics. Sir. Brian.
Peter Navarro
Well, Steve, what's going to be interesting is after President Trump lays out this plan, and I think he's going to do it in a very common sense way for Americans to understand about this Liberation Day. Wait for it. Someone's going to ask a question about signal. Someone's going to ask a question about Zelensky and Putin. They're going to get off topic because he can explain it in a way that he can. He can dumb it down to a fifth grade level so everyone can understand it. And if it makes sense to them. Well, let's divert, let's put you back on signal, which I refuse to even talk about anymore. I think it's a big distraction. But yeah, you're right. Today is the day. Yeah.
Donald Trump
What to talk about is the Washington Post released a briefing memo of Pete Hegse about Pete Hegs, the Pentagon. And guess what? Wait for it. Taking on the Chinese Communist Party with a three island change strategy and making the Pacific more important. Hey, gosh, I wonder where we heard that before. We'll get to that later. Brian Glenn, you're a hero. We'll see you this afternoon.
Peter Navarro
Thank you.
Donald Trump
At the White House over in the Oval.
Peter Navarro
You got it.
Donald Trump
Our Brian Glenn.
Peter Navarro
Thank you.
Donald Trump
Real America's voice. Because of the nonstop coverage we give the White House and hey, what we do is just cut the camera on, let President Trump and hear all the snarky questions. We just show it. And that's one of the reasons, not just the massive rise in our audience, but also the appreciation, I think, of other media and the White House over the type of coverage that Rob and Parker Sig are allowing us to have with Natalie and with Brian and Amanda Head, John Solomon, everybody. Now I want to go to have you heard about these judges? Have you heard about the judges right now? The war of the weekend of President Trump? Because it's the legal profession, it's the judges and the lawyers. And he's engaged in full on battle with both. We'll update that. Bolsonaro's in court, I think again today on trial. They're going to put him in prison as a show trial and they're going to try to assassinate him in prison today. A bombshell out of France at the time and think about it for a second. Bolsonaro leads in the poll. Maureen Le Pen leads in the poll. Donald Trump leads the poll. Maureen Penn found guilty on some trumped up charge. The great Jerome Revere is going to join us. I want to play a short package, then bring Jerome in. Let's roll it, folks.
Marine Le Pen
PETER Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to four years in jail and she's been banned from running for office for five years. She was found guilty of embezzlement in a trial that focused on how she used party funding.
Donald Trump
She had been tipped to lead in.
Marine Le Pen
The 2027 presidential race. The leader of France's National Rally Party, Jordan Bardella, has just said in the past few minutes that she has been unjustly condemned. The party itself has also been fined. We have some live pictures coming to us from inside the courtroom at the moment. Not much happening there. Marine Le Pen left before the sentence had been finished, read out by the judge. But watching all the proceedings for us is our Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield, who is at the courtroom. Lots of developments to bring our viewers. Hugh, let's start from the beginning. What is the latest we've heard on the sentence? Well, we now have, after a very, very tense couple of hours, we have a definitive verdict and sentence on Marine Le Pen. And that sentence is the worst she could possibly have hoped for. For in other words, a five year period of ineligibility to be carried out straight away regardless of whether or not she appeals. And this is the key point in all of this. I think everyone, even she herself expected to be convicted on the charges. But the key question was what she would be sentenced to. And there was a phrase, a legal phrase, which was at the heart of this, which is the French is execution provisoir. If those words were uttered by the, the president of the court, the judge, it would mean that this period of ineligibility would kick in straight away. She uttered those words. The period is five years. And what that means is that Marine Le Pen cannot run in the next election in 2027, barring some legal twist of which I am completely unaware, and I'm not sure anyone can think of one. She can't run in 2027. And that, of course, is. Is an earthquake. She. She is favorite to run in those elections. Favorite in the sense that she's by far the most popular single candidate in the first round of those elections. She. It would be her fourth attempt to get the presidency. And at this fourth attempt, she would have the most high chances of winning it, because the situation has been working in her, in her favor. And now at a stroke, a judge, the judicial system, has said you can't run. And that. That clearly has massive implications for her, for her party, but also for people who are worried about French democracy. It's notable that several political leaders who are her opponents have said in the last week that they hope she didn't get this automatic ineligibility, because they say she's someone who we need to fight at the ballot box, not through the judicial system. So even her arch enemy, Jean Melody on the far left, has been saying he thought this possibility of an automatic ineligibility was wrong. But there it is, it's happened. And quite suddenly, I would say almost unexpectedly, because a lot of speculation has been around the fact that the judge would be under pressure to sort of take account of politics and the ambiance in the country and so on. So unexpectedly, Marine Appendix suddenly out of the race. And she's a very angry woman. We saw her leaving the courtroom about half an hour ago. She's now at party headquarters with a very, very granite like face on. She's been joined there by Jordan Bardella, her kind of deputy, the man who will probably step in if she can't run and will now therefore probably step in as a presidential candidate. And they'll be formulating whatever response it is that they're going to formulate. She'll certainly appeal against this, but that wouldn't be good enough because the appeal probably won't happen for a year and a half or so, and there's no guarantee that the appeal would overturn this sentence.
