Episode 4557: The Decapitation Strike; The Law Of Unintended Consequences

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room – Episode 4557: The Decapitation Strike; The Law Of Unintended Consequences

Release Date: June 13, 2025
Host: Stephen K. Bannon
Description:
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1. Introduction to the Decapitation Strike

Timestamp: [00:00 - 02:44]

Stephen K. Bannon opens the episode by discussing a significant military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear and military leadership. He poses the question of whether this action represents an attempt at regime decapitation and regime change, setting the stage for an in-depth analysis.

Notable Quote:

Stephen K. Bannon [00:00]: "At the range of these operations, nuclear facilities, missile installations, and also senior leadership, does that look to you like an."

2. Analysis of Israel’s Military Action Against Iran

Timestamp: [02:44 - 07:22]

Jim Acosta and Orrin provide their perspectives on Israel’s unilateral strike against Iran. They highlight that the operation focused on decapitating Iran’s nuclear and military leadership rather than its political leadership.

Key Points:

• Historical context of Israeli and U.S. actions against Iran’s Natanz and Fordo enrichment sites.
• The strategic intent to cripple Iran’s missile and nuclear capabilities without direct U.S. involvement.
• Critique of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statement, noting the absence of explicit support for Israel.

Notable Quote:

Jim Acosta [02:44]: "Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran."

3. President Trump’s Perspective and Strategic Implications

Timestamp: [03:27 - 07:22]

Donald Trump shares his stance on the strikes, emphasizing the administration's efforts to protect American interests and the importance of Israel’s self-defense actions. He underscores the potential for more significant and brutal attacks if Iran does not come to the negotiating table.

Notable Quotes:

Donald Trump [03:27]: "I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal."
Donald Trump [03:37]: "Much worse than anything they knew, anticipated or told, that the United States makes."

4. United States’ Non-Involvement and Call for Peace

Timestamp: [07:22 - 16:27]

Orrin discusses the U.S. administration’s stance, highlighting that the U.S. communicated to its allies that it is not participating in the strikes and that its primary objective is peace. This segment emphasizes the distinction between supporting Israel’s actions and avoiding direct military involvement.

Notable Quote:

Orrin [05:20]: "The US is not involved in this operation whatsoever. And President Trump's only goal is peace."

5. Law of Unintended Consequences: Historical Reflections

Timestamp: [16:27 - 45:00]

Stephen K. Bannon draws parallels between the current strikes and past military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He warns of the "law of unintended consequences," cautioning that aggressive military actions can lead to prolonged conflicts and unforeseen repercussions.

Key Points:

• Reflection on the 2003 Iraq invasion and its long-term impacts.
• The unpredictability of military interventions in complex geopolitical landscapes.
• The necessity of strategic planning to mitigate unforeseen outcomes.

Notable Quote:

Stephen K. Bannon [07:22]: "The law of unintended consequences. Did you see enough of that in Iraq. Did you see enough of that in Afghanistan?"

6. Domestic Concerns: Illegal Immigration and Marxist Influence

Timestamp: [45:00 - 54:18]

The discussion shifts to domestic issues, focusing on the alleged infiltration of Marxist ideologies within the United States. Bannon and guest Jim Acosta critique the influence of illegal immigration and progressive movements, asserting that these factors contribute to internal instability and societal discord.

Key Points:

• Assertion that Marxist groups are leveraging illegal immigration to destabilize communities.
• Claims of Chinese influence and progressive organizations funding protests and riots.
• Emphasis on the need for stringent immigration policies to protect American workers and societal structures.

Notable Quote:

Jim Acosta [19:53]: "It's not about Hispanics, it's not about illegals, it's about Marxism."

7. Economic Warfare and the BRICS Summit

Timestamp: [54:18 - 47:09]

Stephen K. Bannon warns of impending economic threats posed by the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) aiming to displace the U.S. dollar as the global currency. The upcoming BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro is highlighted as a pivotal moment that could diminish the dollar’s dominance, affecting American savings and economic stability.

Key Points:

• Explanation of the "Rio Reset" and its objectives.
• Potential decline in the value of the U.S. dollar due to shifting global economic alliances.
• Recommendations for diversifying investments into gold and precious metals as a hedge against economic instability.

Notable Quote:

Stephen K. Bannon [40:10]: "As BRICS nations push forward with their plans, global demand for US Dollars will decrease, bringing down the value of the dollar and your savings."

8. Military Insights and Future Implications

Timestamp: [35:26 - 52:39]

Donald Trump elaborates on the strategic success of the Israeli strikes against Iran, focusing on the decapitation of Iran’s command and control structures. He draws comparisons to Ukraine's strategic strikes against Russia and underscores the long-term planning and intelligence involved in such operations.

Notable Quote:

Donald Trump [37:13]: "This was clearly something that would take months and months to prepare for and ensure the planning of which took place over the course of probably multiple years."

9. Conclusion: The Path Forward and Final Warnings

Timestamp: [52:39 - End]

In wrapping up the episode, Stephen K. Bannon reiterates the importance of prioritizing American interests, both globally and domestically. He cautions against drawing the U.S. into broader conflicts on the Eurasian landmass and emphasizes the need to focus on internal threats, such as illegal immigration and economic warfare.

Final Thoughts:

• The necessity of an America-first strategy in both foreign and domestic policies.
• Continued vigilance against external and internal threats to national security and economic stability.
• Encouragement to listeners to stay informed and proactive in safeguarding American interests.

Notable Quote:

Stephen K. Bannon [52:39]: "The war here is the war that we must win and we will win by the way."

