Episode 4590: The Big, Beautiful Budget Bill

Summary

Episode 4590: The Big, Beautiful Budget Bill
Release Date: June 26, 2025
Host: WarRoom.org (Stephen K. Bannon)
Guests: Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Steve Bannon

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Overview

In Episode 4590 of "Bannon's War Room," host Stephen K. Bannon delves deep into the intricacies of the proposed Big, Beautiful Budget Bill. The discussion centers around the challenges faced in passing the bill through Congress, the interference of the Senate Parliamentarian, and the broader implications for Republican legislative strategies. Additionally, geopolitical developments, particularly concerning the BRICS nations and their impact on the global economy, are examined.

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Opening Remarks by Donald Trump [00:00 - 03:57]

The episode kicks off with remarks from former President Donald Trump, who emphasizes the Republican dominance in the current political landscape. Trump asserts a strong mandate to implement his agenda swiftly, highlighting key issues such as border security and opposition to transgender participation in women's sports.

Notable Quote:

“We’re turning our country around fast... I think it’s a 97.3 issue. It’s so ridiculous. It is crazy, and it’s so demeaning.”
— Donald Trump [02:50]

Trump underscores his commitment to common-sense governance, contrasting conservative and progressive ideologies, and expressing frustration with policies he views as regressive.

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Challenges in Passing the Budget Bill [03:57 - 19:25]

Steve Bannon and Marjorie Taylor Greene engage in a critical discussion about the hurdles in passing the budget bill. They highlight the Senate Parliamentarian's role in stripping essential conservative provisions from the bill, which threatens the Republican legislative agenda.

Key Points:

• Removal of Conservative Provisions: The Senate Parliamentarian removed clauses aimed at preventing taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries on minors and restricting Medicare and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens.

  Notable Quote:

  “We put in provisions that would stop taxpayer funding of sex changes on children, gender-affirming care... the Senate parliamentarian stripped out those provisions.”
  — Steve Bannon [06:10]

• Byrd Amendment and Reconciliation: The guests discuss the Byrd Amendment, which restricts the use of reconciliation bills to direct spending and revenue measures, complicating the inclusion of broader policy changes.

  Notable Quote:

  “She runs everything through the Byrd rule... that’s the biggest policy change you can even think of.”
  — Steve Bannon [08:20]

• Inconsistencies in Parliamentarian Decisions: There’s frustration over perceived inconsistencies in how the Parliamentarian applies the Byrd rule, particularly allowing certain policy changes while rejecting others.

  Notable Quote:

  “She hasn’t been consistent... she took out stopping funding of transgender surgeries, but allowed the AI moratorium.”
  — Steve Bannon [08:30]

• Implications for July 4th Deadline: The likelihood of passing the bill by the intended July 4th deadline is increasingly uncertain due to these legislative roadblocks.

  Notable Quote:

  “From where it’s sitting right now, that seems extremely unlikely unless miracles happen overnight.”
  — Steve Bannon [18:10]

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Geopolitical Implications and BRICS Nations [19:25 - 43:40]

The discussion shifts to international affairs, focusing on the upcoming BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro and its potential to challenge the U.S. dollar's dominance.

Key Points:

• BRICS and the Rio Reset: Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene warns of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) aiming to displace the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency, which could devalue American savings.

  Notable Quote:

  “Global demand for US Dollars will decrease, bringing down the value of the dollar in your savings.”
  — Marjorie Taylor Greene [04:30]

• Impact on Gold Prices: The episode explores the correlation between geopolitical shifts and the rising price of gold, suggesting that economic instability drives investors towards precious metals.

  Notable Quote:

  “Gold has outperformed the S&P 500 in the 21st century. It is supposed to be a hedge against times of financial problems.”
  — Stephen K. Bannon [30:00]

• AI and Financial Stability: The emergence of AI technologies poses threats to financial systems, potentially leading to bank runs and algorithm-driven market crashes.

  Notable Quote:

  “AI is setting the stage for financial chaos... bank runs at lightning speeds, algorithm-driven crashes.”
  — Marjorie Taylor Greene [28:27]

• Strategic Importance of Article II Powers: Steve Bannon discusses President Trump's Article II powers, questioning the extent of executive authority in financial and immigration matters, and the Supreme Court's role in defining these powers.

  Notable Quote:

  “What are his Article 2 powers in that regard? So it looks like the Supreme Court's not going to step in and rule on those.”
  — Stephen K. Bannon [25:30]

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Internal Political Dynamics and Future Strategies [43:40 - 53:17]

Steve Bannon and Marjorie Taylor Greene delve into the current state of the Democratic Party, highlighting internal conflicts and emerging threats that could impact the Republican majority's legislative efforts.

Key Points:

• Democratic Primaries and Leadership Challenges: The rise of progressive candidates within the Democratic Party poses a significant threat, potentially altering the party's direction and effectiveness.