Donald Trump
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Jerome Rivière
Yes, the most flabbergasting part of the decision is that the judges decided that the ban for her to run for election begins today before she can make an appeal. So whether she wins in appeal, whether she wins, whenever she's banned from now to be running for the next presidential election, two years. Basically, the charges against her were that as a member of the European Parliament, she hired people to work for her. And instead of these people working in Brussels or in Strasbourg at the European Parliament offices, she brought them in Paris to work at the political parties. And because she was the president of the party, as other members of the European Parliament did the same thing, she was deemed to have organized a scheme to embezzle the European Parliament. Those are phony charges. As you know, when you're a politician, an elected member of the European Parliament, you are member of the European Parliament even when you are in your home country. It makes no sense whatsoever. The actual Prime Minister Bayroux was doing the exact same thing. He went through a trial a couple of months ago and he was found not guilty of the same crime. So this is charges that are designed so that she's kicked out of the presidential race. Just yesterday in the latest poll, she was 12 points ahead of the next person running. She's far ahead. She's going to win the next president. She was about to win the next presidential election. And Macron's boys were very, very far.
Donald Trump
Hang on. So that's what hits the higher end. I need you to repeat this, folks. This is a global problem. This is exactly what Trump is facing here in the United States with these judges, these radical judges. We told you that the legal profession is kind of their last bastion, that they own and control, whether it's in Brazil, whether it's in the United States of America, whether it's in France, in Israel, they got the same thing. Bibi's trial, I think, was just called off moments ago. The deep state there. And I realize Bibi's not everybody's cup of tea, but they're trying to take him. They're trying to take him down. This is an organized, united front of these Marxist judges. Once again, she's leading in the polls by how much? And she will be the next president of France. Courts and the whole thing, every headline in the Financial Times, embezzlement. She had a couple of staffers that were assigned to her in Brussels in the European Parliament, of course, all these guys, they all take them back. They're working at their own headquarters because they're doing the European Parliament stuff when they're in their own country. It's kind of a. And for that. And you remember European Parliament was where Front Nationale really started to get some traction. That is what they're calling her for embezzlement. Right? That's the big embezzlement. That's Outlaw giving her four years in prison for that and also banning her from running again. Jerome. And how many points is she up, Jerome?
Jerome Rivière
She's 12 points ahead. She's polling at 37, when the next best one would be polling at 25. So it's the biggest lead she ever had. Right now, as you know, the France is very unstable politically. Macron has lost all his momentum. He's trying through Ukraine, backing up through every type of phony argument that France is at war. He's trying to put people together with him, but in fact, French people do not believe in him anymore. And Marine appears to be the only possible Challenger. And she's 12 points ahead. 12 points, massive lead.
Donald Trump
Unbelievable. Jerome, where do people go for your social media to keep up with this? Because this story is now starting to explode across Europe. In the United States, you can follow.
Jerome Rivière
Me on X erome J E R O M E REVERE R I V I E R E thank you, Jerome.