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Key Takeaways:

• Strategic Military Actions: The episode delves into Israel’s targeted strikes against Iran’s military leadership, emphasizing the aim to prevent retaliation by decapitating command structures.
• US Stance on Foreign Conflicts: The U.S. maintains a position of non-involvement in direct military actions, prioritizing peace while supporting allies.
• Unintended Consequences: Historical reflections on past interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan serve as warnings against aggressive military strategies.
• Domestic Threats: Allegations of Marxist infiltration and the destabilizing impact of illegal immigration on American society are discussed as pressing internal issues.
• Economic Vigilance: The potential threat posed by BRICS nations to the U.S. dollar underscores the need for economic preparedness and diversification.
• Call to Action: The host urges listeners to remain vigilant, prioritize American interests, and take proactive measures to protect national security and economic well-being.

This episode of "Bannon’s War Room" provides a comprehensive analysis of recent geopolitical developments, the interplay between foreign and domestic policies, and the overarching theme of unintended consequences stemming from strategic decisions. The discussions offer a perspective that emphasizes American primacy, cautious foreign engagement, and robust defense of national interests.

Transcript

[Stephen K. Bannon]

At the range of these operations, nuclear facilities, missile installations, and also senior leadership, does that look to you like an.

[Jim Acosta]

Attempt at regime decapitation, regime change?

[Orrin]

It certainly looks right now, Jim, like it is an effort to decapitate the nuclear and the military leadership. We haven't seen them go after the political leadership, at least as far as we know. And I'm not sure whether they have the specificity of targeting to be able to do that. But two other things jump out at me at this. You know, for years, Jim, you and I have covered events where the Israelis and sometimes the United States have taken some pretty deep pokes at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site, which is, of course, the heart and soul of the Iranian program. They never, however, actually went to try to bomb it. And it is somewhat hardened and underground, not deep underground, but underground. And we don't know right now whether they achieve their main target here, which was to try to destroy, as Orrin suggested before, the heart of the nuclear program. We don't know if they've made any attempt to go after the other major facility for the nuclear program, the Fordo enrichment site, which is deep underneath a mountain, about a half mile under that mountain and probably beyond Israel's reach. And we don't know about whether they have gone after all the rest of the nuclear infrastructure and missile infrastructure. If they did, then it might be harder for Iran to respond the way the Iranians feel like they should, because their own missile program has been crippled to some degree. To me, by the way, one of the most striking things tonight was the fact that Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor Marco Rubio has issued a statement just a few minutes ago. There is one thing that is not written in this statement. He did not say that the US Supports Israel. I think this is something that I cannot remember when a Secretary of State to the United States during wartime between Israel and an adversary, and it's like arch enemy, like Iran, and Secretary of State of the United States puts out the statement and does not say that the U.S. supports Israel. And I think it says a lot about what the Trump administration thinks about this movement.

[Jim Acosta]

I just want to read that, reread that statement to everyone, just so they know fully what you're talking about. It is from Secretary Rubio. And obviously there is a real question of how President Trump is going to respond to this, because he clearly did not want this to happen. He said it publicly. Rubio said, quote, tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran. Our Top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for self defense. President Trump and the administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear. Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel. I mean, you're completely accurate when you say there is no statement there saying the United States stands behind what Israel has done here.

[Donald Trump]

I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

I told them in the strongest of.

[Donald Trump]

Words to just do it. But no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn't get it done.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

I told them that it would be.

[Donald Trump]

Much worse than anything they knew, anticipated or told, that the United States makes.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The best military equipment in the world.

[Donald Trump]

And Israel has a lot of it. Certain Iranian hardliners, he goes on to say, spoke bravely, but they didn't know what was about to happen. They're all dead now and it will only get worse.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

And he goes on to say that.

[Donald Trump]

Even after this attack, that bigger attacks are coming, more brutal, in his words, more brutal attacks, presumably from Israel, are coming and that Iran should make a deal before they happen.

[Orrin]

Yes, and I think again, I don't know why this was not mentioned, but I can guess that the reason is that the United States did not want this to happen. And I'll tell you another thing, Caitlin. Ahead of the Israeli strike, the US Government notified several of its allies in the region that an Israeli strike is going to happen ahead of the strike. And in that notification it said, we are not going to take part in this operation whatsoever. And President Trump's only goal is peace. I think this tells you a lot because we saw the public statement by the Trump administration and I now told you about the private messages that the Trump administration gave. And I don't think we can read it any other way, but see it as quite a statement by the Trump administration that it does not support this Israeli move.

[Jim Acosta]

And just say it again, what was it exactly that they had communicated to allies about the strike beyond saying that they want peace?

[Orrin]

Something like, I think between 30 minutes to an hour before the Israeli jets started launching their missiles, the US Government notified several of its allies in the region and around the world and told them that Israel is going to conduct a strike in Iran today and that the US Is not involved in this strike whatsoever, and that the only thing that President Trump wants is peace. Those were the three messages that have been conveyed in private to several US Allies earlier today.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The weapons that are being used today have a degree of precision that no one ever dreamt of in a prior conflict. The bombing, designed to shock and awe Iraq's military, centered on Baghdad, but also struck key targets in Mobile, Kosul and Kirkuk in the north and Basra in the south. We successfully accomplished our mission. We did everything that we set out to do. Everybody's back safe and sound. All targets are designed to undermine the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and to convince his generals to turn on.

[Donald Trump]

Him or at least surrender.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Such as, for instance, this presidential palace compound which is located in downtown Baghdad. The concussions jolted Iraqi officials giving a military briefing. While some Iraqi regular troops are giving up, others are fighting. Two U.S. marines have been killed in action and there are no signs yet Saddam Hussein's generals are defecting. Apparently what we have done thus far has not been sufficiently persuasive that they would have done that. The US has taken some ground in the south, including Umm Qasar, a key southern port, along with two airfields in western Iraq.