  Notable Quote:

  “They’re planning to take over the Democrat Party by primary. These establishment Democrats... may get somewhere.”
  — Steve Bannon [24:37]

• Congressman Greene’s Constituency Focus: Emphasizing the importance of addressing constituents' immediate concerns, such as economic hardships faced by Gen Z, including high rent, unaffordable housing, and job market frustrations.

  Notable Quote:

  “They want us focused on home. They want us focused on America's problems.”
  — Steve Bannon [25:54]

• Shift from Foreign to Domestic Issues: A consensus emerges on the need to prioritize domestic policies over foreign entanglements, arguing that resolving internal issues will stabilize the nation.

  Notable Quote:

  “When we quit worrying about all these things that are outside of our true control and we get to work fixing things here at home.”
  — Steve Bannon [25:50]

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Conclusion

Episode 4590 provides a comprehensive analysis of the legislative challenges facing the Republican agenda, particularly the Big, Beautiful Budget Bill. The discussions reveal deep frustrations with procedural hurdles and intra-party dynamics that threaten to derail key policy initiatives. Additionally, the episode underscores the interconnectedness of domestic policies and global economic shifts, emphasizing the necessity for strategic focus and unity within the party to navigate the complex political landscape.

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Disclaimer: This summary is based on the provided transcript and aims to capture the key points and discussions from the podcast episode. It seeks to present an accurate and unbiased overview for those who have not listened to the episode.

Transcript

[Donald Trump]

The whole map is red. That stands for Republican, by the way, because it stands for a lot of other things, too, but it stands for Republican with a little piece of blue on each side. But that's why. Think of that. 2,750 districts to 505 districts. This was a slaughter, but it gave us a mandate to do some great things. And I want to thank John Thune and I want to thank the speaker and I want to thank Marco and everybody here. Everybody here. They have been so incredible. Pam, you've been unbelievable. As the Attorney general, we appreciate it. Not easy. Not easy. And we're coming back faster than anybody ever thought possible. I told you what they said to me on just trips by very smart people. But we're going to make this. We're going to do this very quickly. It's happening a lot faster than even I thought possible. And we're going to be celebrating very quickly, and we're going to be celebrating for a long time because we're turning our country around. We're getting our country back, and we're ruling with common sense. You know, whether you're conservative or liberal or as they like to say, progressive. They don't like the word liberal anymore. Progressive, I think it's a beautiful word, too. That's why I call them liberal. That's too nice a word. I don't know how you can be progressive when you're turning the country backwards. But no matter what you are, it's all about common sense. And I think that's the way I've ruled. I do what's right. I want to have borders. I don't want to have transgender. For anybody that happens to leave the house at a young age, the things they do. I don't want to have men playing in women's sports. That's got to be. You know, they say it's an 80 20. I think it's a 97. 3 issue. It's so ridiculous. It's so ridiculous. There was a long distance race the other day, or at least reasonably recently, and they had a top man and they had top woman, but it was a woman's race. And the man entered. He happened to be transitioned. Isn't that lovely? And he entered the race and he beat the champion woman by 5 hours and 14 seconds. Five hours. That's a lot. Think of it. You're waiting five hours for your beautiful daughter to come in. Come on, baby, let's go. You can do it. He won by 5 hours and 14 seconds. It is crazy, and it's so demeaning. And they don't want to change. I see it the other day, guys like Schumer, our great Palestinian senator. This guy. No, he's changed. He used to like Jewish people. Now he's totally against Jewish people. It's the most incredible transformation I think I've ever seen. But who would allow this to happen in other sports? The same thing. Try the weightlifting numbers someday. You want to see some big differences in a million years. The women will never catch these numbers. It's not going to happen. And it's very demeaning to women, and I don't like it when it's demeaning to women. So we're turning the country around fast. We love you all. Thank you very much, and good luck. Thank you.

[Steve Bannon]

Mr. President.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Can Congress finish this by July 4th?

[John Thune]

We hope so.

[Steve Bannon]

Until all state participants have departed the room. Thank you.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Okay, welcome. A big, beautiful start of a process to pass a big, beautiful bill. Of course, a little perturbations there. You're in the war room. We'll do our traditional maybe cold open a little while, but we're honored to have. Do we have her up? First of all, we got Brian Glenn, the room. We'll go back in a second. Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

[Marjorie Taylor Greene]

Congressman, I've been in and out of.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Meetings since we covered the Pentagon this morning and did the show about the Pentagon, then been in meetings all day. I know there's tons happening on Capitol Hill. We want to get caught up with you because you've been quite vocal about this madness with the parliamentarian. Can you please get her? I know you're not in the Senate yet. Could you talk to us about what the hell is going on?