Donald Trump
I'll reach out to you after the show. Love you, brother. Keep fighting. One of the real warriors over in France, I talked to all these guys, the smartest guys in France. Nobody said. They said the judge is too radical. She's up in the polls. She's leading. In all likelihood, she'll be. This is like her third or fourth time running. Front national is making, you know, it's the MAGA movements making progress. They can't stop it. Four years in prison. Four years in prison. Now there's all kinds of things. She's not going to have to serve, she's going to be home confinement. But hey, they don't want her to run for president. This is exactly what they're doing to Trump, exactly what they're doing to Bolsonaro. Ben Hardwell, I want you to give me some commentary here and then hang around because I'm going to go to Mexico with Berquam. We're on the trail of the cartel wars south of the border. Harnwell, your thoughts? You're up close and personal to all this. Is this a united front of these neo Marxist judges, whether in the United States, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, Germany, wherever, to basically thwart the populist nationalist uprise across the globe?
Ben Harnwell
Sir, I noticed you used that expression earlier with the. Excellent. Ever excellent. Jerome Rivier. Good morning to Steve, by the way. I'm not sure whether it is a Marxist thing and I'm the first person in the world to detect cultural Marxism wherever I see it. I think it's more of a.
Donald Trump
Of.
Ben Harnwell
And I know you have reservations about the term deep state, but I think it's more of the deep state, the system, wherever it is in the west, trying its final holdout, if you will, if I can use that expression, something that you said repeatedly throughout the entirety of your public life, leaning on Andrew Breitbart, who lent on Gramsci, who lent on Nietzsche, is that the culture is upstream of politics. And what we've seen since, say, 2008, since the financial crisis, inverted commerce, is that over the last sort of 15, 20 years, the system, this deep state, has lost its hold over the cultural sphere and the right massively, from the Tea Party onwards through maga, dominated the cultural sphere. So then what happened is that the deep state, the system, retreated to the political sphere and it lost those fights. We started winning elections and now what you see here is this is their final battle. This is what I would call, Steve, the Custer's last stand of the deep state. This is where they are going. They're going to go down. They will lose this, but this is their final chance really, to keep their hold on power.
Peter Navarro
Why?
Ben Harnwell
Why are they there in the courts? Why is this final battle taking place in the courts? It's because they are unelected judges. When all is said and done, they are simply state bureaucrats, state civil servants. They wear robes, they may have special titles, they might sit in courts, but they are state functionaries. They're responsible. It's the state that pays their salary, their pension, their health care. The final analysis. They are always, Steve, they are always going to defend that system that pays them. And that is why when the system is under threat, they will deep dig down. And we also mentioned Romania in the list with Carlin Giorgescu, who's also been sidelined by the court by unelected judges. So this is what we're going to see. Now the question, Steve, is what are we going to do about it? And I have some theories on that.
Donald Trump
I tell you what, hang on for a second. I want you to hold that. We're going to put a pen in it. I'm going to keep you around. I want to go to Mexico. I want to go cartel wars and come back to you about potential solutions. Also Matt Palumbo, who's Dan Bongino's right hand man is going to be with us a little later about this new entity called the Populist Times and also his work taking down the Chinese Communist Party. But let's go to Mexico. We got Ben Berkwam and Oscar Blue Ramirez. Sir, first of all, I want you guys to be safe. You're down there to cover the cartel wars. And I just want to tell people the videos that Ben and these guys have are so violent we can't even show them. They literally showed us outside their hotel at the square across the street or just right down the street, a human head that had been cut off as a warning sign to officials of what are in media, of what was in store for them if they go against the cartels. Guys, where are you set the stage for us?
Oscar Blue Ramirez
Well, Steve, we are in Culiacan. This is the epicenter of the war zone of the cartels between Lo Chapitos and Los Magitos. This war hasn't been stopped in any. It hasn't stopped just past week. More than 36 murders have occurred in just one week. That means that five murders per day. The murder rate has been increasing. The insecurity right here in Culiacan is devastating. It is like a curfew. People disappear around 8 or 9 o'clock at night. They go back to their homes. You know, it's just a ghost town right here. This is the epicenter and it has been since the Donald Trump got into Office. More than 300 laboratories have been dismantled right here in the part of Kule Khan. This is the epicenter of a war zone. This is why they need to be designated as terrorists. And we came down here just to give you the reality of what's happening.