[Donald Trump]

The southern oil fields have just about.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Been secured and the US ground forces.

[Donald Trump]

Have moved more than 100 miles into Iraq from Kuwait.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

But the war is far from won. Clearly we're moving towards our objectives, but we must not get too comfortable. We're basically on our plan and moving towards Baghdad, but there are still many unknowns out there. It's. This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. Reasons I got a 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.

[Jim Acosta]

And where do people like that go.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

To share the big lie?

[Jim Acosta]

MAGA Media.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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.

[Donald Trump]

War Room here's your host, Stephen K. Ban.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

It's Friday the 13th of June in the year of our Lord 2025. Yes, we did finish that with the shock and awe in the. In the war in Iraq. Remember always and everywhere the law of unintended consequences. And I want people to go back to the evening of the 19th of March of 2003. All the Bush folks high fiving, you know, all the, all the warmongers that dragged us into that high fiving. Oh, this was over look at that. And then the march up country later when the Iraqi army collapsed and we got to Baghdad, what in 30 days, this beginning, I think was the 19th of March 2003. The law of unintended consequences. The one thing we have been adamant about is to figure out how to put down the guns and how to put down the weapons in the early stages of the kinetic part of the Third World War. We are in World War Three. I've told you this on the show now for years. In the casualties, Russians said yes, so they got over a million casualties in Ukraine and 628,000, 630,000 of those come in the last six months. Last night, that was not just going after the nuclear weapons program of the Persians. That was a decapitation strike. And it appears to have been very successful, at least somewhat successful. Just like he can't take away from the valor and the courage of the Ukrainians in what they did against the Russians. I said from day one, from the start of the Ukraine war, the courage and valor of the Ukrainians I don't think could be questioned. You've seen what they've given on the battlefield, not their leaders, but what happened on the battlefield. The same should be said of the Israelis. What the Israelis have done militarily over the last, really since the sneak attack brought by the Muslim Brotherhood in Hamas on October 7, what they've done in taking out Hezbollah, what they've done in basically helping to break what was going on in Syria, what they've done against the Muslim Brotherhood and what they did last night, that was on a military basis and quite frankly a paramilitary intelligence, because it turns out that Mossad was all inside of Persia. He either bought people off a lot of the air defense assets, those that had not been destroyed back a couple of months ago when they did these air raids and supposedly according to the reporting is when Netanyahu decided that he had to go in and take out the entire thing. It's also not the point. I don't, we don't oppose Israel being Israel first. We get it. They should be Israel first. But we have to be America first. We have to do it right now. This, this Third World War is all encompassing, just like the First World War and just like the Second World War. And it's playing out in the streets of the United States of America in our ex and our threat. By the way, who's a partner with the, the Persians, The Chinese Communist Party. The reason we've advocated economic warfare, to take down the, the mullahs and to Break them and also to break the Chinese. The Chinese have got their black hand in back of the cartels. The million we've lost in fentanyl, the chemical warfare attack, the biological warfare attack of the pandemic and what's happening in the streets of the United States of America today. And President Trump reinforce what we said, what we've been saying with the true social. I'll get to that after the break. All 20. He's saying 20 million. I say, hey, 10 was Biden. But you want to go 20 and go back into before Biden, I'm good with that too. He said 20 million illegal aliens have to leave. There was some discrepancy or some confusion yesterday, just like there's a little bit of confusion this morning. The bottom line is we cannot be dragged into, inexorably dragged into a war on the Eurasian landmass in the Middle east or in Eastern Europe, that part of the Eurasia, either Ukraine or down through the Middle east and particularly into Persia. And I say this as a young guy that back in 1979 was on a destroyer off the coast. The place is like the surface of the moon is as foreign to us as any place on Earth. And yes, last night was not to take down their nuclear program. It was to do that, but it was far deeper. That was a decapitation strike against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. And hey, you guys did it. You're putting your countries first in your country's defense first, that's fine. But we got to put our defense first. And what cannot happen is and actually drawn into another land war. Just go back, remember. And everything you're going to see on Fox News today and all the high fiving go back to Fox News coverage of shock and awe on the 19th of March 2003. What was that 22 years ago? 22 years ago. You're old enough to remember that, particularly the boomers, all of you boomers skipping around right now, what happened in Iraq, we were lied to. What happened in Iraq? The law of unintended consequences. Short break back in the war room on a war Friday this July, there is a global summit of BRICS nations in Rio de Janeiro. The block of emerging superpowers including China, Russia, India, India and Persia are meeting with the goal of displacing the United States dollar as the global currency. They're calling this the Rio reset. As BRICS nations push forward with their plans, global demand for US Dollars will decrease, bringing down the value of the dollar and your savings. While this transition won't not happen overnight. But trust me, it's going to start in Rio. 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[Donald Trump]

Your host, Stephen K. Ban.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

I'm gonna come back to this. Basilic is going to join us. I got Dave Bratt. So we're packed this morning on, on War Friday here in, in the war room. I would like the audience to contemplate the following and I would like, you know, as we've been a big defender of Israel in the state of Israel as we are, but I would like our colleagues and friends in Israel to maybe address and think about today our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ in Matthew 26:52, when Peter comes to defend Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane against, I think it was the Sanhedrin. He had not been turned over to the Romans yet. This was the Sanhedrin forces. They're constables or police. And Peter cuts the ear off. What did Christ say? Live by the sword, die by the sword. Contemplate that today when I talk about the law of unintended consequences. The war that matters, the one that we have to win, that we must win here in this country right now. And it's a war. We've had an invasion by 10 million illegal alien invaders. President Trump put us 20 million. Hey, yo, I'm good. Let's roll. And what he's doing in the streets of this country is magnificent. Mike Benz. And there's nobody we think higher of than Mike Benz around here. Mike Benz last night put out a tweet and said the young woman that we're having coming on right now, a congressman, a fire breather is the tip of the tip of the spear in this fight. Congressman apl. Anna Paulina Luna. Ma' am. What are you, you're putting forth some legislation. I mean, you're cutting edge on this and you're not going to back down. What are you, what are you pushing here to make sure that we got really get to the bottom of what's happening in trying to destroy this country from within.