[Steve Bannon]

Well, I think everybody's asking that question. Basically, what you're seeing is the bill isn't doing so good right now. Of course we want to pass President Trump's agenda as fast as possible. I love the tax portion of the bill. I love the border security part of the bill and the energy part of the bill. But what I don't love, Steve, is basically something we call poison pills that have been slid into this bill, and we're really upset about that. So there's a few provisions that need to be taken out. But there. There was just an absolute unforgivable thing that happened today by the Senate parliamentarian. And the Senate parliamentarian, she has a lot of power over a reconciliation bill in the Senate. She was appointed by Harry Reid, former Democrat senator. So that should say as much as you need to know. Well, she stripped out Some extremely important provisions that we in the House put in the bill. We put in provisions that would stop taxpayer funding of sex changes on children, gender affirming care. So that was something President Trump campaigned on. That's what I campaigned on. My Republican colleagues. We stopped that in the big beautiful bill. We also did something extremely important. We put in the bill that no illegal aliens can receive Medicaid and Medicare. Well, the Senate parliamentarian stripped out those provisions. And so this is like as a conservative, many of my colleagues, and I'm sure President Trump himself does not want to pass a bill that will continue funding child sex changes with taxpayer money and will continue to give Medicare and Medicaid to illegal aliens that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris let in our country. And so these are the things that are happening in the Senate. Many of the senators are upset as well. We're all hoping to get the AI 10 year, a moratorium out of the big beautiful bill that should have never been in there. Absolutely did not belong in there. That was not part of the campaign. And so that, that is actually being worked on right now. But it's not looking good for the deadline that President Trump wanted and we all hope for and we're just going to wait and see, see what's happening in the Senate.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

One of the best things you do is to get people up to speed on actually some of this inside baseball, which they love. First off, the reconciliation. Why can't it have this and why did it take so long? I understand that it's not directly related because the reconciliation, a little bit of a gimmick. You can use this as, because it doesn't take 60 votes, only 51. But they had this thing called the Byrd Amendment from Senator Byrd that you basically couldn't slip in policy changes not directly related to the, to money.

[Steve Bannon]

Right. However, why is that?

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.

[Steve Bannon]

Well, the bird rule is, it is, it is in place here in the Senate parliamentarian. That is what she runs everything through the bird rule and see if it's policy changes. But she hasn't been consistent. So for example, she allowed the 10 year moratorium on, on state rights to make laws and regulations on AI. She, she allowed that to go through and that's a, that's the biggest policy change you can even think of. That's destroying federalism for 10 years. Yeah, that's a policy change. She allowed that to stay in. However, she took out things like stopping funding of, of transgender surgeries on kids. She, she took things out like stopping Medicare and Medicaid for illegal aliens. So those weren't, those were problems for her, but the AI moratorium wasn't. So she hasn't been consistent. And you know, Steve, it's coming down to this. We've got radical activist judges destroying President Trump's agenda. Now we have a Senate parliamentarian that is, that is acting like a far left activist in her role. Leader Thune needs to fire her. He needs to fire the Senate parliamentarian. They need to quickly replace her with a, with a good Republican, someone that we know and that we can trust and we'll do a good job. And we need to be able to get this thing through. But we need to stop allowing these far left activists, whether they're an unelected bureaucrat or a judge, from stopping the people's agenda. And it's getting to be infuriating.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Can you explain to people why Harry Reid, who's been not just gone from DC For a while, but been dead for a while, why is someone, he was such a hardcore partisan. Why do we have a parliamentarian that Harry Reid designated when this has been in Republican hands for a long time?

[Steve Bannon]

Ma' am, I'll just say it to you very bluntly. Republicans do not know how to wield power. They do not know how to completely radically change the institution like it should be changed, when we have the power and control. I'll give you another example, Steve. In the House, we have a chaplain that was appointed by Nancy Pelosi. Why do we have a chaplain that's appointed by Nancy Pelosi? We can. That's something that Mike Johnson can change like that. Just like that. He can remove this chaplain that Nancy Pelosi appointed that many Republicans do not want as our chaplain. He can remove her and we can replace her with a good Christian chaplain. But that hasn't been done. That hasn't been done either. And I can't comprehend why they don't do these things.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Today. These are such big things that came out. We heard from the transgender people earlier in the day. President Trump wanted this on his desk to sign, but it sounds he's going to have, even the Senate is going to have a while to do this. What do you think the realistic schedule is now or people in the House? What are they even talking about?

[Steve Bannon]