Shannon Bream
Yeah. And Steve, you're looking at that footage right there. That was last night. This is an area of town, historic area of town, that is usually bustling till midnight every over the entire weekend. And as Oscar said, it's a total ghost town. But as you referenced, where we're standing on this balcony, I can see the corner where the head was left. This was just last week. This was a message from the cartel to the people. If you get in the way of the cartel, this is what's going to happen to you. And this is the level of violence. That's why President Trump labeling these guys terrorist organizations is so critical. They are terrorist organizations.
Donald Trump
You don't know if you live here.
Shannon Bream
Or any of these cartel cities across Mexico. If you're going to walk out with your kids and you're going to see a human head or severed limbs or a body out in front of your house. That's the level of insecurity to the point where the local police in about 45 minutes are going to be protesting because they're not safe. Their own government isn't able to keep the police, the local police safe from the cartels. That's the level of insecurity down here that the cartels have created. And that's what we're up against. That's what the Democrats, Democrats invited into America, and that's what the Mexicans are now having to fight. Finally.
Donald Trump
I want to go back. I'm going to hold you through the break. I want to go back to. When you say labs, what type of labs, Oscar, are you talking about, sir?
Oscar Blue Ramirez
Fentanyl. Specifically fentanyl. They just found a massive, the biggest laboratory seizure. It was done in Sacatecas just a week ago. More than 700 million doses of methamphetamine that were found right here, not too far from Coulacan, but right here in Culiacan. They have dismantled more than 300 laboratories that is just particularly directed to fentanyl circuit.
Donald Trump
So this is the way, the way you stop the fentanyl traffic is you're going to interdict it there at the railhead of where the actual labs are.
Shannon Bream
Yeah, that's right. In fact, talking to local officials, there's clearly an American presence here. In fact, some of the operations there are American drones that are flying over for surveillance. America is directly involved. It's clear. Again, unofficially, on the ground here working with these guys. And that's what's given them the courage to actually do what they're having to do against the cartels. Before this, basically, the cartels controlled everything. Now you've got the Mexican government actually going after them. The big question, though is, and I was asking one of the local reporters here, is it going to make a difference? And his answer to me was, well, you've arrested a lot of the heads of the cartels. The problem is there's always somebody to step back up and take that position. They don't think anything is going to change here until you start arresting the politicians that control the cartels. And that goes all the way up to the President. There's a reason why she's protecting El Milo. There's speculation that she's getting direct assistance from El Milo. There's a lot behind this. But bottom line is nothing's really going to change down here until you get every level of government held accountable for what's going on.
Donald Trump
Yeah, hang on one second, guys. Short commercial break. We're gonna go back to Mexico about the cartel wars, back to Rome about the deep state taking on everybody. Next in the war room, the April 15 tax deadline is coming and it's coming fast. Do you have unfiled tax returns? Can't pay the irs. The IRS is more than aggressive and the more aggressive than ever. And the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Wage garnishments, bank levies, even property seizures are all on the table. You need to get ahead of this. You need to get ahead of it today. But going up against the IRS alone is a big time mistake. Take my advice. Call the experts at Tax Network usa. They know the system. They have an edge. A preferred direct line to the irs. They know which agents to deal with and which ones to avoid. Whether you owe $10,000 or $10,000,000, their genius strategies are designed to quickly settle your tax problems in your favor. Tax Network USA's attorneys and negotiators have already resolved over $1 billion in tax debt. Let me repeat that. They've already resolved over $1 billion in tax debt. Tax Network USA can help you, too, but you need to move. You need to move fast because April 15th is already here. Remember, if you get that letter, don't put it in the drawer. It just metastasizes. Talk with one of our strategists today. It's totally free. Stop looking over your shoulder. Stop the anxiety, stop the worry. Put it all behind you. Call Tax Network USA at 1-800-958-1000. That's 800-958-1000 or visit tnusa.com Bannon that's Tax Network USA. Go to tnusa.com Bannon here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon. You know, folks ask me, hey, how do you keep, you know, how do you do this all the time, seven days a week? Well, one, it's because of the war room posse, the energy you guys exert that we're honored to do this every day. But the morning routine has a big old pot of warpath. Coff. Also, Field of Greens, the real organic superfood. Go to fieldofgreens.com Bannon 20. You get 20% off. Start your day with this. In whatever your favorite drink is or just water, there are all types of different blends, right? I've got my green right here. Field of Greens, real organic superfood. You might have to check the taste out. They got different ways that they taste, but I gotta tell you, there's no additives. It's not that the one that's advertised all the time is not organic. This process takes a lot longer. You're going to feel terrific and you're going to get a boost of energy. How do we get rolling so early here in the war room at oh, Dark 30 to talk to Ben Harnwell and all the guys in Europe every day, people in Asia. Field of Greens, Real organic superfood. Go to fieldofgreens.com Put in Bannon 20. Get a 20% discount. Check it out today. Okay, guys, Mexico is controlled by seven families. They control the politicians. The politicians kind of. It's all a little bit of cosplay. So what do you mean, break this down? I felt like we finally, with all the focus, it looks like you're going to have some sort of kinetic activity, meaning military. Where is this all heading? Because now you're saying arrest the politicians, but the politicians are kind of interchangeable down there, Right? And they kind of do what? The cartel. They're not controlling the cartels. Don't the cartels control the politicians, guys?