[Jim Acosta]

Ma' am, this is such a long debate. Stephen. I know you've been on it for a while, but actually just yesterday I sent a letter from my office to President Trump asking him by executive order to freeze all funding, over $72 million in federal funding that had actually been given to an organization that's actually helping to organize the no Kings protests. But it's actually a lot more nefarious than most people realize. Steve, I know the war room has been tracking Chinese influence for a while here in politics here in the United States, but there's also the Chinese Progressive association that's actually involved in organizing this. They are self organization proclaimed Maoists. They brag about it on their website. And then this is also correlating and tying to what's happening right now with the PSL backing. These L A Riots also goes to a billionaire by the name of Neville Singham who actually today House Oversight is going to be sending a letter to Mr. Singham to provide documentation and to testify before Congress. And I can make the promise to you that if he does not appear before Congress that he will be indeed held in contempt of Congress if he ignores his subpoenas and he'll face jail time. So this is a different Department of Justice. We no longer have Merrick Garland. And what I can tell you is President Trump has already authorized the DOJ and the FBI to look into what's happening with these protests. But look, this is not actually about illegal immigrants. These Marxists are using illegal immigrants because remember, Hispanic Americans, specifically of Mexican descent, are the largest voting minority in the country. They're doing the same thing that they did during the Summer of Love with blm. They're just inserting a Mexican flag. And you know, it's gotten so bad and so obvious at this point with the funding trail, Steve, that my office jokes that it's the TEMU riots.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The Are your other colleagues as up to speed as you are in getting to the bottom of this?

[Jim Acosta]

Ma' am, I can tell you that since we actually were able to get this information out there that was actually initially located by a woman by the name of Data Republican. Her name is Jenica on X. And actually a lot of people have started to talk about this stuff just in the House and the Senate, but I do not know why up until now I think that during blm, this should have been what Congress was doing. I was not here during that time. But what I can tell you is it's no longer here nor there. I'm just glad that everyone's on the same page to fight this. I'm also seeing, though, that across social media, not just from your platform, but also from people like Glenn Beck, obviously, all these independent journalists that are actually starting to cover this now, they are these progressive movements that are ushering in Marxism. They're not having an easy time. Especially because, look, Steve, you have gang members in East L A and Crip members that are saying, hey, look, don't riot in our communities. We're not buying it. So they're starting to wake up on that. But that's because of social media and independent journalism. And now you're seeing it actually go mainstream to where people are saying, hey, there's this billionaire Neville Singham, that's actually funding these. And so, Steve, I actually confronted Tim Walls about this yesterday in House Oversight, and as you saw, there were many Democrats who got very uncomfortable and actually started to debate with me about him coming in. They tried to say that I was basically presenting faulty evidence they tried to label as conspiracy theories. But look, I got receipts and we're going to be bringing those receipts.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Ma' am. Do you, the Hispanic citizens of this country, do you think they fully understand that this fight is for them and to make sure that millions and millions of illegal aliens of every nation on earth are not here to drive down their wages and make their schools worse, the health care worse, all of it.

[Jim Acosta]

Look, Hispanic Americans, specifically Hispanic and males that were Mexican largely voted for President Trump. Actually, when the Kamala Harris campaign was looking at their battle damage assessment after they lost in a stunning blow, which they never anticipated, losing the national popular vote as well, they actually looked at those margins and the Democrats were like, how did we manage to just completely destroy and lose the Hispanic vote? And what I will tell you is Hispanic Americans support President Trump, but that's exactly why they are trying to say that, you know, there's two big lies here that we're trying to just kill shot. First and foremost, not all legals are just Mexicans. Okay? That's the first line that they're pushing. And not all Hispanics are just Mexican either. And it's interesting that they are specifically handing out Mexican flags. I know someone actually had dinner with Mayor Adams two days ago, and Mayor Adams was reporting that they, the New York Police Department actually at their riots arrested over 88 Antifa members that were not even from New York that were driving and busing in to cause chaos with some of these peaceful protests where people were actually being duped into thinking that this was about, you know, illegals when in actuality we know that it's not. And then also too, what they're finding is they are actually passing out those Mexican flags. So this is absolutely an intentional race baited war. And what I'm telling people is wake up. It's not about Hispanics, it's not about illegals, it's about Marxism.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The war at home. Apl where do people get you on social media? Ma' Am, you're on fire. Where do people go at Rep. Luna.

[Jim Acosta]

And also to don't forget to share our information because it's important that we use our platforms to educate people.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Force multiplier. Congressman, thank you so much. And thank you so much for being, as Mike Ben said, the tip of the tip of the spear. Thank you. Thank you. Dave, Brad, Jack Basilica going to join me in a moment on the decapitation strike against the Persians last night. I want to get to Mike Lindell. All this goes back. The railhead of all of this is the stolen election in 2020. Mike Lindell, your case goes to the jury today. Are you going to lose my pillow or are you going to be with us on Monday and given promo codes, sir?