I think what we're going to see realistically is a moving target, so that a lot of these things are going back to, through the Senate parliamentarian. I just learned a little bit ago the moratorium that has been opened back up so she may end up using the bird rule on that one, that may get stripped out. It should be stripped out. This is, this is a no brainer. However, when it comes to forcing taxpayers to pay for child sex changes and Medicaid and Medicare for illegal aliens, that is a nonstarter. And I would think it's a nonstarter for the president himself itself. So I'm not sure what's going to be done about those issues. And then, you know, with the salt issue, they're still fighting about that. The salt guys are down at the treasury right now having a meeting and, you know, debating back and forth about, you know, tax savings for their rich Democrats in New York that just elected progressive radical. I don't know what you call him. He hasn't even been a citizen for six years. Six years he's just been in our country. And so that's, that's what's happening in New York right now, Steve. But this is, you're going to see this thing roll and change literally probably by the hour and by the day. But here's, here's what I think is important. We have to pass the agenda. The American people voted for it. And the more simple we make this bill when we get it down to the campaign promises that President Trump wants delivered. His the great tax package that is put together, it's incredible. The incredible energy savings and the energy policy that's in there and the border security and hiring over 10,000 ICE agents, fully funding and building the wall. I mean, these are important things. Helping Tom Homan, because God bless him, I think he's doing a fantastic job. Those are the things that we really want to vote on and pass. But we just, we just have to stand our ground because I really think the American people would be extremely upset if we just did what we're being told to do with the maximum amount of pressure that is put on us is just vote for it and just vote for it. I don't think the American people would be happy with us if we just closed our eyes and voted for it just to meet a deadline. But it did not deliver the agenda and had terrible things in there that people don't want.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Congressman, can you stay? We'd like to bring you back after a short break. There's a few more things on geopolitics we would like to talk to you about, if you can. Can you do that? Also about Mike Johnson. Our understanding as the speaker of the House was kind of out of the loop here to the very last second. Congressman Mtg is with us. We're going to also go to the White House. Our own Brian Glenn is there. He was in the East Room today where the big beautiful event actually took place. Quite it's kind of the kickoff for the passage of the big beautiful bill. I think now President Trump realized might be a couple of chop blocks in there from the Senate parliamentarian. Gold, the price of gold. Gold's been on a run for a while. Maybe it's time that you found out what are the component pieces of what drives that. That's what Birch Gold can do for your twofold Take your phone out and Text Bannon at 989-898. Get the Handbook totally free for investing in gold and precious metals in the age of Trump. Do that today. Make contact with Philip Patrick and the team. That's one way and I'm going to show you the other way when I get back. Short commercial break Back in a moment.

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[John Thune]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Banner.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Okay Congressman, thank you by the way. So things are moving, Congressman. MTG sounds things are moving even as we speak about the big beautiful bill and the parliamentarian. It's going to get quite complicated. We'll make sure you're up dispute and all of it. One thing that shocked me is that they said the other day, reported, and actually Speaker Johnson confirmed it, that Thune and these guys were not really Senate leadership, was not keeping the speaker in the loop on changes that were being made. Is that, is that true and how is that setting with essentially the conference?

[Steve Bannon]

I don't think that's very good. This, the Senate, whatever the Senate passes, has to come back to the House for another vote. So I would think the speaker and the Senate Majority Leader would be in lockstep and complete communication at all times, because we have the tightest numbers in the House. We can't lose. We can barely lose any votes. So they should be constantly communicating and the speaker should be an advocate for the members in the House on what we will and won't vote for. And, you know, we basically want to make sure that it's President Trump's agenda that gets passed. You know, there's a lot of people that work on these bills and provisions get snuck in. And it's extremely important for the House and the Senate to be on the same page as tightly as possible so that we can do what President Trump is asking us to do, which we very much want to do. And we would love to have a huge July 4th celebration with him and get the passage of this bill signed. And that's exactly what we want. So I don't know. I think those guys should be on the phone every minute and be meeting constantly all day long.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Well, July 4th is next. Not this weekend, but next weekend.

[Mike Lindell]

Right.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This is. That's going to be physically impossible right now with the. I mean, it's just not going to happen with the parliamentarian taking all this out. Is that even doable? Because the House will never, never vote for, given illegal aliens, Medicaid. It just is not going to work, particularly with other Medicaid cuts to working class people. That's not going to work, is it?

[Steve Bannon]

Well, I mean, we always remain hopeful, right? We want to see it work, but it looks very difficult, extremely difficult. So in order to get it passed into his desk by July 4, the Senate was supposed to pass the bill tomorrow. And that from where it's sitting right now, that seems extremely unlikely unless miracles happen overnight. And who knows, it may happen. And then the Rules Committee in the House was going to take up the Senate bill and mark it up. And then we were set to come back on, I think Tuesday is my understanding, or Monday night, possibly. And so that was the timeline that I had been told. However, it seems that that timeline is going to be very unlikely.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Now, Congressman, there's Reports out of Axios today that says that Netanyahu is pushing hard for President Trump to have him to the White House for a celebration on this, on the 12 Day War. Obviously, a lot's changed yesterday. This kind of exploded two days ago, the explosive victory in New York. A lot of people are saying that's a referendum on Netanyahu. He's pretty toxic. Do you think it's a smart thing to do, to have the president have Netanyahu, given the uncertainty in American politics right now and a lot of questions about our relationship with Israel?