Shannon Bream
Yeah, it's kind of a mixed relationship. So you have both. There's an influence from the top, as you mentioned, the seven Families, but there's also influence within cartels. Excuse me, within politics as well, just to give you an idea. So out of the murders that are done here, 1 in 10 less than 1 in 10 is actually solved when it comes to the DA. So it's not just the politicians. It's not just The President and the governors and the local municipal politicians, the DA's as well. Most of these crimes, the murders, they don't even try to prosecute. When it comes to kidnappings, 0%, approximately 0%, around 1% are Saul, the kidnapping. So there's really no punishment for what's happening now. You'll take the head off the snake. That's the big concern that people have. Yes, they're going after them. Yes, President Trump is doing more. His influence is giving them the courage to go after these guys. But the big concern is four years, eight years from now, if you don't take out the fundamentals, the foundation that built this entire thing, you're not going to change anything. That's the big concern. And as I mentioned, where do you start? Is it the politicians, is it the cartel, is it the da?
Donald Trump
It's every so, yeah. So Todd Bensman, his theory of the case is, and you know, Todd is a guy at the forefront of this. I think eventually Todd will end up actually in the Trump administration, I happen to believe, because he's so knowledgeable. He says, hey, there's a two pronged attack. One prong is what they call the company, that's the politicians, the lawyers that work with the cartels. It's the financing is how they do the money laundering. It's not just how they distribute the drugs in the United States, but as they actually turn it into dollars and get the cash back that they can use it. The other part is the kinetic part and that is the Mexican military, the federales and also US, CIA, paramilitary and eventually US military. So Oscar Blue Ramirez, where do we stand in that? Both hitting them from the company side and hitting them from the kinetic side, sir.
Oscar Blue Ramirez
Well, the problem, sir, right here is the way that Mexico is being pushed and Mexico is being handling this, you know, politically in front to the world. What they're doing is just, they are only attacking two cartels and they're living, they're letting one just survive and that is El Mayo. Because, you know, the speculation is strong over here, speculation is that El Mayo Zambada politically funded the campaigns of Amlo Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and also Clara Chimba, the current president. So the current seizures of drugs and the current attacks happen only to the seizure CGNG cartel and also to Lo Chapitos. That has been that they are, they are trying to dismantle those two organizations and ultimately, you know, let the other organization prevail. That is the actual problem. That's the problem right now, that they're trying to send the message to the Trump administration that they're actually dismantling all the cartels, but it's a complete lie. That is what they're putting out there. And Mayo Zavala still looks like he controls the countries decisions and also he controls the dirty politicians. That that is the other problem that we have in Mexico. That is the real cartel, the ones that they wear the suit and the tie.
Donald Trump
Wow. Ben Berkwam, your coverage, you and Oscar's coverage over the next couple of days. What I don't want to give out where you're going to be because we may not end up seeing you. That's how dangerous. But just give us a sense of why you and Oscar down there. Where are you going to be going this week?