[Mike Lindell]

Well, everybody, this is the tip of the tip of the spear. Like Steve said, this is the genesis of everything going on now. The 2020 stolen election. Remember that's a blessing everybody. The 2020 election because that opened the doors and opened people's eyes these last four years. But it all come down to today. Jury goes to. That goes to the jury today. And I need all your prayers for what I've done. I want to give the war room posse we the flags. I told you we were going to run out of those. Free My Pillow 2.0. We're going to run the Giza dream sheets today. My pillow's not going anywhere. I really believe with your support we're going to get through this. We're going to get a win, win, win for. For my pillow. For. For yourselves and for. For the country. 49.98. Any size, any color, as many as you want.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Promo code. War room.

[Mike Lindell]

But here's what we're gonna do. We ran out of those other ones. That's perfect timing. We're bringing in with God all things are possible. I have a limited amount of these. I put them aside for the war room posse. So With God, all things are possible. You get it absolutely free with any purchase, no matter how much of my pillow 2.0 and the what God, all things are possible. We need prayers, everybody. We need to get through this. Go to mypillow.com and scroll down. Click on See, there's the free pillow, there's the micro as you guys and I want to tell everybody too. Today you can be the first ones to find out. Go to mypillowtrial.com and as soon as those results are in, we're going to post [e-mail] but call 800-873-1062. Tell, tell my operators those are USA people answering the phone. Real, real moms and dads. And to use that promo code, Steve, this is it. And I really believe God's got this and we've done it. I think we've done all we can and now it's going to be in the jury, in God's hands.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Mike Lindell, mypilla.com promo code worm. Go to there today to support my pillow. All the folks that work there work the phones and also Mike Lindell. Mike will talk to you in the afternoon show, sir. Go with God.

[Mike Lindell]

All right.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Godspeed.

[Mike Lindell]

All right. Thanks, Steve.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Thank you, brother. I got Jack Basova, I got Dave, Brett. Dave, I normally turn to you to run my biblical because I'm not particularly churchy, as you know, right. In my our evangelical brothers. I can say this as a Catholic, know the Bible like a thousand times better, right? But I selected that quote overnight when I saw what was happening and understand Israel puts Israel first, as they should. I have no problem with that. But America's got to put America first. And one thing I don't like seeing is all this cheerleading going on right now because when you're in the Middle east and dealing with ancient civilizations that are over there, unexpected things happen. We know that from 20 years of war in Afghanistan, in Iraq, where we lost 8 or 10,000, I think, combat troops killed in action, another 40 or 50,000 casualties, PTSD all over the place. That doesn't count, by the way, the contractors, the contractors that have been killed because we got everybody off the balance sheet, right off the income statement, made them contractors, the tage gills of the world who did, I don't know, six tours as a SEAL and came back and did another 10 or 12 as a contractor doing the exact same work. Live by the sword, die by the sword. And people should understand that today we have a war right here in this country. We have a chemical warfare attack like the second Opium warts killed a million Americans. Okay. And decimated every. You go into West Virginia, you go into parts of Ohio, you go into parts of Kentucky, you go into parts of Missouri, you go into parts of these states. Hardworking people, good people you see decimated by chemical warfare attack by the Chinese Communist Party through the cartels. What I'd like to see is a decapitation strike on the cartels. Let's start there. The President Trump is doing in the streets of America is heroic and he's standing firm. And guess what? Last night a federal judge backed him up. I told you going to have a little turbulence, didn't I? Want to find out more about gold. Well, you better find out more about gold. Particularly as the as the BRICS nation, the global south convenes in Rio on the 6th of July to try to get off the dollar. Birchgold.com promo code Bannon the end of the dollar empire. Look at gold today. But remember, always, never. It ain't the price, it's the process. Learn the process. Short break. You've heard me talk about Patriot Mobile for a while now. You probably know that for years they've stood in the gap for every American who believes in faith, family and freedom. So here's the question. Have you switched to Patriot Mobile yet? You'll get exceptional nationwide coverage because unlike most cell phone service providers, Patriot Mobile utilizes all three major US Network switch today without sacrificing quality or service. They even add two numbers on two networks on one phone. Let me repeat, they can even add two numbers on two networks on one phone. It's like you're carrying two phones in one. They have unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots, international roaming, Internet on the go devices and Internet backup. Switching is easy. Keep your number, keep your phone or upgrade. Their 100% US based team can activate you in minutes. Best of all, switching to Patriot Mobile supports your values. If you believe in our first amendment and second amendment rights, the sanctity of life, supporting our veterans and first responders, this is where you belong right now. Go to patriotmobile.com bannon or call 972 Patriot. Get a free month of service with promo code Bannon. So if you call in, tell them Bannon also switch today. That's patriotmobile.com Bannon or call 972 Patriot.

[Donald Trump]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

President Trump told the Iranians, told the Persians that hey, get a deal done. I'm giving you time. 60 days to hit the 61st day. Now, the involvement. We'll get into all that a little bit later, maybe this afternoon. But President Trump gave them Runway. He tried fafo. This is what these, this is what these Marxists will find out now in the streets of the United States. The reason they're screaming at the top of their voices here, they're losing. We have to press the bet here. And President Trump came out, had her back yesterday, remember, with all the confusion about, hey, you know, some agriculture guys, ba boom, boom, boom. He came out and put out that true social. 20 million illegal aliens and they all got to go. That's the mantra. Stand firm in that. Double and triple the ice rates. POSO is with me. I'm going to get into the details of this, of this strike last night, this decapitation strike is only POSO can give you, given his intelligence background. Dave Bratt, my quote on the New Testament, you're my mentor on this. You're at the finest, I guess, evangelical school in the country at liberty. Your thoughts on my use of that. Use of that term in just making sure. And I want Everybody just remember the 19th of March of 2003 and what the Bush guys are running around doing. And look at the tragedy that ended in. Right now, we got a handful of people in Iraq around these bases in the embassy and they're pulling some out because I think the Persians could strike that. Are we better off 22 years later of what happened in Iraq, Dave?