[Steve Bannon]

I, you know, that, of course, is up to President Trump. I would never step in the way of what the president should and shouldn't do, and he will definitely make that decision. However, I think that we really need to keep our focus right here at home, Steve, and I think that's the best thing for our country. We're very glad that President Trump was able to bring about a ceasefire so quickly. I think that was amazing. Most presidents, I mean, all the presidents that I can remember in my lifetime never did anything like that. It was once the bomb started dropping, the war continued for years and years. So I think President Trump did an incredible job, and he's working on a peace deal in the Middle east and adding countries to the Abraham Accords. However, I think it's extremely important that we get a hard focus on solving our problems, and that's what people really want. And you know that guy that won, the Democrat, I guess that was the Democrat primary in the mayor's race. I've watched quite a few of his videos, and he did something pretty unique and very smart. Even though I don't agree with anything he says, he really ran a campaign where he talked directly to the people. He was focused on their issues, focused on their problems, and talking to the people about his solutions, even though his solutions are insane and they're socialists, probably communists, but that's. He was talking directly to the people. When. When we are not talking to the people and not working on the people's problems, we lose the people and the people will turn elsewhere. And I think. I think that's something that should be recognized in that mayor's race, there's 100%.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

That'S one of the most sophisticated races. And he focused on affordability and he addressed their issues. Now, his response, he took the anger or the moment of populism and got engaged with people. Cuomo ran a traditional thing. This kid ran a very sophisticated campaign, a very sophisticated campaign on the grassroots. Now, his solutions are crazy and out there socialist. He's also got a very strong, I think, jihadist background. That's all going to be looked into. But people should not dismiss this as at all. I keep telling people, and I've heard some people MTG say, oh, we hope he wins. Then he's the face of thing. I said, hey, you know, not so fast. Let's, let's, let's. This thing ought to be. We ought to beat this in New York City, and they got to put a team together to beat it. But in that regard, Congressman Greene is. Go ahead, go ahead.

[Steve Bannon]

Well, I want to. I want to add something on your radar. You probably already know about it. So I was looking into. I've just been watching the Democrat Party and Republicans in Washington right now. All they're talking about is making fun of Democrats and saying, oh, Democrats in disarray, Democrats in disarray. But honestly, what I see the Democrats doing is, yeah, they're sloppy and they fell apart and they've had a lot of fighting, but I see them kind of trying to figure out their footing, and I think they're building their way back. And that's what that mayor's race was about. And I'll add to that. Steve, there's another race that I think would be interesting to watch. And I would say, normally, look, in a Democrat district, you cannot. A Republican cannot beat a Democrat. It's extremely difficult, especially in a strong Democrat district. However, a Democrat can primary another Democrat, and there's a particular race that will be interesting to watch this cycle, and it's actually Nancy Pelosi seat. And so there is. There's a man that is running in the Democrat primary against Nancy Pelosi, and he is actually AOC campaign manager and former chief of staff and from the Justice Democrats. And he seems to be partially wealthy somehow in the tech district, and he is running a campaign very similar, like this radical that just won the mayor's race this week. And this is a movement, and I've read in some of their chats and stuff, but this is their plan. They're planning to take over the Democrat Party by primary. These establishment Democrats, and they. They actually may get somewhere. So I think. I think this is the biggest threat that we have going, and I think Republicans are making a massive mistake by not taking it serious.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Mtg, this is why people consider your political instincts so spot on and why you're such a formidable force in Washington, D.C. and throughout the country in the MAGA movement. Although people have told me recently you're not really maga the Democratic socialist in the Working People's Party control the ground game in New York City. People understand these are very powerful entities that are not covered by the mainstream media. They had a bunch of other victories in like Buffalo and other towns. And you're 100% correct. These justice Democrats, you have to really, these are running incredibly sophisticated campaigns on social media and turning out Grant just like we turned at the precinct strategy and everybody mocked, mocked the Warren Posse. They're kind of doing that and swore Cuomo ran a traditional campaign got smoked. Last thing I want to do, mtg, you stay close, as close to your constituents as anybody in the House. If what would your constituents say today and how they inform you? In Republicans doing the same thing that the winner of the primary that was answering the questions they wanted to have answered, maybe with terrible answers, but addressing it. What is your constituents telling you right now? That they want people focused on.

[Steve Bannon]

They want us focused on home. They want us focused on America's problems. Here's the biggest thing to me, Steve, is my kids, generation Gen Z, my kids are 22, 25 and 27. They, their generation can hardly afford rent prices. They have, they have no idea if they will ever be able to buy a house, that groceries are extremely expensive. Going out to eat is expensive. They can't afford a vacation. They can't afford to buy a new car. They cannot afford insurance. And they, they are all coming out of college, a lot of them thinking they're going to be making these huge salaries at these great companies and those jobs. Just that's not real and that's not realistic and it really honestly never was. But in today's time, it's really, it's really not there. And they're not getting jobs, at least the jobs that they expected to get. And so everybody wants us in Washington to focus on this country and solve the American people's problems. And, and I really think, also I think the American people are really tired of drama in Washington. They are tired of feeling consistent by the news. They're tired of feeling like they have something to be afraid of or being told they have something to be afraid of and they just want the problems fixed. And that's how my district feels. And I 100% agree with them. And so I think that, I think that we just have to cut out the BS and just get to work. And when we do that, oh my goodness, when we stop worrying about this foreign country in this foreign conflict and some war that has existed before our country ever came into existence and when we quit worrying about all these things that are outside of our true control and we get to work fixing things here at home. Oh my gosh, then we really will make America great again. Steve and I'm MAGA through and through. There is nothing anyone could do or post on social media to change that.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

No, you're quite maga. You've been with us from the beginning, Congressman Green. Social media, where do people go? We got about 30 seconds.