Shannon Bream
Well, this is the epicenter of what's happening. So you have to go. You know, Sinaloa is where a lot of this violence that we see even on our streets of America comes from. So we're coming down here to expose that. We're going to be heading to different locations around here and then we're going to be heading north to another undisclosed location to show what's actually happening here. But to Oscar's point, this is analogous to what's happening in America. The same thing is true. If we don't take care of the activist judges, the traitorous judges in America, we're never going to get to the bottom and restore our country. The same thing is true here. We have to get to the bottom of it and hold the Polish politicians accountable, get the bankers involved as Todd Benzeman has talked about. So we're gonna be doing that. You can follow us, you can follow me on Real America's Voice. We'll be reporting all week long from there. Thanks to our sponsor, Patriot Mobile for all the work. Use promo code RAV when you do that or war room, I don't know. Urban. I forget which one we're using right now. But Patriot Mobile, either way, use it. So we'll be down here covering that, hitting different spots as we go. And my social media is at Van Berquam on every thing.
Donald Trump
Oscar Blue, where do we get you, sir?
Oscar Blue Ramirez
All around, sir. Oscar Blue. Ramirez, you know, X. All platforms, of course. Real America's Voice. New sir. And always thank you, sir for the invitation.
Donald Trump
Okay. We want you guys to be very careful down there. You're in the heart of the beast. You gotta be very careful to, you know, watch yourself. Very dangerous what you guys are doing, but need it. You're patriots and heroes thank you, guys. Yes, sir.
Shannon Bream
Thank you.
Donald Trump
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Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room – Episode 4376: International Legal Attacks On MAGA And Populism Around The Globe
Release Date: March 31, 2025
Host: WarRoom.org
Title: International Legal Attacks On MAGA And Populism Around The Globe
In Episode 4376 of Bannon’s War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon delves into the escalating global legal assaults targeting MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters and populist leaders. The episode features prominent figures such as former President Donald Trump, economist Peter Navarro, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, journalist Shannon Bream, financial analyst Ben Harnwell, and political commentator Jerome Rivière. The discussion navigates through economic policies, investment strategies, legal battles against populist leaders, and the ongoing cartel wars in Mexico.
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Episode 4376 paints a comprehensive picture of the multifaceted assaults against populist and MAGA-aligned leaders globally. The discussions reveal a coordinated effort by established legal and political systems, often influenced by unelected judges, to undermine and eliminate rising populist figures. This episode draws parallels between the legal struggles faced by Donald Trump in the U.S., Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, and Marine Le Pen in France, highlighting a global trend of systemic obstruction against nationalist movements.
Additionally, the coverage of Mexico’s cartel wars underscores the complexity of combating deeply entrenched criminal organizations supported by corrupt political entities. The episode emphasizes the necessity of robust governmental and international cooperation to dismantle such networks and restore order.
Larry Fink's insights on investment strategies provide a contrasting perspective, focusing on economic growth and democratizing access to financial markets as a means to empower the average citizen, aligning with the broader theme of economic liberation discussed by Trump.
Donald Trump [00:10]: “April 2nd is a liberation day for our country because we're going to be getting back a lot of the wealth that we so foolishly gave up to other countries.”
Larry Fink [02:51]: “Some firms use their prestige and their brand to actually become a subsidiary of the DNC and they didn't take on representation of conservative causes and others.”
Marine Le Pen [23:32]: “She has been unjustly condemned. We have some live pictures coming to us from inside the courtroom.”
Donald Trump [23:45]: “This is exactly what they’re doing to Trump, exactly what they’re doing to Bolsonaro.”
Ben Harnwell [36:34]: “This is what I would call, Steve, the Custer's last stand of the deep state. This is their final battle.”
Oscar Blue Ramirez [41:50]: “They have dismantled more than 300 laboratories directed at fentanyl circuits.”
Episode 4376 of Bannon’s War Room provides an in-depth analysis of the international legal pressures mounting against MAGA and populist leaders. Through expert discussions and firsthand reports, the episode underscores the challenges faced by these movements in maintaining their political momentum amidst systemic legal battles and external threats. The episode serves as a call to action for supporters to recognize and counteract these global efforts, emphasizing the importance of unity and strategic economic policies in safeguarding their political and economic agendas.