[Dave Brat]

Brett, no, you're spot on here. We love Israel. Obviously, those who bless Israel will be blessed. That's Genesis. It's all true. But what does it mean to love and what does it mean to bless them? They're not in charge of our 20 million border invasion. They're not in charge of the world's China policy. They're not in charge of the Russia bombing last week with MI6, Germany, maybe our CIA involved there. Just imagine now the predicament we're in with the resources, right? Just picture President Trump and the world changed today. Now he's dealing all the resources of the federal government are not looking at China, Russia, Ukraine. They're looking at the State Department has shifted. CIA has shifted their strategy. Hegseth and the military, the Pentagon. Can you imagine? It affects commerce, it affects the trade deals, it affects folks.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

We have tried to pivot out. Obama tried to do it and failed. We in the first term tried to the thing of pivot, get out of Centcom, pivot out of the Middle east, pivot out of there and take on the challenge that's destroying us. The challenge that sent a million Americans dead here through Fentanyl. The challenge that has partnered with the chat with the cartels. The challenge that's in every university, that's up here on Capitol Hill, that's in every financial institute. The black hand of the Chinese Communist Party. A dictatorship that's killed almost a billion Chinese. A dictatorship that is every bad. As bad as Hitler at the height of what he did in the Third Reich. Okay? They've killed, they've made. They made Hitler look like a piker. That is the existential threat against this country. And every day they plot against us. And it's so obvious what's happening here. You need to stay focused. We must this. And why is it that with two administrations as progressive as Obama is and as America first, as President Trump is, it's so hard to pivot out of the Middle east and to make sure centcom's another command like southcom. Right. Or northcom. Not the focus of the Indo Pacific and not as fo. And not as focused as really southcom should be in stopping this invasion.

[Dave Brat]

Yeah.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Of this entire war. This entire war. Hang on, Jack. This entire war, we've had 10 million people invade this country. Not by chance. They invaded this country. And now we got to repel the invader. Jack Bosovic. Yep.

[Dave Brat]

Hey, Steve, it was me, Dave.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Oh, Dave, go ahead. Sorry. I'm gonna bring. You gotta. You gotta wrestle for the mic here.

[Dave Brat]

I just wanted to throw in also. It's hard to pivot out of the Middle east when the same cast of characters keeps messing things up. We kicked out Mosaddegh back in 53 with MI6 and CIA. Sound familiar? Like a week ago or something like that. And 30 years later, who do we get? Ayatollah Khomeini and an Islamist revolution that's spreading dissent all over the globe. And today we have Khamenei. And so Jack can take it from there, but the same cast of characters. There is no America first strategy. That's long run sought out. Trump was doing it right. Going up the escalatory ladder, going through. Let's all get rich together. That was the proper course. Now we're in a mess.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Dave, hang on. You'll be with us for. For the rest of the show. All the way to the noon hour. Jack Posoba, give me. Technically, there's one thing about taking down the. As they said they thought it was emergency with 12 or 15 nuclear weapons could be built with what they're doing. They're Processing. But correct me if I'm wrong, putting your intelligence hat on. This was a decapitation strike against the military in the military infrastructure of the Persians, was it not, sir?

[Donald Trump]

Well, Steve, what we're looking at here with this successful opening salvo, and it's been described as an opening salvo by the Israelis against Iran's military. This was far more than just the nuclear facilities. This was also on Iran's command and control structure, particularly focused on their military leadership as well as the leadership of the nuclear program itself. So in order to break an enemy's ability to, to respond or retaliate, one of the lessons that you learn from fourth generational warfare, or is, is the idea of degrading your enemy's ability to wage war. Well, the chain of command cannot order a retaliation if you have taken out the chain of command. And that's what Israel appears. And again, we're still sort of in the fog of war of all this, but it appears that that's what Israel has done. Not only going after the leaders of the military, the leaders of the nuclear, nuclear program, the leaders of the irgc, that's the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, that is subordinated to the Ayatollah himself. Iran has two militaries. There's the standing army and then the irgc, as well as the Quds Force, which is their external arm. And so, and thus far, all of these potential retaliatory drone strikes. And I understand that within the last hour or so there was another attempt to launch drones from an Iran proxy group in Northern Iran rack against Israel. All of these have largely been shot down. At the same time. Iran did not have the ability to deflect any of this incoming from the ground because their air defenses were taken out either by the strikes last year that Israel conducted in April, October, and then also by these Mossad sleeper cells that had been that it infiltrated and penetrated deep into the heart of Iran, deep into right next to where these were.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Take a second.

[Donald Trump]

The drone. The drone.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Take a second. Take a second. On the Mossad infiltration into their command and control. Infiltration, infiltration into their nuclear program. And we saw guys running away from the air defense batteries. Are they in the payroll of the Israelis? I mean, the Israelis really infiltrate into the senior command and middle level command of the igrc.

[Donald Trump]

Well, Steve, I would say at this point it seems that it's all of the above and a lot of this is still shaking up. But yes, there were reports of, number one, air defense is being destroyed by, and these drones are not long range drones.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Right.