[Steve Bannon]

You can follow me on Rep. MTG.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Congressman, thank you. And thank you for sticking up for the president, the country and the MAGA movement. Appreciate you, ma' am. Short commercial break. Going to try and go back to the White House with our own Brian Glenn. Short break.

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[John Thune]

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

Okay, things are going to get a little choppy into. They're up on the house there, but the intel, they're up at intel. They're doing the intel brief today. We'll get more of that. Remember, Tulsi Gabbard is not there. Pete Hexit that I thought, I thought a great job today. President Trump agreed. It's a total, it's total obliteration, total annihilation. New York Post had a great piece up, I think I put up on getter. Things are going to be even more turbulent going forward. Right. There's a lot happening in the Middle east, of course, the Ukraine war here. President Trump said today a couple of times refocus on deportations. We need more ICE raids. We need to be getting these people out. Court cases, they're coming after President Trump Supreme Court ruled in about the deportations, the bad hombres to different countries. Guess what? In Maryland, there are federal judges that are defying that. So we're hurtling to all that. I also don't think, which we had hoped would happen, is that the Supreme Court would come out and actually answer the questions about President Trump's Article 2 powers on at least two things, and that one will be his chief executive officer. Can he actually do impoundments? Can he, can he fire who he wants, including the chairman of the Federal Reserve, if he so wants, as chief executive of the US government, his Article 2 powers? We think this is even more urgent to happen. The definition of his Article 2 powers as commander in chief, not simply to order the really the catastrophic and destruction raid that happened the other day, but also his ability to deport the illegal alien invaders. What are his Article 2 powers in that regard? So it looks like the Supreme Court's not going to step in and rule on those. They're eventually going to have to. So people should assume, particularly when the ICE raids take back up, it's going to be a long, hot summer. Now, remember the situation in New York. This, this young man that is running is actually, I think, from a solutions point of view, more radical than the mayor of Chicago and more radical than Karen Bass. And he is doubling and tripling down on being a sanctuary city. My point is that, as I said before, the 10 years that was summed up in coming down the Golden Escalator, the next couple hundred days are going to be really definite. They're really going to deflect, I think, to a large extent, President Trump's, President Trump's not just legacy, but what's happening with the country right now. As you see the convergence of all these crises and of course, today, the administrative state in the Senate Parliamentarian, I think people are saying, why do we still have Harry Reid's parliamentarian making decisions? She's dropped a couple of bombs from early this morning. That makes at least like, at least they're giving a rethink right now in the Senate about the timing of all of this. Because right now, the president, I think, intended to be on his desk, I don't know, next Friday for a signature. Birch Gold. Right. The course gold's been on a roll. Right. It's up for, you know, three, I don't know, 400%. It's outperformed the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 is both the, the 400 is really the industrial and commercial concerns of the country, the publicly traded stocks. We say the S and p basically takes 400 of the equities and does a formula that kind of. You kind of get a benchmark of how things are trading up or down is people getting into equities or not. You add another hundred of the financial institutions and you get the s and P500, which I think people would tell you is probably the best, much more so than the Dow Jones which is weighted till technology now is probably the best sense of where corporate America is going as far as people's appetite for equities. The gold has outperformed that in the 21st century. And that is not, that is, that's not normal. Gold is quite frankly supposed to be a hedge against times of financial problems, financial turbulence. Turbulence we got. It's going to increase more as we head towards the Rio reset Rio de Janeiro on the 6th, which is about 10 days from now. Birch gold is going to go down there. And here's the reason. The BRICS nations which are really the global south, control most of the resources in the world. They're saying, hey, we don't like having to be on the dollar. Gives the United States too many chances to sanction us. The swift system, they can monitor what we're doing. Plus, if we don't like the way the United States government is running their economy or maybe not cutting their deficit, you see a decrease in the purchasing power of the dollar. They think that hey, they're taking the hit for that. So there's all these alternatives. None of them are particularly practical right now. The US Dollar as the standard world currency, what's called the prime reserve currency is not going to really be challenged. But they're coming up with alternative after alternative after alternative. At the at BRICS in Rio de Janeiro, the Chinese foreign minister and others are going to put some in play. They're going to have discussions and that's where we are going to try to get the trend line of where they're, where they're heading for this. There's a lot of talk that the Chinese may step up. They've already, the finance minister and the bank of China have already, the People's bank of China have already said, hey, we want to get off the dollar. We think having the dollar makes the world more unstable. Table that the Americans, the way the Americans run things and they're bombing everywhere and they're sanctioning Everybody. And they kind of ran the deal as a hegemon, but they don't run the deal anymore. So we should get off the dollar. This is absolutely vital to your immediate financial interest. Right? The two things we tell you, the dollar being the prime reserve currency and also the ten year treasury, are two things that are absolutely central to what your financial situation is in the modern world. And that's why we tell you go to Birch Gold. We've done a series over the last four years now, the seventh free installment. And we did this to teach people what debt ceiling is, what debt is, what deficits are, how it's financed, how it's paid for. Because. And you say, hey, look, I hate mathematics. I never did that in grade school or in college. My palm sweat. You don't have to worry. We've made it accessible. Why have you made it accessible? The reason this show is so powerful is because of the audience. You're not just informed, you're active. Right? You use your agency, which is one of the big watchwords that we have here. So make sure you go check it out. Birchgold.com, endothedollar empire, everything's free. One of the reasons we love partnering with Birch is that the information they put out about gold to get you up to speed and make sure you know more, it's all free. So go check it out today. Of course, there's a lot of activity in gold today. Central banks are buying still at record rates. We had the story the other day that $252 billion of gold, the gold reserves of Italy and Germany that have been in the United States since post war because they thought it'd be a good place to store them since they had both lost in World War II. And there's a little, you know, you never know where you're going to lose, you know, artwork, gold, all of it. So they stored it in the Fed in New York. They kind of. They're thinking about getting it back, right? They're very uncertain about the future. So go check it out today, birchgold.com, the Endothed Empire. I want to go back to start the day. We had the briefing of the. We had the briefing of Pete Hegseth and General Raisin Kane. We have a clip from that. Can we go ahead and play? Let's go ahead and play the clip. This was kind of a confrontation. If you missed this this morning, quite. I've never seen this and I've seen a lot of Rumsfelds and Cheneys when they had to get in guys faces. Check this one out.

[Jennifer Griffin]

Do you have certainty that all the highly enriched uranium was inside the 4 do mountain or some of it? Because there were satellite photos that showed more than a dozen trucks there two days in advance. Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Of course.

[H]

We're watching every single aspect. But Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the President says.

[Jennifer Griffin]

I'm familiar about the ventilation shafts on Saturday night. And in fact, I was the first to describe the B2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission with great accuracy. So I take issue with that.

[H]

I appreciate you acknowledging this was the first opera, the most successful mission based on operational security that this department has done since you've been here. And I appreciate that. So we're looking at all aspects of intelligence and making sure we have a sense of what was where.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

So today I think it summed it up. There was a second kind of mini bomb damage assessment. I think the consensus is it is, it's a total obliteration or total annihilation. It's, it's not real. It's not going to be put back together anytime soon. President Trump's declared the end of the 12 Day War and said, hey, guess what? We're not going to do regime change. In fact, we may do the exact opposite. And of course, he called out Fox News right there. He says you misrepresent the, misrepresent the President the most. Fox News is the Israel first school of thought and what they do. And listen, we're huge believers in Israel and the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. We've been adamant that they have to do what is in the best interest of Israel, just like we have to do what's in the best interest of the United States of America. Those are not always going to overlap. Right? And both nations have to make their own independent decisions. President Trump made a very bold decision here to actually come in with really the most collective amount of lethal firepower I think has been put together Since World War II, since the closing days. And not just the bombing of Germany, but the bombing of Japan. And I'm not even talking about the atomic bomb. I'm talking about the, the firebombing and the bombing of Japan to destroy its industrial base. President Trump, it was that that level of complexity and firepower kind of a bolt from the blue and ended like a Thunderclap, ended the 12 day war. What's happening, you see this, is that they're still trying to push. Well, we don't know where all the material are. We need people in there. Hey, if the Mossad wants to go in there, idf, the commandos have at it. If that's what you feel is necessary. President Trump, we've already answered the question for the American people and feel quite good about it. And there's no interest in regime change. I mean, President Trump's actually taken is actually talking the worst. I mean, even things that we're huge proponents of, which are these economic warfare, these really strict sanctions and secondary sanctions on the trading of oil and the giving of oil, natural gas and oil to the Chinese Communist Party because they're paying top price. It's getting cash to the, to the mullahs to kind of keep the regime going, to keep the country going. President Trump seems very open to that. Steve Witkoff talked today that they're going to let that happen. So the war is over. And for all the people, the mark, you know, the Tel Aviv Levin and this crowd, Fox News, they have the sad faces and they have sad faces. They had the head, the curvy couch had a sad face today when Pete Hegseth called him out and then said, hey, this thing is over. They have a sad face because they need a forever war on cue. This is almost hard to believe. On cue. When we were on the morning show, what did they put up? You can't make this stuff up. You can go to my getter of Gracie, do me a favor and pull it and just put pushing out everywhere. On cue, they came out and said, Pakistan, you know, Pakistan is in the. Is it really working on a ballistic missile that can reach San Francisco? Have you heard that before? This is a never, this is a forever war. Crowd in the Middle east, the defense contractors, some of the people, the Israel first movement, all they want is continual war. And it's to the detriment of the state of Israel and the Israeli people because right now they're in a mess with Hamas, which they got to finish and then maybe take a deep breath and regroup. And they've done a terrific job. In fact, they did such a good job on the Persian air defenses is that that is one of the key reasons that they had the sense of urgency. They had to go. They knew if they were going to get rebuilt, they'd have a much tougher time to do regime change. And also General Kurilla, who's been very, you know, on the short leash about going after the Iranians, the Persians, and of course, a big supporter of the war plans of of Netanyahu. He's getting ready to retire, I think July 1st. So they had to go. That's the reason they went. And I think as more evidence comes out, particularly Mossad gave a, an incredible interview. Citizen Kane linked to it. It's if you haven't read it, you ought to read it because it goes through details of how infiltrated they were, turn around Iran, how, how they took down the Iranian scientists and they did everything, all that. But there's a big self own in that article. There's no smoking gun on a sense of urgency of what exactly was happening. I actually call now that the nuclear plan. I think if you look at it, it's the reason Tulsi Gabbard's not up there today, but John Ratcliffe, the entire nuclear industrial plan and scientific plan. I think it's a MacGuffin. I think it's that strategic thing in a movie like the Maltese Falcon or Casablanca where oh, we gotta get the passports or we have to get the Maltese Falcon. It's just a device to drive the narrative. And you realize it's really not important. And it's a physical thing, but it's not really important in the real world. I think the whole program's been a MacGuffin short. Break. Back in a moment.