[Donald Trump]

That's what people need to understand. So there's, there's multiple types of drones that are being talked about here and sometimes we use the shorthand when we're just saying drones or one way attack systems or first person drones, FPVs, you'll hear this type of terminology. But the drones that were used by and large in these attacks last night are short range drones, many of which Israeli media is reporting were constructed or at least assembled at some point smuggled into Iran and then assembled within the borders, the confines of Iran itself. And so I'm sure that we'll learn more about how this operation took place. But very similar to what we saw Ukraine conduct in terms of their strategic strikes deep within Russia just about one week ago with Operation Spiderweb. And so I remember coming on War Room when that happened and said, we are going to see more of this, we're going to see more of these types of attacks. And I warned that obviously the United States is very vulnerable to this type of attack as well, because it's one for which under four years of the bomb, the Biden administration, the Obama slash Biden administration, the border was completely open. And so for anyone, you've got the Chinese farmland right next to our Air Force bases. You had these Chinese balloons that were flying over. And Steve, you and I talked about how they were conducting targeting of our, our missile, our Minuteman missile silos all across the northern tier of the United States. So there's a lot of questions exactly how this attack took place, but also what the implications are for the United States as well. Are we vulnerable to this type of attack from sleeper cells from any of our adversaries or potential sabotage teams around the world? And what kind of blowback or potential capabilities does this preserve for other nations who wish to do us harm? That's a real question that I'm sure the administration and the national security team are going to be looking at right now. But getting back to this particular operation, Rising Lion, I believe is the title for it seems to be something that clearly was in the works for a very long time. This was not some kind of snap decision that was made over the course of a week. This is clearly something that would take months and months to prepare for and ensure the planning of which took place over the course of probably multiple years.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Kurt Mills and he's, you know, he's in Constantinople or Istanbul. And by the way, Erdogan has been absolutely adamant on social media this morning about the outlawedness of the, of the Israelis. And I've warned now for a couple of years that the threat for Israel is coming from the north, from Turkey, with their partners, Qatar. But he's, he's talking about, there's been some tweets and some things about the negotiating team, especially negotiations this Sunday. I think they just called it off. Turns out that some of the senior negotiators are dead. Kurt Mills is calling this an active sabotage of the Trump administration. Your thoughts on that?

[Donald Trump]

Well, Steve, the administration had said yesterday, President Trump yesterday said himself that he wanted the negotiations to continue. He said that he had directed his entire administration to be focused on negotiations and diplomacy. Now, the Iranians, and I'm reading reports from Axios and I see some stuff from Reuters as well, that the negotiations, this meeting that Wycoff was supposedly holding with the Iranians on Sunday, it appears that that has been canceled. The Iranians may have withdrawn. And President Trump himself said some of the leaders may not be able to return because of these strikes. And so the question really is, did the U.S. authorize this? Did the U.S. greenlight this? Or was this something where, and I said last night where Netanyahu and the Israelis did this in defiance of what President Trump had said. And we saw these reports as well about President Trump urging Netanyahu to not conduct strikes such as this and allow Witkoff to continue his negotiations, which President Trump, of course, campaigned for peace, campaigned for no new wars. I was there with him in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Michigan, and that's exactly what people campaigned for. And what we're now seeing, Steve, is the fourth turning. We are in the fourth turning that we presaged and we talked about for so many months and so many years. It is here now. And Kamala Harris is not in office because the American people voted against new wars and a potential U.S. involvement in World War Three.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

I'm going to come back, I'm going to ask you the question and think about this. We're going to take a short commercial break here. The Israelis say, if you want to stop a land war in that part of the, that part of the world, let us, let us decapitate, let us decapitate the military leadership. I think the argument would be stop their nuclear weapons program, but more importantly, decapitate their military leadership. And the political leadership by the mullahs, who can't be trusted, will collapse. And the Iranian people, the Persians, will overthrow them. Big bet. Big bet here on a Friday. Remember, always and everywhere, the law of undetended consequences. Did you see enough of that in Iraq. Did you see enough of that in Afghanistan? Did the 20 years in those two places work out for you? Short commercial break I got D. Dave Brat, Jack Posowic with me. Burch. I think now more than ever it'd be a good time to find out about gold and precious metals as an investment alternative. Not just because today gold was on fire early in the day. Because as Financial Times in London and CNBC reported, investors throughout the world are running to safe havens of investment. Go to birchgold.com and tell you what. Take out your phone. Maybe a quick way to do it. It's text Bannon B A N N O N at 989-898. Get the free investment guide on investing in precious metals and gold in the age of Trump in a time of global turbulence. Short break. Health isn't just a personal issue. It's a family issue, a community issue. We're living in unpredictable times. Supply chains can break down, hospitals can get overwhelmed. And let's not even start on the natural disasters. These aren't hypotheticals. They're happening. You see it here in the war room and we all know it. The question is simply, are you ready? That's where Jace comes in. This isn't just a kit. This is a Jace case. It's a lifeline. It's a personal supply of prescribed emergency medications that puts the power back in your hands. Whether it's an unexpected illness or a global disruption of supply chains, you can act fast and protect yourself and your loved ones. This February, show them you care in a way that really matters. Be prepared. Get the Jace case today so you'll have the right meds on hand the moment you need them. Visit jacemedical.com and use the code Bannon B A N N o N at checkout for a discount on your order. That's Jace medical.com promo code. Bannon. Get the Jace case and do it today.