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[Mike Lindell]

War Room.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon. Okay, the intel birds, I don't think they're out yet. John Rankler's up there. CIA giving it. We're going to play some clips from earlier in the day that I'm going to comment and make observations on at the start of the 6 o' clock hour. One last thing before I close this out, but we're going to discuss it more part of Tuesday. And folks, for all the Republicans running around, high five and don't high five. This was a very sophisticated campaign. It's very uncertain what this guy's background is. You can tell he has been groomed for quite a while to actually hit the, I mean, much more than AOC to hit the deck plates running this a very sophisticated campaign. And it's going to take a real thought to think this through to defeat him. And if you don't defeat him, he's then going to be in control of the financial capital of the world as the mayor. Now, people say, well, you know, Elise Stefanik, which is leaked today, she's thinking of running for governor. She'll set the tax policy. That may all be true, but he's still going to be mayor, still going to have the same role that Rudy Giuliani had. Think about that. Or Michael Bloomberg. Right. Which is pretty, pretty shocking. So this has got to be thought through. One thing that can't be avoided, though, that Netanyahu was a major part of this, was a referendum on him. Now, that's in the Democratic Party. I understand that they're pretty far left, but that can't, that cannot be lost on people. Folks in the United States want to focus on issues focused here in the United States because we have to, particularly the mass deportations. That means back to the sanctuary cities. We can't take on deal baggage right now. And Netanyahu is deal baggage. There's a story in Axios that he's trying to force his way over here to come for a some meeting in the White House. That would be, I think, terrible for basically politics here. It'd be good for him. Right. But then, I don't know, isn't what he pushes is everything's good for him, which it should be. I got that. But I think more reasonable heads should prevail. What we don't need is more toxicity with Netanyahu in the White House given the volatile political atmosphere here and the fact, as MTG said, don't discount the Democrats for, you know, some of the things they're working on. Of course the ideas sound crazy. Didn't Obama's ideas sound crazy when he first started? You got to be in, you know, you've had 30 years now of this mass immigration, and you've had the way they can steal elections, all of it. So just don't sit there and be cocky. Oh, this guy's a radical socialist. He wants government, grocery stores, all of it. Be very careful. And it's going to take a lot of thought and a lot of work. And. And we don't need is additional deal baggage. Not right now. We're fighting for our country's survival. We have 30 or 40 million illegal aliens in the country right now and 10 million that came in on Biden's watch. They have to go, and they have to go immediately. I'll have more on this. We're going to do the intelligence part in the, in the next. By the way. You've got to pivot out of these wars in the Middle east, and you got to pivot back to America. And now they're trying to run a scam of. You got to go find. They're upselling. You got to go find the material. Oh, can we still have regime change? And hey, if that doesn't work, Pakistan is trying to get a ballistic missile that can hit San Francisco because Pakistan, the chief of staff of the army, who was just in the Oval Office last week and nominated President Trump for the Nobel Prize, they're getting ready to launch a ballistic missile at San Francisco. Now, I would be the first to say the Pakistanis are pretty unstable and ISI is pretty dangerous when, when you look at it and they control the missile. So, anyway, much more to talk about in the second hour. Taj, do a quick hit now because I'm, I'm asking your expertise about the Middle east in the next hour, but talk to me about where I go right now to get the greatest coffee in the world.

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[Marjorie Taylor Greene]

Short break.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Back in the War Room for another hour.

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