[Donald Trump]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The economic war is going to ratchet up, trust me by the ccp. Now more than ever, you need to understand what's going to happen in Rio on the 6th of July. The Rio reset where some countries that maybe don't have our best interests in mind. I'm going to throw out some random names. China, the ccp, the KGB running Moscow, Lula running Brazil, the Iranians. They're now part of this. Of the BRICS nations. The end of the dollar empire. There's seven free installments this weekend. Just go through it and just take all seven of them. Load them down, they're all free and just skim through it. Dave Brad's going to have is going to be talking to Andy Harris here in a while about the budget and cutting budgets and numbers and all that. You need to understand all of this, at least have an acquaintance with it. Birchgold.com Bannon into the dollar empire. Also, you get a relationship with Philip Patrick and his team who are the best in the world. Remember, it's not the price of gold because you're going on days like today it's on fire, but it's the process. It's the forces, the converging forces that drive it and make it a hedge for 5,000 years of man's recorded history. Jack Bosobic, you're going to be with us. We're doing coverage, wall to wall coverage starting at 10 o' clock tomorrow morning. Saturday morning. We're going to have a kickoff this evening, but it's 10 o' clock tomorrow morning. We're going to do a pre game, bring you all the news in the war room on our traditional Saturday show, which is my favorite, all throughout the day and then really coverage back at 4 o' clock nonstop as we do the 250th anniversary of the birthday of the United States army and talk about America, valor and bravery and courage. Poso put that in perspective when it looks like as we sit here today we're inexorably drawn into another shooting war, a kinetic conflict on the Eurasian landmass from Kursk in Kiev all the way down through the Holy Land, through Persia to the North Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, all of it. Sir, your thoughts?

[Donald Trump]

Well, Steve, when it comes to situations like this in turbulent times, it's of course important to remember and prioritize what America's interests are. And when we look at our valor and the valor of the United States army and yes, Steve, even you and I as as proud Navy Navy guys, we could sit there and say, you know what? Big Green gets their day too. Big Green is getting their day tomorrow. So we'll be there to support them and I'm sure they'll be there to support us back back come October 13th, May. We'll put some ships, some boats up the Potomac. Wouldn't be the first time. And what what we want though, Steve, is people to remember that the American military, the American fighting force, the armed force, the greatest military on the face of of the planet is there to defend America. So we'll be there. We're actually going to be going down today for some Previews. We're going to get access to the rehearsals, so check my feed as well as, you know, some of the others. My brother's going to be there as well. We're going to be checking that all out as the tanks, yes, the tanks have arrived. Because it's all about defending America. If we're going to put America first. And we should actually talk about who America's direct enemies are. We are still under invasion. Our cities are still, still occupied. The cartels are still having operational control on various key parts of the border. And when I think about our military, I think about who and what I want to point them at to defend the actual. Hang on.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

And working with. And working with the radical Democrats you see in these big cities, the sanctuary cities are havens for our enemies. They all got to go. Jack, I want to give you breaking news from NBC News and just talk to the president. The president said, hey, the Iranians missed an opportunity to make a deal. He gave them every chance. And now he says they are calling me to speak. The same people we worked with the last time. Many of them are now dead, but others are calling. They want to get together, continue the negotiations. At least this is what's coming out of the White House. Your thoughts about that? They've killed some of the senior people, some of the senior negotiators. You think Witkoff's gonna be in Muscat, Oman, this weekend, sir?

[Donald Trump]

Well, Steve, we'll see. One of the big questions that I think a lot of people have for all of this regarding these negotiations, you mentioned how this, this crescent of instability really goes all the way up to Russia. And the real question for Witkoff, of course, isn't just the negotiations with Iran and what their status is. They're on, they're off. They're on. They're off. But also the fact that, yes, Bibi Netanyahu, the first world leader he called was President Trump, but the second world leader he called, we're told, is President Putin of Russia. And so the Russian response to this and Russia's negotiations vis a vis Ukraine and the United States are really going to be called into question now because after a decapitation strike like this, you have to imagine that a lot of the Russian hardliners are going to be calling for the same. This is what Prigozhin wanted to do in Kiev. Day one, is what a lot of the Russian hardliners have been pushing for, for three years now. So the status of those negotiations in Ukraine is really going to be called into question.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Jack, where do people go for you're putting up stuff all day long. Your show at 2 o' clock. You're being with us tomorrow as we do this, a commemoration, the 250th starting at 4, starting war room, 10 to noon. But 4 o' clock Jack Bosobic, others, the entire crew of Real America's Voice can be with us to give you wall to wall coverage of the parade and other things. I'm sure we'll be talking about the war. Where do people go to get to your social media brother?

[Donald Trump]

Yes, Dave will be up at Jack Posobic will be all over Truth Social. We've got General Flynn will be on the show today. We'll be doing a full sit rep. We're going to have exclusive by the way behind the scenes coverage of this military parade, President Trump's military parade, all of that kicks off at 2 p pm today. We're very proud to say that the administration and the military is giving us this exclusive behind the scenes access and we're going to be providing that to everyone as much as possible on the show today as well as across social media and the Real America's Voice network.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Thank you brother. Thank you for coming on here today. I know your day is packed and last night with Charlie Kirk, you guys were great day brat. When I say law of unintended consequences, something else I mean is an old saying there are more tears shed for answered prayers than for unanswered. Your closing thoughts as we go to the 11 o' clock hour, sir.

[Dave Brat]

Yeah, sometimes we mere mortals get it all wrong and we don't follow God's will properly. Posobic just nailed it right. President Trump was going to get it us out of the Ukraine in a day and then the deep state and these other actors and you see our heroes, right Cash Patel and the superheroes we got in high places and they're having a hard time turning the ship around. So that's what you're talking about. This unintended consequences and the costs here are unimaginable. The greatest cost for a lot of institutions is your people. The salaries and the benefits. Can you imagine how many people up in the federal government today just got totally turned around and shifted their eyes away from the border invasion that we have to solve.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

It's our response. It's our responsibility to make sure. It's our duty and responsibility to make sure that doesn't happen. The war here is the war that we must win and we will win by the way. Breaking news. Netanyahu to Speak to Putin, to Sir Keir Starmer, and to the President of the United States.

[Donald Trump]

All today.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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